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#MorningReads In a field experiment with 3,000 Craigslist negotiations, sellers were 22% less likely to respond to gay vs. straight White men and less polite to Black & East Asian men. Bias in negotiation responses may shape who feels encouraged to negotiate—impacting wealth & opportunity.
Race, Sexual Orientation, and Intersectionality in Distributive Negotiation Outcomes for Men | Organization Science
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November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Social media can be a vital source of support for TGD youth of color—helping them find community, representation, and information. Findings highlight the need for nuanced discussions and media literacy strategies to maximize benefits while addressing risks.
“I’m not alone here”: A qualitative study of social media as a source of support for transgender and gender diverse youth of color
Social media has come under scrutiny, leading to recommendations that adolescents reduce or eliminate use. However, social media may offer benefits, particularly to marginalized groups; understandi...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Been having some anxiety over some recent events, but my reading this morning has helped assuage them a little. Only 5 days until my presentation.
#WitchSky #tarot #MorningReads #fool #strength #star
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#MorningReads Mexico’s ENDISEG data shows that how we categorize gender shapes findings on inequality. Trans people face major educ disadvantages, especially those identifying as trans non-binary. Multidimensional gender measures matter. 👏 👏 via Sabina Bercovich Szulmajster
Categorizing gender beyond the binary: inequalities in education from a multidimensional gender perspective - Genus
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of gender diversity and its implications for educational inequality research by exploring how different methods of gender categorization shape analytica...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Over half of U.S. adults (55%) support both divorce & forgoing marriage, even w/ children involved. These views are more common among women, LGBTQ+ people, and those cohabiting or divorced, & less common among older, religious, and conservative adults. w/ @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States
The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Study of 1,312 sexual minority youth (1990s–2010s cohorts) supports the developmental collision hypothesis: youth are coming out earlier, but victimization—not earlier milestones—drives depressive symptoms. Earlier self-ID/disclosure also linked to less depression. #SOGIData #LGBTYouth
The Developmental Collision Hypothesis: An Empirical Test With Three Generations of Sexual Minority Youth - PubMed
Sexual minority youth experience disproportionate rates of mental health symptomatology relative to their heterosexual peers. Less is known about why these disparities have persisted despite growing p...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#MorningReads Study of 12,822 U.S. SGDY (ages 13–18) finds transgender boys face highest rates of depression, anxiety & bullying. Trans identity—not race/ethnicity—was the main driver of mental health disparities. Asian cis & trans girls reported lowest in-school victimization. #SOGIData #LGBTHealth
Examining Mental Health and Bullying Concerns at the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Among a National Sample of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth - PubMed
<span><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Most extant scholarship that examines the health experiences of sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) is limited in the ability to apply an intersectional framework due t...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#MorningReads Trans women—especially Black trans women—face disproportionate police surveillance, harassment, and violence. Interviews with 21 trans women in Chicago illuminate how intersecting identities shape risk, underscoring urgent need for policy change. #Crim #LGBTResearch
“I Feel Like I Have Three Strikes Against Me”: Transgender Women’s Experiences with Police Bias and Discrimination - Critical Criminology
Transgender women, and particularly transgender women of color, are overrepresented within the criminal legal system and experience higher rates of police surveillance, harassment, and violence compar...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Expanding nondiscrim laws is linked to lower long-term cardiovascular disease risk shows how structural protections can reduce health disparities among LGB adults. #LGBTQHealth H/T @bgeverett.bsky.social @morganphilbin.bsky.social
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Examining the Influence of Sexual Orientation-Related Nondiscrimination Laws on 30-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk | LGBT Health
Purpose: Our aim was to expand existing evidence on structural determinants of cardiovascular health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults by examining sexual orientation differenc...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Noticing a trend in my #MorningReads on #LGBTresearch, esp the #transstudies: abstracts are frequently packed with intro info, not findings. #PSA – Lead with results for impact and more readers! #sociology #demography
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#MorningReads Nurturance, Eroticism, & Relationship Satisfaction Among People in Monogamous & Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships.
Compared to multi-partnered’ reports of their primary relationship, single-partnered individuals reported similar satisfaction & nurturance, & higher eroticism.
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December 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Transgender men in Brazil who underwent MM reported higher body image satisfaction and quality of life, supporting the role of this procedure in enhancing mental health.
#unsurprisingbutempirical #nowweknow #getthechestyouwant
Outcomes and Perceptions of Masculinizing Mammoplasty Among Transgender Men in Brazil
AbstractBackground. Transgender men often experience body image dissatisfaction due to incongruence between their gender identity and physical appearance.
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February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The medical system significantly impacts transgender lives.
Unmet medical needs & negative healthcare experiences affect transgender health. Also, healthcare barriers and negative experiences vary and differ in their impact across transgender groups. @rinreczek.bsky.social
The Medical Institution and Transgender Health: The Role of Healthcare Barriers and Negative Healthcare Experiences
Transgender health has risen as a topic of key interest. Yet little is known about factors that might stratify health among transgender people. In thi…
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November 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
“And the tears? I stetted the tears.”

—Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce.

Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much?

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August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Mental Health & Well-Being of Nonhuman-Identified Individuals: The Role of Minority Stress and Resilience.
Finds no differences in mental health outcomes but autistic participants scored higher on anxiety & camouflaging than non-autistic participants.
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January 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#MorningReads Lab experiments show that when people know others’ past behavior and can signal before cooperating, contributions to public goods actually decrease—suggesting that reputational info and preplay communication can fuel distrust rather than cooperation. #classicsocpsyc
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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Yesterday the CDC has removed several pages related to health and disease prevention. PDFs of what was removed, can be found here. #CDC
CDC Purge of Health Information and Data
Today the CDC has removed several pages related to health and disease prevention. I have the PDFs of what was removed, here they are.
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February 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The public colleges of New York, Texas, and California are great engines of social mobility in America. They move many born in the lower 20% of income to the top 20%.

Our most elite universities move smaller numbers from the bottom 20% income to the top 1%.

Paper: www.nber.org/system/files...
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Sexual behavior stigma isn’t experienced the same way across all Mexican sexual minority men. Patterns vary by nativity and residence—highlighting the need for context-specific tools to measure stigma accurately. #LGBTQResearch #SOGIdata
Measurement of Sexual Behavior Stigma in Cisgender Mexican Sexual Minority Men: Contextual Considerations of Living in Mexico or the United States - Archives of Sexual Behavior
We used data from the 2018 and 2019 cycles of the American Men’s Internet Survey (AMIS) and the Encuesta de Sexo Entre Hombres (ESEH) (2017) to investigate measurement invariance of a sexual behavior ...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Parental Sexual Orientation Socialization for Sexual Minority Youth: Introduces a novel framework for sexual orientation socialization processes between heterosexual, cisgender parents and SMY children to accelerate research and practice innovation for SMY development and health.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#MorningReads via @victorerikray.bsky.social @tyson-brown.bsky.social & @pahoman.bsky.social
Offers actionable recs & emphasizes conceptual clarity, pluralism, & triangulation to improve how we measure and model racism’s structure & impact. #soci #demography
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods | Annual Reviews
This review provides 10 actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conce...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Eating disorders (EDs) are highly prevalent among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) adults, and internalized transnegativity is a key risk factor for ED symptomatology.
#selfcompassionalways #translivesmatter
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Internalized Transnegativity, Self‐Warmth, Self‐Coldness, and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults
Eating disorders (EDs) are highly prevalent among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) adults, and internalized transnegativity is a key risk factor for ED symptomatology. Although extant literature has e...
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January 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Study addresses four themes: motivations for CNM, individual & relational experiences, the CNM landscape in Türkiye, and tips for maintaining healthy CNM relationships. Insights can enrich both literature and clinical practice! #NonMonogamyResearch #CNMResearch
Consensual Non-Monogamy: Experiences and Insights from Türkiye
Consensual non-monogamous relationships (CNM) are an umbrella term that describes relationships in which partners, usually in a primary relationship, give each other consent to be sexually and/or r...
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February 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM