KL Dunkle, MPH PhD
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KL Dunkle, MPH PhD
@kldunkle.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist | LGBTQI+ health | SGBV | SRHR | Disability

Skilled faciliation | Training & capacity development | Impact evaluation | Surveys | Mixed methods | Data analysis

Based in South Africa. 🏳️‍🌈☮️♿🏳‍⚧ (they/them)
Everything the Trump administration puts out is propaganda, no matter what it calls it.
In 1988, Phantom debuted on Broadway, Die Hard was in theaters, and you could still smoke on airplanes. An outcome study was published about 141 Dutch gender-transition patients.

That 37-year-old study is the ONLY research cited in the "adult outcomes" section of the new HHS report.

#therapistsky
May 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
No court ruling or executive order can reduce the beautiful symphony of biological complexity and nuanced identify down to the narrow confines of transphobic bigotry. They can just make life unfair and miserable.
April 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is about ADHD but absolutely applies to all forms of neurodivergence.
But also, any article that talks about the rise in diagnosis without talking specifically about the rise in diagnosis outside The Affluent White Boy demographic is obscuring more than it clarifies.

Diagnosis has risen because more people have access to appropriate health care now. This isn't hard.
April 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Searing, eloquent, and on point.
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm pleased to join @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social @nickmetheny.bsky.social and @rebeccafieldingmiller.com in suggesting a few strategies for a collective rufusal to abandon HIV science, patients, and vulnerable communities in these chaotic times.
Our May issue is here! 🙌

In this Viewpoint article, ‘A refusal to abandon HIV Science’, researchers from South Africa and the US point out the disastrous consequences of the anti-science actions in the US and call on HIV scientists to push back with focus and intent.

🔗➡️ ow.ly/Tyjv50VwAV1
A refusal to abandon HIV science : AIDS
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ow.ly
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by KL Dunkle, MPH PhD
The GOP is spending tens of millions of dollars on a campaign to make others afraid of less than 1% of the population. This is a distraction. This is scapegoating and evil.

Love one another. ✌️ #Resist #BeKind #TakeNoShit 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

usafacts.org/articles/wha...
February 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is beyond tragic. He was such a bright and beautiful soul.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
So grateful to be living in #SouthAfrica. Oom Cyril left no doubt at last night's #SONA about being #ProudlySouthAfrican in the face of disinformation & bullying from the current US administration.
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is good news, for as long as it holds.
Birthright citizenship remains the law of the land. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
So it's clearly time to start hanging out with the cool kids over here. Hello, cool world 👋🏻😎
November 13, 2024 at 7:13 PM