By Dr Kerryn Drysdale

Books

Drysdale K, 2019, Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures The Rise and Fall of a Lesbian Social Scene, Springer Palgrave Macmillan, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15777-7

Book Chapters

Adams P; Keegan S; Hooper S; Drysdale K, 2026, '“Tassie Kings”', in The Routledge Companion to Drag, Taylor & Francis, pp. 181 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003355564-17

Drysdale K, 2025, 'Drag kings', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, pp. 106 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781803922102.ch028

Drysdale K; Filmer J, 2023, 'Sensing scenes: doing sensory ethnography in queer space and time', in The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Ethnography, Routledge International Handbooks, pp. 372 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003317111-36

Drysdale K; Wong K, 2019, 'Sensory Ethnography', in Atkinson P; Cernat A; Delamont S; Sakshaug J; Williams R (ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Methods, SAGE Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036775965

Drysdale K, 2016, 'When Scenes Fade: Methodological Lessons from Sydney's Drag King Culture', in Scene Thinking: Cultural Studies from the Scene Perspective, Routledge

Journal articles

Drysdale K; Lupton D, 2026, 'Public health and community support for prevention of novel viral diseases: a qualitative study with LGBTQIA + people and people with blood-borne viruses', BMC Health Services Research, 26, pp. 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13924-x

Drysdale K; Karasu Y; Watson L, 2026, 'Australian trans and gender diverse people’s understandings of menopause: beyond cisgenderism, heterosexism, and binary-based gender in the current ‘menopause moment’', Health Promotion International, 41, pp. daag132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag132

Smith AKJ; Brady B; Kaladelfos A; Haire B; Hughes A; Newman CE; Drysdale K, 2026, 'Fostering a culture of inclusive LGBTQIA+ research practice: reflections on a community of practice in higher education', Health Sociology Review, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2026.2719679

Dhillon HM; Drysdale K; Haire B; valentine K; Walsberger S; Hartley A; Jasicki L; Daignault C; Smith AKJ, 2026, 'LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials: Ensuring justice and data equity', Research Ethics, 22, pp. 395 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470161251383558

Davis MDM; Lupton D; Drysdale K, 2026, '“You Are Not Immune from This Virus” Australian news reporting during the early months of COVID-19', Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 69, pp. 275 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2026.a998095

Drysdale K; Karasu Y; Watson L, 2026, '“Because I felt so alone”: trans and gender diverse people’s needs and preferences for menopausal related information and resources', International Journal of Transgender Health, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2026.2618635

Newton G; Kirby E; Drysdale K, 2026, 'Between discovery and responsibility: Facebook groups and the intimate practices of donor-conceived peers', Sociology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00380385261432897

Lupton D; Drysdale K, 2026, 'Health biographies: narrative case studies of health, sexualities and inclusion in the pandemic age', Culture Health and Sexuality, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2636217

Lupton D; Drysdale K, 2026, 'Immunitary Life in COVID-19 Times: Understandings, Practices and Experiences Among Members of Marginalised Social Groups', Sociology of Health and Illness, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70125

Drysdale K; Gendera S; Londos C; White G; Fisher KR, 2026, 'Radical accessibility: co-designing for intersectionality in a peer-led LGBTIQA+ disability digital storytelling project', Disability and Rehabilitation, 48, pp. 6325 - 6340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2026.2643547

Freestone J; Siefried KJ; Drysdale K; Murray J; Ward J; Ezard N; Clifford B; Bourne A, 2026, 'Sex, Methamphetamine, and a Surge in Syphilis Among Women and Men Who Have Sex With Women: A Call to Diversify Research Addressing Sexualized Drug Use', Contemporary Drug Problems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509261433267

Drysdale K; Lupton D, 2025, 'Immuno-biographies of people living with blood-borne viruses: a timeline interview and narrative case study approach', Ssm Qualitative Research in Health, 8, pp. 100575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100575

Lupton D; Drysdale K, 2025, 'Immune logics, immune selves and immunoprivilege in the COVID era: Perspectives from marginalised social groups', Social Science and Medicine, 383, pp. 118481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118481

Power J; Grant R; Pym T; Gurtler P; Drysdale K; Mooney-Somers J, 2025, 'Beyond dental dams: a critical review of recent research on lesbian, bisexual and queer women's sexual health', Social Science and Medicine, 380, pp. 118249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118249

Drysdale K; Creagh NS; Nightingale C; Whop LJ; Kelly-Hanku A, 2025, 'Beyond words: operationalizing inclusive language in Australian cervical screening health promotion policy', Health Promotion International, 40, pp. daaf058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf058

Broady TR; Drysdale K; Brener L; Schroeder S; Marshall AD; Lafferty L; Higgs P; Baldry E; Dietze P; Stoove M; Treloar C, 2025, 'Using theory-informed, arts-based research translation to change community attitudes towards people who inject drugs newly released from prison: A randomised controlled trial', Public Health, 242, pp. 103 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.025

Drysdale K; Burton-Clark Y; Moline K, 2025, 'Reimagining menopause by expanding assumptions shaping research: a scoping review of gender and sexuality diverse people’s experiences and expectations', International Journal of Transgender Health, 27, pp. 162 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2447785

Drysdale K; Bates S; Ritter A; Smyth C; Leeuw ED; Katz I, 2024, 'Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place-based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83, pp. 584 - 602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12621

Lafferty L; Applegate TL; Lewis S; Drysdale K; Monaghan R; Kelly-Hanku A; Guy R; Treloar C, 2024, 'Pre-market health systems barriers and enablers to infectious diseases point-of-care diagnostics in Australia: qualitative interviews with key informants', BMC Infectious Diseases, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10214-5

Newton G; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2024, 'From lived experience to lived expertise: How donor-conceived witnesses claim and sustain epistemic authority', Journal of Pragmatics, 221, pp. 89 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.12.006

Haupt S; Carcel C; Halliday L; Billiards S; Carson L; Redman K; Lappan-Newton S; Aubrey KR; Bickendorf X; Bourke JE; Buchert M; Duarte JDG; Dasvarma A; Drake-Brockman TFE; Drysdale K; Dymock SCC; Eadie LN; Eckersley-Maslin M; Eissmann MF; Fazio J; Haire BG; Holder M; Kleppe N; Knight K; Mauclair J; Northcott C; Oliver BGGO; O'Mara TA; Pang K; Philpot S; Purves-Tyson TD; Stewart-Olsen J; Ursich L; Vukelic N; Yakou MH; Graham B; Lamon S; Huxley R; Thompson K; Bennett-Brook K; Jenkins C; Wainer Z; Woodward M; Chappell L; Norton R, 2024, 'Catalysing change in health and medical research policy: an Australian case study of deliberative democracy to reform sex and gender policy recommendations', Frontiers in Public Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1522213

Drysdale K; Creagh NS; Nightingale C; Whop LJ; Kelly-Hanku A, 2024, 'Inclusive language in health policy–a timely case (study) of cervical screening in Australia', Health Sociology Review, 33, pp. 325 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2024.2356868

Drysdale K; Robinson S; Gorman-Murray A, 2024, 'Sex in placemaking activism: lesbians’ and queer women’s sex-based sociality in Sydney, Australia', Gender, Place and Culture, 31, pp. 482 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2119943

Drysdale K; Scully JL; Kint L; Laginha KJ; Hodgson J; Holmes I; MacKay KL; Newson AJ, 2024, 'The salience of genomic information to reproductive autonomy: Australian healthcare professionals’ views on a changing prenatal testing landscape', New Genetics and Society, 43, pp. e2332310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2024.2332310

Drysdale K; Wells N; Smith AKJ; Gunatillaka N; Sturgiss EA; Wark T, 2023, 'Beyond the challenge to research integrity: imposter participation in incentivised qualitative research and its impact on community engagement', Health Sociology Review, 32, pp. 372 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2023.2261433

Drysdale K, 2023, '‘Scene’ as a critical framing device: Extending analysis of chemsex cultures', Sexualities, 26, pp. 604 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460721995467

Marshall AD; Schroeder SE; Lafferty L; Drysdale K; Baldry E; Stoové M; Dietze P; Higgs P; Treloar C, 2023, 'Perceived access to opioid agonist treatment in prison among people with a history of injection drug use: A qualitative study', Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209066

Valentine K; Smith AKJ; Persson A; Gray R; Bryant J; Hamilton M; Wallace J; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2023, 'The freighted social histories of HIV and hepatitis C: exploring service providers' perspectives on stigma in the current epidemics', Medical Humanities, 49, pp. 48 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012382

Newton G; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2023, 'Embodied sociotechnical imaginaries: how donor-conceived people imagine identity, family and reprodigital futures beyond regulation', Frontiers in Global Women S Health, 4, pp. 1221913, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1221913

Bryant J; Smith AKJ; Persson A; Valentine K; Drysdale K; Wallace J; Hamilton M; Newman CE, 2023, 'Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B', Culture Health and Sexuality, 25, pp. 1214 - 1229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2149858

Lafferty L; Schroeder S; Marshall AD; Drysdale K; Higgs P; Stoové M; Baldry E; Dietze P; Treloar C, 2023, 'Trust and service engagement among people who inject drugs after release from prison', International Journal of Drug Policy, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103925

Drysdale K; Rance J; Cama E; Treloar C; Mao L, 2022, 'What is known about the care and support provided for an ageing population with lived experience of chronic viral hepatitis as they near end-of-life: A scoping review', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e3775 - e3788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14066

MacGibbon J; Bavinton BR; Drysdale K; Murphy D; Broady TR; Kolstee J; Molyneux A; Power C; Paynter H; de Wit J; Holt M, 2022, 'Explicit Relationship Agreements and HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use by Gay and Bisexual Men in Relationships', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02382-9

Schroeder SE; Drysdale K; Lafferty L; Baldry E; Marshall AD; Higgs P; Dietze P; Stoove M; Treloar C, 2022, '"It's a revolving door": Ego-depletion among prisoners with injecting drug use histories as a barrier to post-release success', International Journal of Drug Policy, 101, pp. 103571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103571

Newton G; Zappavigna M; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2022, 'More than Humor: Memes as Bonding Icons for Belonging in Donor-Conceived People', Social Media and Society, 8, pp. 20563051211069055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20563051211069055

Drysdale K; Persson A; Smith AKJ; Wallace J; valentine K; Gray RM; Bryant J; Hamilton M; Newman CE, 2022, 'Professional perspectives on serodiscordant family service provision in the context of blood-borne viruses', Health Sociology Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2022.2110922

Newton G; Drysdale K; Zappavigna M; Newman CE, 2022, 'Truth, Proof, Sleuth: Trust in Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing and Other Sources of Identity Information among Australian Donor-Conceived People', Sociology, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00380385221091184

Treloar C; Schroeder S; Lafferty L; Marshall A; Drysdale K; Higgs P; Baldry E; Stoove M; Dietze P, 2021, 'Structural competency in the post-prison period for people who inject drugs: A qualitative case study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103261

Treloar C; Hopwood M; Drysdale K; Lea T; Holt M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Bryant J, 2021, 'Stigma as understood by key informants: A social ecological approach to gay and bisexual men's use of crystal methamphetamine for sex', International Journal of Drug Policy, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103229

Gibson A; Drysdale K; Botfield J; Cook T; Mooney-Somers J; Newman C, 2021, 'Navigating trans-visibilities, trauma, and trust in a new cervical screening program', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 24, pp. 1366 - 1379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2021.1952307

Smith AKJ; Persson A; Drysdale K; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J; Hamilton M; Gray RM; Newman CE, 2021, 'Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus', Sociology of Health and Illness, 43, pp. 1422 - 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13316

Drysdale K; Bryant J; Dowsett GW; Lea T; Treloar C; Aggleton P; Holt M, 2021, 'Priorities and practices of risk reduction among gay and bisexual men in Australia who use crystal methamphetamine for sex.', Int J Drug Policy, 93, pp. 103163 - 103163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103163

Drysdale K; Cama E; Botfield J; Bear B; Cerio R; Newman CE, 2020, 'Targeting cancer prevention and screening interventions to LGBTQ communities: a scoping review', Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13257

Drysdale K; Bryant J; Holt M; Hopwood M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Lea T; Treloar C, 2020, 'Destabilising the ‘problem’ of chemsex: Diversity in settings, relations and practices revealed in Australian gay and bisexual men's crystal methamphetamine use', International Journal of Drug Policy, 78, pp. 102697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102697

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