I’m getting the hang of this winemaking thing…

.Dana Nessel had everything thrown at her this election - all of it unfair and an attempt to misrepresent her candor, authenticity, and sense of humor. But Dana is not a quitter. She worked hard and in the end, she beat her opponent by 3x the margin she did in 2018. Congrats!

The #LGBT vote in #MidTerms2022 marked a 30-year high for Democrats at 84% and tied the 2016 Presidential election low of 14% for Republicans. In 2022, 7% of voters identified as LGBT, another 30-year high.

Glad to see new Census report on ACS reports of same-sex couples. tinyurl.com/2u2fsxha U.S. Census Bureau If you want to read more comparing ACS and CPS data check out paper with Gary Gates and Krista Payne in Demography Journal read.dukeupress.edu/demography/iss…

Check out this Gallup blog post written by The National Couples' Health and Time Study Project Manager Alexandra M. VanBergen, PhD!! It summarizes Wendy D. Manning and Claire Kamp Dush work on differences in stress during the pandemic among partnered U.S. adults: news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup…

It is truly great news that the US government is starting to take the measurement of sexual orientation & gender identity seriously. But it must be said that this document is at least two decades too late. SOGI measurement remains a rarity on US federal surveys. That must change.

.Bay Area Reporter⁠ discusses the progress being made with a new Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity. Hear from Gary Gates, a member of the authoring committee for our 2020 report on LGBTQI+ populations, in this recent article: ow.ly/PCUO50MPQfU

🇳🇿 New Zealand is including questions about gender, sexuality and intersex people in its national Census for the first time. 🏳️‍🌈 This year’s national survey will include the new questions to aid advocacy for LGBTQ+ people on the same footing as other Kiwis.

A nicely written update on my winemaking activities: m.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/…

This is a great thread explaining some new research. Well done, Jason Budge. Richard Florida, you may find this interesting.

Thrilled to publish this new research brief, "LGBT+ Self-Identification Among Youth in Ireland Aged 17-18 Years" with Nerilee Ceatha & Des Crowley in Population Research & Policy Review. Check it out (open access!): link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Hey, New York Times Games. I’m confused. How is Ulster a “former Irish province?” It still exists & it’s still on the island of Ireland.

I’m excited to share that we are hosting a day-long Queer Demography Summit at Princeton March 29th. This event will feature cutting edge research that spans all corners of demography (family, health, migration, etc). This hybrid event is open for all to attend! Please share!

Thrilled to serve as the keynote speaker at The Office of Population Research at Princeton University University's Queer Demography Summit featuring amazing scholars who are changing our world for the better.

If American civil strife resulted in proportionally the same number of deaths as what Ross Douthat referred to as the "lower-grade" strife of Northern Ireland's Troubles, 770,000 Americans would lose their lives. Lower-grade? Another American clueless about the world. New York Times Opinion

Dear goddesses, Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera, this is feckin' nine years ago. Happy Christmas to you & yours!

Let's hear it for Gary Gates, recipient of a Robert J. Lapham Award at #PAA2025 - Congratulations!

🏅At #PAA2025, it was an honor to present the Lapham Award to two trailblazers in our field: ⭐Gary Gates, for his work advancing data on the LGBTQ+ population ⭐Andrew Mason, for developing the National Transfer Accounts, helping countries understand the demographic dividend

Congratulations to our Annual Award recipients of 2025! ICYMI: View the #PAA2025 Awards Ceremony youtu.be/rqaU3_XKjw0?si… ralph i. lawton @uheronews Gary Gates Sonalde Desai Annika Christensen Mary Jo Hoeksema