Rin Reczek
rinreczek.bsky.social
Rin Reczek
@rinreczek.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University
The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.
March 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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My federal grants with @wendymanning.bsky.social and Ann Meier were terminated last week. The language from the termination is below. It has been sad as we are being forced to say goodbye to members of our team. We are figuring out next steps. We remain deeply committed to studying all families.
March 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just learned my team’s NIA R01 on LGBTQ health that was set to be reviewed today was dropped from the study section last minute. Heard several other LGBTQ grants had the same fate.
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Reminder that ipums.org has all the acs, census, CPS, NHIS, MEPS, and so much more. Bonus that it’s cleaned and harmonized in ways that make these data really easy to use in practice.
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x
January 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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For 20 years I have used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to educate many thousands of students about trends in teen sexual behavior. Now, because Trump and MAGA are afraid of knowledge and education, access to this information -- vital knowledge -- is denied the public. (From my textbook:
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Social scientists are actually excellent at how to successfully share data with each other. We're going to need organize, and actively seek to help each, to ensure ongoing access to data.
I have these (evidently censured) data and am happy to share with anyone. Just email me jmittlem@sas.upenn.edu
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.

Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.

As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wake up y’all. *Take normal things away to create shock. Then, give a little back so it seems reasonable and normal is THE playbook.* The media needs to do better. THIS IS NOT OK.
January 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.
Only saying once on bsky b/c I know it is not entirely useful, but it is totally exhausting that in 2016 some of us said “they’re Nazis,” some of us screamed “they’re segregationists,” and a whole lot of very serious people now posting about them being Nazis and segregationists gaslight us for years
January 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.

Until today.
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Deleted. 😳
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
January 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Finally done done DONE with Twitter and deactivated. Not only is it an unusable dumpster fire, but elon’s n@zi salute made this decision for me. Hi Bluesky friends!
January 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thought I might repost some starter packs for sociologist for #followfriday as there are many more new folks on, and more starter packs by area and interest. Starting with the #sociology general here we go:
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
December 27, 2024 at 2:46 PM