Great talk by Joss Greene who interviewed formerly incarcerated transgender people & social services staff for his paper on the challenges of re-entry, finds that organizational practices of gender categorization are racialized. Ends with message: #citeblackwomen. #ASA19

Very interesting talk from Griffin Lacy who finds that higher levels of birth family gender identity support may play a significant role in reduced suicide ideation #ASA19

Did a new study really find evidence for multiple gay genes? Not so fast, says member Jeff Lockhart in a new blog post. “Looking to biology🧪 and genetics 🧬 for explanations... is silly.” #MemberMonday @sciencemagazine Michigan Sociology scatter.wordpress.com/2019/09/02/the…

What happens when queer nightlife turns temporary? Members @stillwagon_ryan and Amin Ghaziani of UBC Sociology explore Queer Popups in new issue of City & Community #MemberMonday

News research on “daddies” & “cougars” finds ppl in intergenerational 👫 fare pretty similarly to folks in relationships w/similar-age partners—tho 👱🏽‍♀️ w/older 👴🏼 partners report > issues in the bedroom. Tony Silva new article in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World #MemberMonday

How is the shift towards “questionably queer” bar spaces impacting LGBT women? It’s effectively displacing them, new research from section member Dr. Jaime Hartless in Gender, Place and Culture #MemberMonday tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

How do Latina exotic dancers navigate how their bodies are read? New ethnographic work from member Christina Khan of @WGSSSBU is out in @Gend_Soc exploring the embodied cues Latina dancers use to express Latinadad #MemberMonday doi.org/10.1177%2F0891…

From political marches and support group meetings to family dinner tables in cities and small towns, member @AmyBrainer of UM-Dearborn explores queer kinship in Taiwan in a new book with Rutgers University Press #MemberMonday

Reminder: Review of apps begins in one week! #IUPUISociology is hiring an Assistant Professor w/specializations in Medical Sociology and Gender/Sexuality. #MedSoc #SocTwitter @MedicalSocASA ASA Sex and Gender ASA Sexualities

“Remaking a Life” shows how women move from ‘dying from’ to ‘thriving despite’ HIV & other injuries of inequality. Catch Celeste Watkins-Hayes as she tours the country talking about her new book that Stacey Abrams says “carves a path forward to progress” #MemberMonday NU Sociology

Congrats to member Dr Carrie Foote of @IUPUI for being named Arts 4 AIDS 2019 Hero of the Year. “The committee selected Dr. Carrie b/c of her belief in healthcare as a human right & her generous... commitment to those most underserved and stigmatized.” #MemberMonday

Soc of Sexualities folks: Just two weeks left to submit nominations for the Simon and Gagnon and Early Career Awards. Nominations should be submitted to CJ Pascoe See the ASA Sexualities newsletters for more info. ASA Sociology #sociologytwitter

The call for papers for a special issue of Teaching Sociology on Teaching Sexualities remains open despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Email the guest editors for more information or to submit your manuscript and/or book and film review suggestions. ASA Sexualities ASA Teaching and Learning

Congrats to everyone elected to serve our section! 🥳

We are excited to announce that we are joining other ASA sections in redirecting $$ budgeted for our annual reception to the ASA Sociology Minority Fellowship Program. Est. in 1974, MFP supports the dev & training of sociologists of color.

Congrats to *co-winners* of our 2020 book prize: Elizabeth Bernstein (Barnard College) for “Brokered Subjects” and Nicola Mai (Kingston University) for “Mobile Orientations” (both from UChicagoPress)!