Queer & Trans Sexuality and Gender Experiences Study
About the QT SAGES study
This study is an opportunity to participate in research that is done by queer and trans people for queer and trans people. We are seeking anyone who identifies with any part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum to tell us how you experience your gender and/or sexual orientation. This is an opportunity for queer and trans people’s voices to be heard in all of their beautiful complexity.
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Our study is inclusive of Two-Spirit, transgender, non-binary, intersex, bisexual, pansexual, and asexual people. We are also inclusive of 2SLGBTQIA+ people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as people with disabilities.
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We are U.S. researchers, with a cultural understanding of the U.S., and while anyone is welcome to participate, our study was designed to be taken by folks in the U.S.
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This study is meant to be a joyful exploration of how queer and trans people experience ourselves and our relationships. We know that much of the academic research that has been done about the queer and trans community has been done by people who are not part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and a lot of the focus has been on the negative aspects of queer and trans life. The aim of our study is to capture the varied experiences and identities of people within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community as accurately as possible.
Identify as any of the following: Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, intersex, or are same-sex or same-gender attracted​​
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Live in the US or have spent a lot of time in the US
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Are 18 years of age or over
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Join Our Study!
At the end of the study, you may choose to enter a raffle for a $100 prize! There will be 10 winners (each person winning $100).
Am I Eligible? Yes, if you...
Our QT SAGES Team
We are a passionate team of researchers who are dedicated to conducting good research on 2SLGBTQIA+ relationships and experiences. Our team believes in approaching all of our research with the most inclusive perspective possible.
Dr. Charlotte Tate (she/her/hers)
Dr. Charlotte Tate is the Principal Investigator for the QT SAGES study. She is a mixed-race butch lesbian and openly trans woman. Charlotte and her wife are gay-married, live in San Francisco, and have a cute, jet-black Pomeranian.
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Dr. Tate received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree summa cum laude from Loyola University Chicago in 1999. She received a Master's of Science (M.S.) degree (in 2001) and a Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology at the University of Oregon (in 2006).
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Dr. Tate is currently a Full Professor at San Francisco State University and Coordinator of the Social, Personality, and Affective Science Psychology Masters of Arts Degree.
Aspensong Nevarez (Ze/Zir and He/Him in rotation)
Ze is an SFSU undergraduate living on unceded Lisjan (said: lih-SHAWN) Ohlone lands. Ze is an Indigenous, Jewish, Chicane, W. Irish Turtle-Islander who is Two-Spirit. He believes in the power of research justice, community care, mutual aid, and Indigenous thrivance. Ze also enjoys fan-fiction, queer tango, cooking, printmaking, and writing poetry. Zir research interests lie in the experiences of individuals with multiple and intersecting marginalized identities, with emphasis on instances of discrimination and prejudice amongst Two-Spirit/transgender/non-binary Indigenous people. Ze is also a graduate of the Musician’s Institute film production program in Los Angeles, CA.
Shaymaa Alyousef (she/her)
Shaymaa earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from San Francisco State University—currently a Psychology graduate student at San Francisco State University in Dr. Tate’s lab. Her area of focus is social and personality psychology.
She is a middle eastern queer immigrant who moved to the U.S.A years ago due to the lack of LGBTQ+ rights and based on her experience she decided to focus on resilience and immigrant's gays, and lesbians in her future study.
Maddie Striegel (they/them)
Maddie moved to the Bay Area to attend the M.A. in Social, Personality, and Affective Psychology program at SF State after living and hanging out in Santa Cruz, CA for four years. Currently, they are a continuing graduate student working on their thesis around genderfluid, non-binary, and gender variant identities.
They are passionate about queer liberation and community care. Above all, Maddie enjoys sunny park days and listening to Mitski's culturally transcendent masterpiece "Francis Forever" way too loud.
Kara Eytcheson (she/her)
Kara is a second-year graduate student in the Social, Personality, and Affective Science M.A. program at San Francisco State University. She received her BA in psychology from California State University, Channel Islands in 2018.
She is working on completing her thesis research regarding stereotype preservation. Her current research interests are implicit biases, stereotypes, and intergroup contact.
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Kara enjoys exploring new places, going on road trips, and spending time with her family.
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Jules Kutner (she/they)
Jules is a second-year graduate student in the Social, Personality, and Affective Science program at San Francisco State University, completing a thesis on racism and measuring white affect. They earned a BA in Child and Adolescent Development from SFSU in 2021, with a minor in Education and in Counseling. They also completed an undergraduate thesis in Psychology on perceived discrimination based on race and immigration status in adolescents.
Her research interests lay in discrimination, racism, educational equity, and adolescence. In her spare time, Jules likes to play cute games on Nintendo Switch and find new music on Spotify.
Irene Harmos (she/her)
Irene is originally from Boulder, Colorado, and has been living in San Francisco for the past 10 years with her long-term partner. She is currently a first-year graduate student in the Social, Personality, and Affective Science M.A. program at San Francisco State University, and her current research interests are in the field of prejudice and prejudice reduction, specifically in the area of intergroup contact.
Irene is a vegetarian, enjoys drawing, writing and going to concerts, and is also currently training as an aerial acrobat.
Max Harrington (they/them)
Max is community centered and passionate about collective liberation. When not in the lab, they find nourishment in the outdoors and in shared meals.
Max is currently a student at San Francisco State University in the M.A. in Social, Personality, and Affective Sciences program. They completed their undergraduate degrees in Comparative Ethnic Studies and Psychology with a minor in Child Development at Cal Poly SLO.
