Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
@anacristinasantos.bsky.social
Sociologist. Focus: queer ageing.
Senior Researcher in LGBTQI+ Studies @ces-uc.bsky.social Centre for Social Studies (CES)
2× @ERC_Research winner🏆
Executive Committee @ESA_Sociology
Co-Director of Feminist Studies PhD @ucoimbra 🇵🇹
Senior Researcher in LGBTQI+ Studies @ces-uc.bsky.social Centre for Social Studies (CES)
2× @ERC_Research winner🏆
Executive Committee @ESA_Sociology
Co-Director of Feminist Studies PhD @ucoimbra 🇵🇹
Pinned
Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance
www.ces.uc.pt
👾 Open Call – PhD Monsters Summer School IV - Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance.
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
🎥 Prémio 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤+ 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 | O filme «Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers», realizado por Ana Cristina Santos e Nuno Barbosa no âmbito do Projeto TRACE - Tracing Queer Citizenship Over Time, foi distinguido no Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Filme «Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers», realizado no âmbito do Projeto TRACE, distinguido em festival de cinema grego
Prémio | novembro 2025
ces.uc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎥 Prémio 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤+ 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 | O filme «Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers», realizado por Ana Cristina Santos e Nuno Barbosa no âmbito do Projeto TRACE - Tracing Queer Citizenship Over Time, foi distinguido no Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
👾 Open Call – PhD Monsters Summer School IV - Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance.
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance
www.ces.uc.pt
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
👾 Open Call – PhD Monsters Summer School IV - Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance.
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Apply until Nov 30 2025!
📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...
Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...
Reclaim monstrosity💥
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
Amazing week spent at the University of Macerata as an invited keynote speaker for the #SOCIN2025 conference with #ERUA. So much food for truly interdisciplinary thought. And listening to @inekesluiter.bsky.social keynote... what a treat!
September 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Amazing week spent at the University of Macerata as an invited keynote speaker for the #SOCIN2025 conference with #ERUA. So much food for truly interdisciplinary thought. And listening to @inekesluiter.bsky.social keynote... what a treat!
Once upon a time, the beginning of the world. 🥹
National Park Timanfaya, Land of Fire, Island of the 1000 🌋🌋🌋
#timanfaya #lanzarote
National Park Timanfaya, Land of Fire, Island of the 1000 🌋🌋🌋
#timanfaya #lanzarote
August 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Once upon a time, the beginning of the world. 🥹
National Park Timanfaya, Land of Fire, Island of the 1000 🌋🌋🌋
#timanfaya #lanzarote
National Park Timanfaya, Land of Fire, Island of the 1000 🌋🌋🌋
#timanfaya #lanzarote
Take your rosaries from my ovaries (again)
Protect LGBTQI youth (again & again)
Please join the Public Consultation this week before it's too late for Portuguese schools. The input from the international community is precious. Here:
dge.mec.pt/noticias/con...
#StopTERFs #notinmyname
#sexeducation
Protect LGBTQI youth (again & again)
Please join the Public Consultation this week before it's too late for Portuguese schools. The input from the international community is precious. Here:
dge.mec.pt/noticias/con...
#StopTERFs #notinmyname
#sexeducation
July 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Take your rosaries from my ovaries (again)
Protect LGBTQI youth (again & again)
Please join the Public Consultation this week before it's too late for Portuguese schools. The input from the international community is precious. Here:
dge.mec.pt/noticias/con...
#StopTERFs #notinmyname
#sexeducation
Protect LGBTQI youth (again & again)
Please join the Public Consultation this week before it's too late for Portuguese schools. The input from the international community is precious. Here:
dge.mec.pt/noticias/con...
#StopTERFs #notinmyname
#sexeducation
⚠️Attention prospective PhD students - last Call for Applications!
🇬🇧PhD programmes taught in English (check which before applying)
🫣Deadline: 15th July
📚Join us in a vibrant community of engaged scholars at the @ces-uc.bsky.social , Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
+Info: www.ces.uc.pt/en/doutorame...
🇬🇧PhD programmes taught in English (check which before applying)
🫣Deadline: 15th July
📚Join us in a vibrant community of engaged scholars at the @ces-uc.bsky.social , Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
+Info: www.ces.uc.pt/en/doutorame...
July 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
⚠️Attention prospective PhD students - last Call for Applications!
🇬🇧PhD programmes taught in English (check which before applying)
🫣Deadline: 15th July
📚Join us in a vibrant community of engaged scholars at the @ces-uc.bsky.social , Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
+Info: www.ces.uc.pt/en/doutorame...
🇬🇧PhD programmes taught in English (check which before applying)
🫣Deadline: 15th July
📚Join us in a vibrant community of engaged scholars at the @ces-uc.bsky.social , Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
+Info: www.ces.uc.pt/en/doutorame...
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
📣 O projeto ‘PULSAR | O papel de profissionais LGBTQ+ para uma saúde inclusiva’ (CES-UC) apresenta um questionário sobre experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal 👉 O objetivo é identificar desafios, necessidades e promover ambientes de trabalho inclusivos
Experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal
Inquerito realizado para recolher as experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal, no âmbito do projeto de investigação "PULSAR", coordenado por Mara Pieri no Centro de Estudos Sociais da...
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May 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📣 O projeto ‘PULSAR | O papel de profissionais LGBTQ+ para uma saúde inclusiva’ (CES-UC) apresenta um questionário sobre experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal 👉 O objetivo é identificar desafios, necessidades e promover ambientes de trabalho inclusivos
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
📣 LGBTIQ equality academics and experts: #HaveYourSay in the EU's consultation on the new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 👉 buff.ly/YJXpmlr
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📣 LGBTIQ equality academics and experts: #HaveYourSay in the EU's consultation on the new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 👉 buff.ly/YJXpmlr
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
Tools to think critically about how we live and what we aim for. The #RainbowMap 2025 is out 🌈
With #ILGA-Europe, discover how 49 European countries are performing when it comes to LGBTI human rights.
🔗 rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/
With #ILGA-Europe, discover how 49 European countries are performing when it comes to LGBTI human rights.
🔗 rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/
May 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Tools to think critically about how we live and what we aim for. The #RainbowMap 2025 is out 🌈
With #ILGA-Europe, discover how 49 European countries are performing when it comes to LGBTI human rights.
🔗 rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/
With #ILGA-Europe, discover how 49 European countries are performing when it comes to LGBTI human rights.
🔗 rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/
These boots were made for walking. I'm grateful to the ERC for this honor and responsibility I share w/ incredible colleagues and the institution that has always been my home of academic freedom.
Much more to come soon... Onwards!
TRACE - Queer Citizenship over Time
@ces-uc.bsky.social
#trace_ces
Much more to come soon... Onwards!
TRACE - Queer Citizenship over Time
@ces-uc.bsky.social
#trace_ces
📣 LGBTIQ equality academics and experts: #HaveYourSay in the EU's consultation on the new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 👉 buff.ly/YJXpmlr
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF
April 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These boots were made for walking. I'm grateful to the ERC for this honor and responsibility I share w/ incredible colleagues and the institution that has always been my home of academic freedom.
Much more to come soon... Onwards!
TRACE - Queer Citizenship over Time
@ces-uc.bsky.social
#trace_ces
Much more to come soon... Onwards!
TRACE - Queer Citizenship over Time
@ces-uc.bsky.social
#trace_ces
Sociologists of sexualities and gender, attention to this⤵️
Deadline extended: 30th April. 🔥
And don't forget to follow the ESA Sexuality Research Network on BlueSky! Together we're stronger. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽
@esasexuality.bsky.social
W/ European Sociological Association
Deadline extended: 30th April. 🔥
And don't forget to follow the ESA Sexuality Research Network on BlueSky! Together we're stronger. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽
@esasexuality.bsky.social
W/ European Sociological Association
We would also like to remind you that the deadline for submitting your abstracts is approaching fast - 15 April 2025:
esarn23.wordpress.com/conference-2...
We look forward to seeing you in Palermo!
esarn23.wordpress.com/conference-2...
We look forward to seeing you in Palermo!
April 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Sociologists of sexualities and gender, attention to this⤵️
Deadline extended: 30th April. 🔥
And don't forget to follow the ESA Sexuality Research Network on BlueSky! Together we're stronger. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽
@esasexuality.bsky.social
W/ European Sociological Association
Deadline extended: 30th April. 🔥
And don't forget to follow the ESA Sexuality Research Network on BlueSky! Together we're stronger. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽
@esasexuality.bsky.social
W/ European Sociological Association
The attacks on knowledge and academic freedom are targeting LGBTQI+ issues mostly.
We must stand together, use all platforms, demand for more visibility and funding for LGBTQI research.
Sexual and gender diversity remain powerful indicators of the quality of Democracies.
✊🏽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️♀️
We must stand together, use all platforms, demand for more visibility and funding for LGBTQI research.
Sexual and gender diversity remain powerful indicators of the quality of Democracies.
✊🏽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️♀️
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
Requests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the Atlantic, according to those working in the sector.
Although “the situation here is nowhere [near] as bad, censorship does happen and there are some deeply worrying examples of library professionals losing their jobs and being trolled online for standing up for intellectual freedom on behalf of their users”, said Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The attacks on knowledge and academic freedom are targeting LGBTQI+ issues mostly.
We must stand together, use all platforms, demand for more visibility and funding for LGBTQI research.
Sexual and gender diversity remain powerful indicators of the quality of Democracies.
✊🏽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️♀️
We must stand together, use all platforms, demand for more visibility and funding for LGBTQI research.
Sexual and gender diversity remain powerful indicators of the quality of Democracies.
✊🏽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️♀️
Trump asks? We answer.
Academic freedom is non-negotiable.
We'll respond to Trump's anti-DEI obsession w/ more & more research on each of the forbidden words, more & more books to fill the shelves emptied by force, more & more transfeminist & queer PhD programmes.
🏳️⚧️✊🏽🏳️🌈⚧️♀️
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
Academic freedom is non-negotiable.
We'll respond to Trump's anti-DEI obsession w/ more & more research on each of the forbidden words, more & more books to fill the shelves emptied by force, more & more transfeminist & queer PhD programmes.
🏳️⚧️✊🏽🏳️🌈⚧️♀️
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Trump asks? We answer.
Academic freedom is non-negotiable.
We'll respond to Trump's anti-DEI obsession w/ more & more research on each of the forbidden words, more & more books to fill the shelves emptied by force, more & more transfeminist & queer PhD programmes.
🏳️⚧️✊🏽🏳️🌈⚧️♀️
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
Academic freedom is non-negotiable.
We'll respond to Trump's anti-DEI obsession w/ more & more research on each of the forbidden words, more & more books to fill the shelves emptied by force, more & more transfeminist & queer PhD programmes.
🏳️⚧️✊🏽🏳️🌈⚧️♀️
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
🔥Attention, queer EU early career researchers! Enjoy academic freedom & excellence in a prestigious institution w/ longstanding work on LGBTQI+, ageing, gender, diversity, citizenship & democracy. 🌈✊🏽
⚠️PhD up to 8 years; not in Portugal for over 1 yr in the past 3 yrs; etc.
➡️Check & apply bf 30 June
⚠️PhD up to 8 years; not in Portugal for over 1 yr in the past 3 yrs; etc.
➡️Check & apply bf 30 June
European Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) 2025 | Call for applications until 30 April 2025
www.ces.uc.pt
March 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🔥Attention, queer EU early career researchers! Enjoy academic freedom & excellence in a prestigious institution w/ longstanding work on LGBTQI+, ageing, gender, diversity, citizenship & democracy. 🌈✊🏽
⚠️PhD up to 8 years; not in Portugal for over 1 yr in the past 3 yrs; etc.
➡️Check & apply bf 30 June
⚠️PhD up to 8 years; not in Portugal for over 1 yr in the past 3 yrs; etc.
➡️Check & apply bf 30 June
Resistance is only possible if we come 2gether, because attacks on freedom are tentacular. #IWD is transfeminist & more. Just read the list of forbidden words released by the ElonTrump Admin. Not all politicians are the same. Fight against populism, join the Left, bring another friend w/ u. Now. ✊🏽⚧️♀️
March 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Resistance is only possible if we come 2gether, because attacks on freedom are tentacular. #IWD is transfeminist & more. Just read the list of forbidden words released by the ElonTrump Admin. Not all politicians are the same. Fight against populism, join the Left, bring another friend w/ u. Now. ✊🏽⚧️♀️
Respect! And gratitude. We should all be doing this and whatever we can, standing up for human rights and for our collective dignity. Hell, yeah.
A big shout-out to brave Maine leaders and to our trans family and friends 🏳️⚧️
#dontpanicorganize
A big shout-out to brave Maine leaders and to our trans family and friends 🏳️⚧️
#dontpanicorganize
Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes
President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Respect! And gratitude. We should all be doing this and whatever we can, standing up for human rights and for our collective dignity. Hell, yeah.
A big shout-out to brave Maine leaders and to our trans family and friends 🏳️⚧️
#dontpanicorganize
A big shout-out to brave Maine leaders and to our trans family and friends 🏳️⚧️
#dontpanicorganize
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
We hosted a special surprise proposal at the bookshop this morning before we opened. It was a few months in the planning…
They said yes!
They said yes!
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We hosted a special surprise proposal at the bookshop this morning before we opened. It was a few months in the planning…
They said yes!
They said yes!
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
🌈 On day 16 of LGBTQ+ History Month, we honour Lili Elbe, a Danish trans woman and one of the first known recipients of gender-affirming surgery. Her story, later told in The Danish Girl, highlights both the risks and resilience of early trans pioneers in their fy for authenticity.
February 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🌈 On day 16 of LGBTQ+ History Month, we honour Lili Elbe, a Danish trans woman and one of the first known recipients of gender-affirming surgery. Her story, later told in The Danish Girl, highlights both the risks and resilience of early trans pioneers in their fy for authenticity.
I've just heard about the sudden death of one of the greatest. Without #MichaelBurawoy, we wouldn't have the public and engaged sociology I believe in. This is a hard blow at a time when his courage, intelligence and irreverence, all of which absolutely brilliant, will be sorely missed. RIPower ✊🏽💔
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I've just heard about the sudden death of one of the greatest. Without #MichaelBurawoy, we wouldn't have the public and engaged sociology I believe in. This is a hard blow at a time when his courage, intelligence and irreverence, all of which absolutely brilliant, will be sorely missed. RIPower ✊🏽💔
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
At the Grammys, Chappell Roan said: “It’s brutal right now, but trans people have always existed and they will forever exist and they will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away.”
Lady Gaga Uses Grammys Acceptance Speech To Voice Impassioned Support For Trans Community
"Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love," the Die With A Smile singer declared.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
At the Grammys, Chappell Roan said: “It’s brutal right now, but trans people have always existed and they will forever exist and they will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away.”
Reposted by Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
"The Hill We Climb". Remembering precious words by Amanda Norman, at Joe Biden's, 2021.
And more:
Stay focused, stay strong, stay together. This too shall pass.
✊🏽🏳️⚧️♀️⚧️🏳️🌈
And more:
Stay focused, stay strong, stay together. This too shall pass.
✊🏽🏳️⚧️♀️⚧️🏳️🌈
January 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"The Hill We Climb". Remembering precious words by Amanda Norman, at Joe Biden's, 2021.
And more:
Stay focused, stay strong, stay together. This too shall pass.
✊🏽🏳️⚧️♀️⚧️🏳️🌈
And more:
Stay focused, stay strong, stay together. This too shall pass.
✊🏽🏳️⚧️♀️⚧️🏳️🌈