The Department of Sociology at Franklin & Marshall College is hiring for a Visiting Assistant Professor! For more info: apply.interfolio.com/180787 @fandmcollege.bsky.social

Brendan Gill is a true advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, not just an ally www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/bren... Oo-Rah

Real advocacy doesn't start on the campaign trail. It's more than an enthusiastic stump speech or a well-answered question in a town hall Q&A. It's years of putting in the work, showing up in solidarity, building coalitions, and not backing down from the fight. Gill has earned this credibility.

Brendan Gill is the strongest advocate for LGBTQ+ communities in this race. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/bren... @montclairpridecntr.bsky.social @montclairdems.bsky.social @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social @gardenstateequality.org @lgbtqnation.com @asanews.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social

"...some of the most influential members of the Democratic Party — from @kamalaharris.com to @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to Rahm Emanuel to Gavin Newsom — have at least partially capitulated before the political tidal wave of anti-transgender disinformation..."

Enraged by the killing of Renee Good and the increased presence of federal agents in Minneapolis, local protesters are going face-to-face with heavily armed agents in a high stakes environment. trib.al/vekqQ69

Thanks to ASA Member @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social for sharing insights on the misconceptions and misinformation surrounding members of the trans community.

In the 11th District Congressional primary in NJ, Brendan Gill is the only candidate who has consistently advocated for the LGBTQ+ community in the recent years during which it has been under siege. This is not the time for leaders to be passive allies. patch.com/new-jersey/l...

@hrc.org @gardenstateequality.org @montclairpridecntr.bsky.social @montclairdems.bsky.social @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

@apnews.com @huffpost.com

The special election for #MikieSherrill's seat in Congress is underway. Montclair's own Brendan Gill received a big endorsement today. #NJ newjerseyglobe.com/congress/phi...

I loved hearing from you at my town hall on SNAP and healthcare last night. Thank you to Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill for joining with me to get folks the answers they need on food programs and care, and a big thank you to everyone who came out!

@nj.com @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social @montclairpridecntr.bsky.social @montclairdems.bsky.social @theadvocatebr.bsky.social @hrc.org

@montclairpridecntr.bsky.social @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social @montclairdems.bsky.social @hrc.org @theadvocatebr.bsky.social @nj.com

Why are New Jersey residents paying for climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly fueled? "100-year floods happening every five to ten years...really cause havoc,” explains Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill. “It shouldn’t be up to the average citizen to pay for what they did."

Brendan Gill, re-raising the Montclair NJ Pride Flag after vandals tore it down: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=120... “No act like this is going to divide us. No act like this is going to separate us. In fact, it is only going to bring us closer together...

Brendan Gill is the only candidate In the 11th District Congressional primary in NJ, who has shown up as an ally and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community consistently against right wing attacks. This is not the time for leaders to be passive allies. patch.com/new-jersey/b...

In the 11th District Congressional primary in NJ, Brendan Gill is the only candidate who has consistently advocated for the LGBTQ+ community in the recent years during which it has been under siege. This is not the time for leaders to be passive allies. patch.com/new-jersey/l...

My Op Ed in today's Philadelphia Inquirer... www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Ashley's Substack ashleycrondiniphd.substack.com?r=5ga9cm&utm...

#ItalianAmericanHeritageMonth #IndigenousPeoplesDay

There's a term for e'rybody who will know exactly enough Spanish to do dead-on, at-home versions of karaoke during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, even though they aren't necessarily fluent, or even conversational, in Spanish otherwise: "BiSINGual"...see what I did there? 🎤

In her ASA Footnotes article, “Meeting the Moment,” Ashley C. Rondini @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social @fandmcollege.bsky.social points to ways teachers can help students of sociology cultivate the hope that they will need for the work that lies ahead. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/ASAfallFN

Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine... www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...

There is some critically important work being done here by the AAP. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now? www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/tomorrow-l...

John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice. Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how: By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.

Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

My newest short story, "Burn," is out in Variant Lit: lnkd.in/eRu8meQm Thanks to Editors Suzy Eynon and Barbara Lock for believing in it and making it shine!

Andrea Gibson, a master of spoken-word poetry who cultivated legions of admirers with intensely personal, often political works exploring gender, love and a personal four-year fight with terminal ovarian cancer, has died at 49.