The APSA Sexuality and Politics section APSA Sexuality and Politics Section (38) has extended the deadline for the 2024 Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award, which recognizes the best dissertation on sexuality and politics defended in the previous two calendar years

Apply by April 29

ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics

🌟 Exciting Opportunity! Join our PhD Summer School on LGBTI+ (In)Equalities 🌈 in Cluj-Napoca.

We're offering 25 fully funded spots.

Dive into workshops and mentoring, engage in research, and +! Apply by May 3rd! 📅✈️

COST
LGBT(In)equalities
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The Department of Education has just issued its long-awaited Title IX rule, which for the first time enshrines protections for LGBTQI+ students and employees

highereddive.com/news/education…

An explainer on trans self-ID laws, with at least 17 countries now allowing gender self-ID

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I'm heartbroken to say we lost my brother, Steven Attewell yesterday morning after a long struggle with cancer.

I'll put personal feelings and thoughts elsewhere, but given his and my community here, I want to talk about Steve's political and intellectual contributions.

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ALLY-SHIP IN ACTION.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Ashley James

15 years ago today, an Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage in the state

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Awful news from Uganda

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday largely upheld a sweeping anti-gay law, which includes the death penalty as a punishment in some cases
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As Politico reports, Evan Low is now leading by one vote! 🌈

The owner of a Russian gay bar in the city of Orenburg has been arrested on “extremism” charges

Days earlier, two bar employees were arrested in a police raid and charged with “organizing extremist activities,” including hiring + filming drag performers

them.us/story/russia-l….

BREAKING: I just vetoed Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ bill to ban trans and gender nonconforming kids from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.

LGBTQ kids deserve our love and respect and support just like any other kid.

Fifty years ago today, Kathy Kozachenko became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to office in the United States

She was 21 years old when she won a seat on the Ann Arbor City Council in 1974

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We have Dr. Rachel Bernhard this week. 😍