Program

Keynote Address - "Economics, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity"

Professor Donn Feir (University of Victoria)

In this presentation, Donn explores what economics reveals about the experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, particularly regarding earnings and the influence of social and policy environments. Drawing on recent literature, they discuss recurring patterns, the evidence for the explanations behind them, highlight unresolved questions, and examine what the evidence suggests about improving LGBTQI+ lives. They conclude by considering the research directions most likely to create meaningful progress for LGBTQI+ communities.

Session 1
Chair: Patrick Devahastin (Pattaphol Yuktadatta) (Mahidol University)

Advancing LGBTQ+ workplace equity in Thailand: Community-engaged strategies for improving well-being and economic inclusion
Ramida Mahantamak (Mahidol University)
Alicia K. Matthews (Columbia University)
Nanchatsan Sakunpong (Srinakharinwirot University)
Pilaiporn Sukcharoen (Suratthani Rajabhat University)

The role of LGBTQ+ community partnerships in HIV prevention research in Australia
Curtis Chan (Kirby Institute) 

Using PLIDA and Linked Administrative Data to Advance Evidence on Equity in Work, Markets and Society
Ed Low-Thurley (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

Cultural infrastructure as economic equity: How Midsumma Festival advances LGBTQIA+ inclusion across workplaces, markets, and society
Karen Bryant (Midsumma Festival)
Felicity McIntosh (Midsumma Festival)

Session 2
Chair: Sasha Bailey (The University of Melbourne)

Transgender economics
Travis Campbell (Southern Oregon University)
Olivia Compton
Laura Nettuno (RAND Corporation)
Karinna Saxby (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)

Gender identity and offending behavior: Evidence from linked administrative data in New Zealand.
Maxine Lee (San Francisco State University)
Alexander Plum (Auckland University of Technology)

Trends and predictors of acceptance of homosexual neighbors in Vietnam: An analysis of the World Values Survey 2001 and 2020
Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang (Mahidol University)
Hang Thi Thuy Do (Chulalongkorn University)

Differences in combustible cigarette and e-cigarette use by age and sexual orientation: Evidence from a national US sample 2021 to 2023
Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner (University of Illinois Chicago)
Mingyue Lu (University of Illinois Chicago)
Nathaniel M. Tran (University of Illinois Chicago)
Rhiannon Chou Wiley (University of Vermont)

Panel: Shaping the next decade of engaged and impactful LGBTQ+ research

Joe Ball (Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities) (Panel Moderator)
Nicky Bath (LGBTIQ+ Health Australia)
Margherita Coppolino (ILGA-Oceania, and Inclusive Rainbow Voices)
Kade Matthews (Proud 2 Play)
Krista Seddon (Our Watch)

This plenary brings together community leaders from across the LGBTQ+ sector to reflect on what engaged and impactful research looks like in practice. Panellists from LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Rainbow Health Australia, ILGA-Oceania, Proud 2 Play, and Our Watch represent a breadth of community priorities — from health equity and family violence prevention to sport, international advocacy, and the rights of diverse communities across Oceania.

Together they explore what the research community needs to do differently over the next decade to ensure that evidence is shaped by, and genuinely serves, the people it concerns.

Keynote Address - "Structural stigma and LGBT health inequalities: A multi-method, multidisciplinary approach"

Professor Mark L. Hatzenbuehler (Harvard University)

Stigma is the most widely studied risk factor hypothesized to underlie LGBTQ+ health disparities. However, this work has focused almost exclusively on individual and interpersonal stigma processes to the exclusion of structural factors that promulgate stigmatization. To address this knowledge gap, researchers have recently expanded the stigma construct to consider how broader, macrosocial forms of stigma—what I call structural stigma—also disadvantage stigmatized individuals. In this talk, I will review several illustrative studies from our research group that use a range of methodological and measurement approaches to document the negative mental health consequences of structural stigma among LGBTQ+ populations. I will also discuss implications of this research for structural and psychological interventions aimed at reducing the negative mental health sequelae of stigma for this group.

Session 3
Chair: Inga Lass (Melbourne Institute)

Impact of gender affirming hormone therapy initiation on marker medication use: A controlled interrupted time series analysis
Chris Bain (Monash University)
Jenni Ilomaki (Monash University)
Riki Lane (Monash University)
George SQ Tan (Monash University)
Sam Wade (Monash University)

Dynamics in earnings and employment before and after transgender transitioning: Evidence from Dutch administrative data
John Cawley (Syracuse University)
Elisa de Weerd (Radboud University and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Hans van Kippersluis (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)

Role of provider experience in quality of chronic disease care for transgender medicare beneficiaries
Gray Babbs (Brown University)
Jaclyn M.W. Hughto (Brown University)
David J. Meyers (Brown University)
Amal N. Trivedi (Brown University)

Gender identity and competition: Going beyond binary gender economics
Maria Elisavet Peppa (The University of Melbourne)

Session 4
Chair: Andrew Clarke (The University of Melbourne)

Embedding LGBTQ+ inclusion in alcohol and other drug (AOD) organisations
Sarah Etter (Self Help Addiction Resource Centre)
Cameron McNair (Self Help Addiction Resource Centre)

Gender identity and depression among Thai university students: A nationwide analysis
Wannee Hutaphat (Mahidol University)
Mohsen Joshanloo (Keimyung University)
Sirinan Kittisuksathit (Mahidol University)
Nucharapon Liangruenrom (Mahidol University)

When Faith and Care Intersect: Improving LGBTIQA+ Inclusion in Faith-Linked Health Services
Joel Anderson (La Trobe University)

Panel: The future of LGBTQ+ research is multi-disciplinary

Victor Sojo Monzon (The University of Melbourne) (Panel Moderator)
Adam Bourne (La Trobe University)
Ada Cheung (The University of Melbourne)
Paula Gerber (Monash University)
Maxine Lee (San Francisco State University)
Raymond Trau (Macquarie University)

This plenary draws on a central conviction of the LEAP Summit: that advancing LGBTQ+ equity requires collaboration across disciplines, methods, and institutions. Responding to research priorities identified by delegates themselves, panellists from economics, public health, law, and organisational behaviour explore where the field is heading and what it will take to build the evidence base the next decade demands.

Early Career Researcher Workshop

Note: only for approved attendees