We received over 45 submissions for this call for papers (!!!). The quality was astoundingly high, making it very difficult to pick just 10 articles to include. It's exciting to see such great new work in this area and we hope to see all of the submissions in print in the near future.

Gender and inequality scholars: The submission deadline is approaching for the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal issue on "Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity and Gender Expression." 2-page abstracts due 10/15. The 2nd GSS data release expected 10/10.

Check out this Call for Articles for a RSF issue featuring research that uses gradational measures of gender, such as the scales on the 2024 GSS. Please consider submitting a proposal by 5pm EST on October 15, 2025. www.russellsage.org/request-arti...

NEW! Call for papers for @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal issue on "Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity and Gender Expression" edited by @stanfordsoc.bsky.social's Aliya Saperstein, @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social, & Bianca Wilson. www.russellsage.org/request-arti...

I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining the Sociology Department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social along with @aminghaziani.bsky.social. There are so many amazing scholars at UCSB, and I am honored to become their colleague.

In a big win for public schools, colleges, teachers and students, a court ruled today in our case to block the Trump administration from defunding schools nationwide that teach lessons with references to race or racism.

Check out this excellent introduction to the inaugural issue of @sexandsexualities.bsky.social, edited by Krystale Littlejohn and @amylstone1.bsky.social. This piece provides a great history of the sociology of sexualities and a beautiful vision for the future. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

So happy that the website is up!!! Check out the free access introduction by Krystale Littlejohn and myself!

1. Major news: Remember those "Biological men"/"Biological Women" signs at University of Cincinnati? They have come down thanks to MASSIVE student protests at the college, which have continued. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/university...

I'm so proud of ASA for taking this stand and so grateful to folks in ASA leadership for their work on this.

The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

He's running our country like one of his casinos, where the lights and the noise keep people from noticing the grime (and the crime) all around them, and where the free buffet and the chance at a big payoff are designed to make people forget that the house always wins.

Michael Burawoy, consummate sociologist, influential thinker, theorist, exemplary scholar, professor & fierce advocate of students, principled activist, former ASA president, a shockingly cruel tragedy has taken you too soon.😔 Your legacy is long and deep. May you rest in peace and power. 🙏🏾🕊️

Burawoy wrote this just last year on how sociologists must engage around Palestine: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thread with resources for fighting back against anti-transgender beliefs and policies.

Trump's Executive Order about sex and gender rehashes a lot of the anti-transgender rhetoric that Kristen Schilt and I wrote about 10 years ago. (🧵1/6)

We're ending the year as we hope to begin the next: by centering joy, flourishing, and human connection. First up in our end-of-year readings is "Transgender Joy: Flipping the Script of Marginality" by @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social and stef m. shuster: tinyurl.com/featransjoy

Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.

Here is the starter post of my #trans studies resources thread, featuring books. Up next, papers. TransReads is a good site for finding free resources for difficult-to-find books, but as always I would recommend supporting the authors if you can. #AcademicSky

I'm so excited to be joining the editorial board of the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities! This new journal makes it so that the excellent work being done by sexualities scholars in sociology has a space to thrive. Please submit to the journal once submissions are open.

From the Contexts archives: ➡️ "Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics," by Kristen Schilt and @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social (2015) (journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....) ➡️ "The Hidden Privilege in 'Potty Politics'," by Alexander K. Davis (2017) (journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....)

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Our current approaches to violence prevention clearly aren't working. In my book, I explore alternatives to how we traditionally do anti-violence activism. I detail four below. www.ucpress.edu/books/unliva... #TDoR #TDoR2024 #TransDayOfRemembrance

Hey, I started a Trans Studies starter pack, but it needs more names. I can add them, I think. Here it is, so far: go.bsky.app/UAtsVTH

Hey so FYI, all the “we must, with heavy hearts, jettison trans people into the ocean to win votes” columnists are actually just transphobic themselves

This, from a talk I'm at, is a helpful reminder - the US's fragmentary govt means folks who opposed trump are in charge in a LOT of places - places where a good portion of trans people and immigrants live. They can resist or defy a lot of what trump might do, if we pressure them to.

New here. Excited to try out a new platform. #Sociology #TransRights #PositiveSocialChange