Sofia Melendez Ron, M.Ed., M.A.
@sofia-melendez.bsky.social
They/she elle/ella • Queering, Resisting, Dancing • Clinical psyc PhD student • Critical pedagogy • Relational ethics • Chronic pain & disability • Trans Studies #VanierCanada Scholar 🇲🇽 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️
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Hi BlueSky! I want to introduce myself
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability
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🌟 Welcome to the ARCAI Lab! 🌟
We’re the Advancing Research for Culturally Aligned Interventions (ARCAI) Lab, based in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
Want to learn more? ⬇️
psychlabs.torontomu.ca/arcai/
We’re the Advancing Research for Culturally Aligned Interventions (ARCAI) Lab, based in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
Want to learn more? ⬇️
psychlabs.torontomu.ca/arcai/
September 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🌟 Welcome to the ARCAI Lab! 🌟
We’re the Advancing Research for Culturally Aligned Interventions (ARCAI) Lab, based in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
Want to learn more? ⬇️
psychlabs.torontomu.ca/arcai/
We’re the Advancing Research for Culturally Aligned Interventions (ARCAI) Lab, based in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
Want to learn more? ⬇️
psychlabs.torontomu.ca/arcai/
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Hi! I have four law degrees and teach law. Can confirm. Is extremely bad.
I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
March 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hi! I have four law degrees and teach law. Can confirm. Is extremely bad.
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Trans people are fucking amazing. Don’t you forget it.
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trans people are fucking amazing. Don’t you forget it.
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Our article on how gatekeeping is actually harmful to detrans people has been assigned an issue!
Free link: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...
Free link: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...
Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people
Gender assessments are often required to access gender-affirming medical interventions. These assessments are typically defended as a way of preventing regret, offering a compromise between the int...
www.tandfonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our article on how gatekeeping is actually harmful to detrans people has been assigned an issue!
Free link: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...
Free link: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...
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We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
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Breaking: A federal judge sides with Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota and has just blocked Trump's anti-trans EO banning care under the age of 19 via a TRO.
This is the second federal judge in a row to conclude that the President's EO is likely unconstitutional.
This is the second federal judge in a row to conclude that the President's EO is likely unconstitutional.
February 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Breaking: A federal judge sides with Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota and has just blocked Trump's anti-trans EO banning care under the age of 19 via a TRO.
This is the second federal judge in a row to conclude that the President's EO is likely unconstitutional.
This is the second federal judge in a row to conclude that the President's EO is likely unconstitutional.
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As promised, here is the audio version!
February 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As promised, here is the audio version!
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Gatekeeping does NOT benefit detrans people.
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gatekeeping does NOT benefit detrans people.
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
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Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
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Please consider doing this survey. We'd love to hear from people all over the world. Queer or not queer, you'd have thoughts on seeing queer representation.
(posting on behalf of) Alana Blakers who is doing a PhD on queer museums as part of my ARC project titled Saving Lives: Mapping the influence of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ creative artists. Any and all participation is appreciated
mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
February 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Please consider doing this survey. We'd love to hear from people all over the world. Queer or not queer, you'd have thoughts on seeing queer representation.
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BREAKING NEWS: We’re SUING TRUMP! 🏛️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧵
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING NEWS: We’re SUING TRUMP! 🏛️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧵
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Our paper titled “Gatekeeping Gender-Affirming Care is Detrimental to Detrans People” was accepted for publication!
January 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our paper titled “Gatekeeping Gender-Affirming Care is Detrimental to Detrans People” was accepted for publication!
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Gender is messy and that’s the entire beauty of it! ✨
Genderfucking as a Critical Legal Methodology - McGill Law Journal
lawjournal.mcgill.ca
January 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gender is messy and that’s the entire beauty of it! ✨
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Hey, so I just gave a lecture titled “A Healthy Disrespect for the Law” at UBC in Canada, and I’d be happy to do a virtual version for U.S. law schools, which are full of students that probably need to hear it.
January 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey, so I just gave a lecture titled “A Healthy Disrespect for the Law” at UBC in Canada, and I’d be happy to do a virtual version for U.S. law schools, which are full of students that probably need to hear it.
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The history of Zionism is peppered with examples of antisemites who supported the Zionist project first and foremost on antisemitic grounds. You think the British supported Zionism out of the goodness of their heart? Because they loved Jewish people? No.
January 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The history of Zionism is peppered with examples of antisemites who supported the Zionist project first and foremost on antisemitic grounds. You think the British supported Zionism out of the goodness of their heart? Because they loved Jewish people? No.
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I guess some people don’t realize that a majority of Zionists throughout history were antisemites who (a) wanted Jews to leave their country and/or (b) bring about the end times?
January 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I guess some people don’t realize that a majority of Zionists throughout history were antisemites who (a) wanted Jews to leave their country and/or (b) bring about the end times?
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Welp, my “fuck the law” lecture on Thursday just became even more timely.
J. Donald Mawhinney Lectureship in Professional Ethics
In this talk, it is argued that disrespect can be an effective tool for challenging injustice and that jurists should entertain a healthy disrespect for the law given the widespread and foundational n...
allard.ubc.ca
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Welp, my “fuck the law” lecture on Thursday just became even more timely.
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Hey Canadian PSYC folks! Some incredible students are working with me to create a free online resource re: career pathways in PSYC in Canada. We are looking for all kinds of folks (esp non academic) who might be willing to have a brief bio included. Please share! forms.office.com/r/RhQRS4QMyg
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hey Canadian PSYC folks! Some incredible students are working with me to create a free online resource re: career pathways in PSYC in Canada. We are looking for all kinds of folks (esp non academic) who might be willing to have a brief bio included. Please share! forms.office.com/r/RhQRS4QMyg
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Thank you to everyone that’s taken part in the Trans Lives Survey 2024/25 so far. We’re really keen to hear more from Black and brown trans people.
If you’ve got any questions about the survey, send us a DM or email research@transactual.org.uk
If you’ve got any questions about the survey, send us a DM or email research@transactual.org.uk
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you to everyone that’s taken part in the Trans Lives Survey 2024/25 so far. We’re really keen to hear more from Black and brown trans people.
If you’ve got any questions about the survey, send us a DM or email research@transactual.org.uk
If you’ve got any questions about the survey, send us a DM or email research@transactual.org.uk
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“It was a Roman salute.”
Wouldn’t change anything. Unless you’re playing a Roman in a movie, doing a Roman salute is still Nazi shit.
Wouldn’t change anything. Unless you’re playing a Roman in a movie, doing a Roman salute is still Nazi shit.
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“It was a Roman salute.”
Wouldn’t change anything. Unless you’re playing a Roman in a movie, doing a Roman salute is still Nazi shit.
Wouldn’t change anything. Unless you’re playing a Roman in a movie, doing a Roman salute is still Nazi shit.
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ADL: “Pro-Palestinian advocacy is antisemitic and anti-Zionist Jews are self-hating.”
Also ADL: “We don’t think it’s antisemitic for Elon Musk to do a Sieg Heil shortly after defending the a German far-right party frequently accused of being neo-Nazis and Holocaust denialists.”
Also ADL: “We don’t think it’s antisemitic for Elon Musk to do a Sieg Heil shortly after defending the a German far-right party frequently accused of being neo-Nazis and Holocaust denialists.”
January 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ADL: “Pro-Palestinian advocacy is antisemitic and anti-Zionist Jews are self-hating.”
Also ADL: “We don’t think it’s antisemitic for Elon Musk to do a Sieg Heil shortly after defending the a German far-right party frequently accused of being neo-Nazis and Holocaust denialists.”
Also ADL: “We don’t think it’s antisemitic for Elon Musk to do a Sieg Heil shortly after defending the a German far-right party frequently accused of being neo-Nazis and Holocaust denialists.”
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The passport page about changing your gender marker is now down.
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
travel.state.gov
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The passport page about changing your gender marker is now down.
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Hi BlueSky! I want to introduce myself
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hi BlueSky! I want to introduce myself
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability
🇲🇽🍁 Mexican Canadian living between Guadalajara & Toronto
🧠 Neurodivergent
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi & genderqueer
📚PhD student in clinical & health psych
🎓Master of Education
💜 Passionate about critical theories, pedagogy, gender affirmation, decoloniality, & disability