The🇺🇸 U.S. Senate 🏛️ passed bi-partisanship legislation to mandate federal recognition of Same-Sex Marriage (SSM). Check out a selection of published Politics & Gender articles that look at the development of SSM and LGBTQ fight for political equality and inclusion 🧵👇 1/7

Heartbroken and angry to learn of yet another shooting in my home state, and this one in my hometown in an LGBTQ club. Colorado Springs was where I learned if you don't stand against oppression, you perpetuate it.

It's official.

COLORADO will become the second state in American history with a majority-women legislature.

Nevada, the first state to reach this milestone, will retain its majority-women status following the 2022 midterms.

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While everyone is watching CD3, I stand by these thoughts I shared with ⁦John Frank⁩ about 2022. From redistricting to party resources, the state’s Democratic Party treated Western CO as an afterthought. Thank goodness we had great candidates. #copolitics

Colorado is making #herstory again.
We have 51 out of the 100 Legislators are #Women .
10 Colorado Senate Dems and 2 GOP. 34 women in COHouseDems
and 5 House GOP.
Finally, true #representation because #RepresentationMatters
#coleg #copolitics

Yadira Caraveo will become the first Latina to represent Colorado in Congress.

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.Kelly Dittmar explaining how #redistricting affects women candidates.

Check out CAWP's Redistricting Effects on Women Congressional Incumbents Tracker: cawp.rutgers.edu/redistricting-…

Democrat Yadira Caraveo wins competitive District 8 race to represent Colorado’s newest congressional district cpr.org/2022/11/09/yad…

Colorado just elected their first Latina to serve in Congress. So exciting, so long overdue. Congratulations, Dr. Yadira Caraveo.

In Colorado, I'm watching House races in districts 8, 3, and 5. 8 for historic Latina representation, 3 for Latino mobilization, 5 for future possibilities.

The recent attack intended for Speaker Pelosi is a stark reminder that violence against ♀️ in politics is pervasive & a growing 🌎 trend. For context & insight on #VAWIP mechanisms check out @PoliticsandGenderJ 🧵👇 reviewing recent work published on the subject 1/10

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Check out this timely special issue. Articles are ungated through the end of November. This includes a piece I co-authored with Dr. Christina Bejarano, Nadia E. Brown, and Sarah Gershon on the 'Intersectional Dynamics of Descriptive Representation.'

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Gender is a core element in far right politics, connected to growing democratic backsliding around the 🌎. For context & insight into these dynamics, Politics & Gender 📗is ungating our articles on these topics until the end of November 2022 ⬇️ ⬇️ cambridge.org/core/journals/… [1/13]

I just realised that the edited collection Feminism and Protest Camps, with a cover that is a thing of beauty and content to match, is currently available to preorder at a 50% discounted rate FOR ONLY TWO MORE DAYS (so go pester your librarian) bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/feminism-and-p…

Amazing game! Congratulations, girls.

Congratulations on your win today, RC 09G Invictus! On to the Colorado Presidents Cup finals. #ThisIsReal .