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2025

Journal Article

Sprouting sideways: queer temporalities and kinship in donor conception

Andreassen, Rikke, Newton, Giselle and Dahl, Ulrika (2025). Sprouting sideways: queer temporalities and kinship in donor conception. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2446260

Sprouting sideways: queer temporalities and kinship in donor conception

2024

Journal Article

‘Is There Anything Else You’d Like to Tell Us About Your Experience?’ Orientations towards listening to open-ended survey responses

Newton, Giselle, Kirby, Emma, Hofstätter, Lukas, Judd-Lam, Sarah, Smith, Louisa, Churchill, Brendan, Strnadová, Iva and Newman, Christy E (2024). ‘Is There Anything Else You’d Like to Tell Us About Your Experience?’ Orientations towards listening to open-ended survey responses. Sociological Research Online. doi: 10.1177/13607804241287628

‘Is There Anything Else You’d Like to Tell Us About Your Experience?’ Orientations towards listening to open-ended survey responses

2024

Journal Article

On the sensations of direct-to-consumer DNA testing: realisations, resemblance and relationships

Newton, Giselle, Kirby, Emma, Carah, Nicholas and Wilson Gray, Romy (2024). On the sensations of direct-to-consumer DNA testing: realisations, resemblance and relationships. Emotions and Society, 1-18. doi: 10.1332/26316897y2024d000000045

On the sensations of direct-to-consumer DNA testing: realisations, resemblance and relationships

2024

Other Outputs

How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on Facebook

Hayden, Lauren, Newton, Giselle, Carah, Nicholas, Tran, Dang Khuong, Brownbill, Aimee, Obeid, Abdul and Irving, Rohann (2024). How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on Facebook. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.

How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on Facebook

2024

Book Chapter

When caring ends: exploring the hidden aspects of loss in trajectories out of caring in Australia

Kirby, Emma, Newton, Giselle, Smith, Louisa, Strnadová, Iva, Churchill, Brendan, Hoffstätter, Lukas, Judd-Lam, Sarah and Newman, Christy E. (2024). When caring ends: exploring the hidden aspects of loss in trajectories out of caring in Australia. Understanding the grief and loss experiences of carers: research, practitioner and personal perspectives. (pp. 110-122) edited by Kerry Jones and Joanna Horne. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003435365-9

When caring ends: exploring the hidden aspects of loss in trajectories out of caring in Australia

2024

Journal Article

From lived experience to lived expertise: how donor-conceived witnesses claim and sustain epistemic authority

Newton, Giselle, Zappavigna, Michele, Drysdale, Kerryn and Newman, Christy (2024). From lived experience to lived expertise: how donor-conceived witnesses claim and sustain epistemic authority. Journal of Pragmatics, 221, 89-104. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2023.12.006

From lived experience to lived expertise: how donor-conceived witnesses claim and sustain epistemic authority

2024

Journal Article

Embodied sociotechnical imaginaries: how donor-conceived people imagine identity, family and reprodigital futures beyond regulation

Newton, Giselle, Drysdale, Kerryn and Newman, Christy E. (2024). Embodied sociotechnical imaginaries: how donor-conceived people imagine identity, family and reprodigital futures beyond regulation. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 4 1221913, 1221913. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2023.1221913

Embodied sociotechnical imaginaries: how donor-conceived people imagine identity, family and reprodigital futures beyond regulation

2023

Book Chapter

On familial haunting: donor-conceived people’s experiences of living with anonymity and absence

Newton, Giselle (2023). On familial haunting: donor-conceived people’s experiences of living with anonymity and absence. Donor-linked families in the digital age: relatedness and regulation. (pp. 154-173) edited by Fiona Kelly, Deborah Dempsey and Adrienne Byrt. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009008129.012

On familial haunting: donor-conceived people’s experiences of living with anonymity and absence

2023

Journal Article

The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer

Lewis, Sophie, Newton, Giselle, Kenny, Katherine and Boyle, Frances (2023). The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer. Sociology of Health and Illness, 46 (2), 295-314. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13704

The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer

2023

Other Outputs

Submission to the Australian Government: Attorney-General’s Department review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) - genetic and genomic data

Curtis, Caitlin, Hereward, James and Newton, Giselle (2023). Submission to the Australian Government: Attorney-General’s Department review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) - genetic and genomic data. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland and the Australian Government: Attorney-General’s Department.

Submission to the Australian Government: Attorney-General’s Department review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) - genetic and genomic data

2023

Other Outputs

Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important

Newton, Giselle , Macmillan, Caitlin and Gelber, Katharine (2023, 03 08). Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important The Conversation

Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important

2023

Journal Article

Truth, proof, sleuth: trust in direct-to-consumer DNA testing and other sources of identity information among Australian donor-conceived people

Newton, Giselle, Drysdale, Kerryn, Zappavigna, Michele and Newman, Christy E. (2023). Truth, proof, sleuth: trust in direct-to-consumer DNA testing and other sources of identity information among Australian donor-conceived people. Sociology, 57 (1) 00380385221091184, 36-53. doi: 10.1177/00380385221091184

Truth, proof, sleuth: trust in direct-to-consumer DNA testing and other sources of identity information among Australian donor-conceived people

2023

Journal Article

Situated Talk: A method for a reflexive encounter with #donorconceived on TikTok

Newton, Giselle and Southerton, Clare (2023). Situated Talk: A method for a reflexive encounter with #donorconceived on TikTok. Media International Australia, 186 (1) 1329878X211064646, 66-80. doi: 10.1177/1329878x211064646

Situated Talk: A method for a reflexive encounter with #donorconceived on TikTok

2022

Other Outputs

Everyday belongings: Exploring Australian donor-conceived adults’ social, linguistic and digital practices across private and public domains

Newton, Giselle (2022). Everyday belongings: Exploring Australian donor-conceived adults’ social, linguistic and digital practices across private and public domains. PhD Thesis, CSRH, UNSW.

Everyday belongings: Exploring Australian donor-conceived adults’ social, linguistic and digital practices across private and public domains

2022

Other Outputs

Donor-conceived adults are speaking out about their experiences, but will governments listen?

Newton, Giselle (2022, 06 14). Donor-conceived adults are speaking out about their experiences, but will governments listen? The Power to Persuade

Donor-conceived adults are speaking out about their experiences, but will governments listen?

2022

Journal Article

(How) Will it end? A qualitative analysis of free-text survey data on informal care endings

Kirby, Emma, Newton, Giselle, Hofstätter, Lukas, Judd-Lam, Sarah, Strnadová, Iva and Newman, Christy E. (2022). (How) Will it end? A qualitative analysis of free-text survey data on informal care endings. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6 (4), 604-620. doi: 10.1332/239788221x16357694113165

(How) Will it end? A qualitative analysis of free-text survey data on informal care endings

2022

Journal Article

More than humor: Memes as bonding icons for belonging in donor-conceived people

Newton, Giselle, Zappavigna, Michele, Drysdale, Kerryn and Newman, Christy E. (2022). More than humor: Memes as bonding icons for belonging in donor-conceived people. Social Media and Society, 8 (1) 069055, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/20563051211069055

More than humor: Memes as bonding icons for belonging in donor-conceived people

2022

Book Chapter

Doing reflexivity in research on donor conception: examining moments of bonding and becoming

Newton, Giselle (2022). Doing reflexivity in research on donor conception: examining moments of bonding and becoming. Reproductive citizenship: technologies, rights and relationships. (pp. 279-301) edited by Rhonda M. Shaw. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-9451-6_12

Doing reflexivity in research on donor conception: examining moments of bonding and becoming

2020

Other Outputs

Australians are discovering they are donor-conceived via direct-to-consumer DNA testing

Gray, Rachel and Newton, Giselle (2020, 07 17). Australians are discovering they are donor-conceived via direct-to-consumer DNA testing UNSW Sydney Newsroom

Australians are discovering they are donor-conceived via direct-to-consumer DNA testing

2020

Other Outputs

Donor-conceived people lobby UN for access to their genetic heritage

Gray, Rachel and Newton, Giselle (2020, 01 20). Donor-conceived people lobby UN for access to their genetic heritage UNSW Sydney Newsroom

Donor-conceived people lobby UN for access to their genetic heritage