Elizabethe Payne Ph.D.
@ecpayne.bsky.social
Director, Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI). Qual Research. Edu Policy. Soc of Ed. AAAS Congressional Fellow, 22-23. NYC/DC. New book 2025: Queer Kids & Social Violence: The Limits of Bullying, UMinn Press. @queeringedu.bsky.social
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Just received in the mail! Our new volume on queer kids and bullying is out now! Thank you to all the outstanding contributors! @uminnpress.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
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Greg Abbott is asking schools to be reported to the Texas State Dept of Education if they don’t want a Turning Point USA “Club America” at their school…but he also wants to outlaw LGBTQIA+ clubs in Texas. (And he will if the courts don’t stop SB12! Hearing is on the 18th)
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Greg Abbott is asking schools to be reported to the Texas State Dept of Education if they don’t want a Turning Point USA “Club America” at their school…but he also wants to outlaw LGBTQIA+ clubs in Texas. (And he will if the courts don’t stop SB12! Hearing is on the 18th)
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Austin is going to have some trouble staying weird.
🎁 "The [UT] campus is no longer led by an academic, but a Republican lawyer. The president has promised curricular changes, and the system is now conducting an audit of all gender studies courses, after a State House bill enshrined in state law that there are effectively only two genders."
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Austin is going to have some trouble staying weird.
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Trump’s FBI is building a list of individuals and groups who oppose and protest Trump, support immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, and criticize capitalism —in order to label and investigate them as domestic terrorists.
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Trump’s FBI is building a list of individuals and groups who oppose and protest Trump, support immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, and criticize capitalism —in order to label and investigate them as domestic terrorists.
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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By privileging some evidence over others, the Court signals growing skepticism of research that informs policy, potentially undermining educational studies on inclusive practices. @brookings.edu
What the Skrmetti decision means for transgender students and the future of education research | Brookings
The Supreme Court’s Skrmetti ruling limits transgender care, affecting students, educators, and policy nationwide.
www.brookings.edu
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
By privileging some evidence over others, the Court signals growing skepticism of research that informs policy, potentially undermining educational studies on inclusive practices. @brookings.edu
World AIDS Day 2025, & the gov again is silent. As much pain as the virus brought, silence & misinformation around it brought just as much. There is concrete work educators can do right now. Check your state's K12 HIV education policy. @guttmacher.org has the info. Work toward accurate HIV Ed.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
World AIDS Day 2025, & the gov again is silent. As much pain as the virus brought, silence & misinformation around it brought just as much. There is concrete work educators can do right now. Check your state's K12 HIV education policy. @guttmacher.org has the info. Work toward accurate HIV Ed.
I just randomly found @gayguycandleco.bsky.social and I love it. If you’re looking to support queer business, check it out. This stuff is in my cart.
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I just randomly found @gayguycandleco.bsky.social and I love it. If you’re looking to support queer business, check it out. This stuff is in my cart.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
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More than 1,800 banned titles in the 2023–2024 school year contained sex-related content. In a new interview, bestselling YA author @malindalo.bsky.social explains the necessity of reading those works in full before considering pulling them from shelves: pen.org/malinda-lo-i...
Uneasy About Sexual Content in a YA Novel? ‘Read the Whole Book,’ Urges Author Malinda Lo
“That’s why there is sexuality in my books: because it is part of life. There’s no nefarious purpose,” says author Malinda Lo.
pen.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More than 1,800 banned titles in the 2023–2024 school year contained sex-related content. In a new interview, bestselling YA author @malindalo.bsky.social explains the necessity of reading those works in full before considering pulling them from shelves: pen.org/malinda-lo-i...
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Hegseth claims Scouts are no longer a meritocracy & "attack boy-friendly spaces." In a memo to Congress, he criticizes Scouting for being "genderless" & for promoting diversity, equity, & inclusion. The military has supported the Scouts for over 100 years, & formalized their relationship in 1937."
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James. n.pr/43MiquX
U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hegseth claims Scouts are no longer a meritocracy & "attack boy-friendly spaces." In a memo to Congress, he criticizes Scouting for being "genderless" & for promoting diversity, equity, & inclusion. The military has supported the Scouts for over 100 years, & formalized their relationship in 1937."
When I was in college in the late 80s, at least half the guys on campus had a pink polo oxford shirt.
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When I was in college in the late 80s, at least half the guys on campus had a pink polo oxford shirt.
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Children's and young adult sections in libraries are being scrubbed of transgender content in these states.
Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries
Children's and young adult sections in libraries are being scrubbed of transgender content in these states.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Children's and young adult sections in libraries are being scrubbed of transgender content in these states.
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This morning I heard @rweingarten.bsky.social remind us that fascists and authoritarians fear teachers. We have seen that fear in their attempts to diminish and control us for 11 months. There is power in what we do.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This morning I heard @rweingarten.bsky.social remind us that fascists and authoritarians fear teachers. We have seen that fear in their attempts to diminish and control us for 11 months. There is power in what we do.
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Education advocacy groups widely condemned the changes. @deniseedtrust.bsky.social president and CEO of the advocacy group EdTrust, said the administration was “selling the Department of Education for parts.”
Read the full article: https://edtru.st/4oMGp5r
Read the full article: https://edtru.st/4oMGp5r
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Education advocacy groups widely condemned the changes. @deniseedtrust.bsky.social president and CEO of the advocacy group EdTrust, said the administration was “selling the Department of Education for parts.”
Read the full article: https://edtru.st/4oMGp5r
Read the full article: https://edtru.st/4oMGp5r
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Interview at @thesocietypages.bsky.social
on newly released volume with @uminnpress.bsky.social addressing bullying. We need to change how queer bullying is understood in order to create more effective interventions and policy.
on newly released volume with @uminnpress.bsky.social addressing bullying. We need to change how queer bullying is understood in order to create more effective interventions and policy.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Interview at @thesocietypages.bsky.social
on newly released volume with @uminnpress.bsky.social addressing bullying. We need to change how queer bullying is understood in order to create more effective interventions and policy.
on newly released volume with @uminnpress.bsky.social addressing bullying. We need to change how queer bullying is understood in order to create more effective interventions and policy.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Are you kidding me?
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Are you kidding me?
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Tomorrow, the Trump-Vance admin will publish a new rule allowing the Dept of Ed to disqualify employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness that disagree w/ their right-wing agenda.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tomorrow, the Trump-Vance admin will publish a new rule allowing the Dept of Ed to disqualify employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness that disagree w/ their right-wing agenda.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
It’s an unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders & public service workers.
We will see them in court.
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Today's important new releases:
-Queer Kids and Social Violence / @ecpayne.bsky.social and Melissa J. Smith, editors / @queeringedu.bsky.social
-On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution / Brian Bartell
-Queer Kids and Social Violence / @ecpayne.bsky.social and Melissa J. Smith, editors / @queeringedu.bsky.social
-On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution / Brian Bartell
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today's important new releases:
-Queer Kids and Social Violence / @ecpayne.bsky.social and Melissa J. Smith, editors / @queeringedu.bsky.social
-On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution / Brian Bartell
-Queer Kids and Social Violence / @ecpayne.bsky.social and Melissa J. Smith, editors / @queeringedu.bsky.social
-On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution / Brian Bartell