I am elated to finally share this special issue that @lawrencealexander.bsky.social and I have prepared! We wrote an editorial discussing some of the main themes and introducing the fantastic contributions by 13 authors. www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue2930.html @alphavillej.bsky.social

DEADLINE APPROACHING A few more days to send your submissions for this year's Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize!

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The Board of the SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus is seeking submissions for the 2025 Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize! Nov 15, 2025 - All Submissions Due Dec 15, 2025 - Winner Selected Mar 15, 2026 - Winner Article Revised for Publication MORE INFO: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZICp...

The Board of the SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus is seeking submissions for the 2025 Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize! Nov 15, 2025 - All Submissions Due Dec 15, 2025 - Winner Selected Mar 15, 2026 - Winner Article Revised for Publication MORE INFO: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZICp...

Preparing to deliver my talk "From Striver to Disaster: The Bisexual as Figuration of Contemporary Socioeconomic Decline" at Bi Research Group Conference; join online! www.bisexualresearch.com #IBRC2025 #bisexualresearch @emersonsofilm.bsky.social @bisexualmovies.bsky.social @scmsqtc.bsky.social

❗Deadline extended to August 10❗ If you’d like to connect with fellow caucus members working on related topics, please sign up for the #QTCConnectProgram by emailing [email protected] with “QTC Connect” as the subject line @javiperezosorio.bsky.social @jbcole-kurz.bsky.social

Thanks for the enthusiasm for the Alex Doty Mentorship Program, especially with the quick deadline! We have decided to extend the deadline to July 6 to welcome more signups. We especially encourage more mentors to join us. Mid-career folks can be both a mentor and mentee! Check SCMS email for info.

We’re excited to share a few important leadership updates for the SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus! @scmstudies.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Queer and trans film and media scholars, SCMS QTC members, please help me retire as the senior co-chair of @scmsqtc.bsky.social! I am old & tired. We’re looking for secretary nominees until the 25th to hold elections. It’s a 3 year term: secretary ➡️ junior co-chair ➡️ senior co-chair ➡️ retirement.

I’m re-sharing the QTC starter pack in hopes of finding our new secretary. Are you out there? @scmsqtc.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social go.bsky.app/G4eA51z

We are extending the deadline until May 25th! Please send your nominations for the role of Secretary. More information below. @slavagreenberg.bsky.social @javiperezosorio.bsky.social @jbcole-kurz.bsky.social

Dear QTC members, We are looking for a new caucus Secretary! If you are interested in nominating yourself for this position, please email a bio of 100-200 words and a platform of 200-300 words to [email protected] by the end of the day on Friday, May 16th. MORE INFO ⬇️

Our panel “Queer, Queerness, and Its East Asian (in)Adaptability” is happening at 9AM on Sunday! Hoping to see many scholars of queer & Asian media there :) #SCMS25 @scmsqtc.bsky.social

I’m heartbroken that so many brilliant scholars could not attend #SCMS25 out of the completely understandable and real fear for their safety.

Sitting in the forest looking at a photo of myself presenting at #SCMS25 is kinda uncanny. Thank you @javiperezosorio.bsky.social for the pic and @laurah.bsky.social for orgenizing and chairing the most complicated panel ever!

En route to Chicago for #SCMS25 #SCMS2025! Excited to present on Saturday!

SCMSers, please come to our panel tomorrow if you're able to: Friday, April 4th, 11:00 am -12:45 pm. Session G14. We'll be in the Geneva room in the Swissotel, so pop across the street from the Fairmont! And don't forget to check out the @scmsqtc.bsky.social zine! #SCMS25 🏳️‍⚧️🎓🏳️‍🌈

Happening in two hours! With all the travel restrictions on trans folks and additional flight delays, if you’re around, be a pal, come say hi to @laurah.bsky.social and send me a pic, pleaseeeee! I so wish I could be there with y’all! 🏳️‍⚧️🎥📺✨ @scmsqtc.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social #SCMS25

We're very excited to see many of you at this year's conference in Chicago #SCMS2025. We've prepared the following zine with information about all the panels with queer and trans themes. (Sorry if we missed anything; the program is long!) Download the QueerZine here: wetransfer.com/downloads/4b...

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BREAKING: @scmsqtc.bsky.social zine just dropped!!! Check out the latest & hottest in queer & trans cinema & media scholarship; #SCMS2025 panels & the annual QTC🍹 Check your 📧 for the full zine, made by our talented grad re Eduardo Pelligra!

For the first time in a decade, I canceled my #SCMS participation. W/ TSA harassment & travel doc confiscations of trans people, ICE’s treatment of visa holders, for political & random reasons, & the measles outbreak—I don’t feel safe traveling to the U.S. as a trans, immunocompromised immigrant.1/4

Dear QTC Members, please check your inboxes for an important message from our senior co-chair @slavagreenberg.bsky.social about conference updates and accommodations for those not travelling due to the current hostility at the border targeting trans and nonbinary individuals in particular. #SCMS2025

I checked, it’s open access and excellent! @scmsqtc.bsky.social

JOB OPPORTUNITY The Department of English and Media Studies at Bentley University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Asian American literary and/or cultural studies with a possible secondary field of specialization in Digital Humanities. shorturl.at/ywae3

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IMPORTANT UPDATE for QTC members participating in this year's conference. #SCMS2025

A bunch of new folks joined so I’m reposting the @scmsqtc.bsky.social starter pack. Please spread the word & lmk if you’d like to be added. @scmstudies.bsky.social

Very nice new postdoctoral gigs just posted at ND! $75K + research funds, low teaching. This year they're running it in Art, Art History, & Design; Film, Television, & Theatre; Sociology; History; German, Slavic, & Eurasian Studies; and the Medieval Institute. alresources.nd.edu/resources/pr...

Congratulations to QTC member Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social for the SCMS 2025 Best Essay in An Edited Collection Award!!!

Is there a cute, cozy, and accessible queer bar in downtown Chicago? Looking for recs to hold the @scmsqtc.bsky.social annual drinks @scmstudies.bsky.social #SCMS2025

This is the Queer and Trans SCMS Caucus starter pack to stay in touch! Please join our community. bsky.app/starter-pack...

CONFERENCE CFP The Outdated Aberrations-Graduate Conference UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Department Submission deadline: 9 March Acceptance notifications: End of March Conference date: 23 May, in person only at UCLA TFT, Los Angeles. Submission form: forms.gle/NseVDG44o6pg...

OPPORTUNITY Crimson Honors is a film and TV criticism contest for LGBTQ students seeking a career in entertainment journalism. GALECA will award $3,000 in scholarships to the top three contenders. All majors are encouraged to apply. More information here: galeca.org/Crimson-Hono...

BREAKING: SCMS Queer & Trans Caucus is on Bluesky! We’ll be sharing news, updates, and QTC panel shoutouts before and during the conference. Give us a follow to stay connected, drop us a line, we want to hear from you!

Hello everyone! We are excited to have this new platform to stay in touch. Please watch this account to learn more about caucus activities and our plans for #SCMS2025 in Chicago. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️