Elizabethe Payne Ph.D.
@ecpayne.bsky.social
Director, Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI). Qual Research. Edu Policy. Soc of Ed. AAAS Congressional Fellow, 22-23. NYC/DC. New book 2025: Queer Kids & Social Violence: The Limits of Bullying, UMinn Press. @queeringedu.bsky.social
Trump’s effort to dumb down history and shave off the rough spots is not what we, the people, want, writes Eleanor Clift.
Trump’s Smithsonian Crackdown Could Be Its Best Promotion Yet
Trump’s effort to dumb down history and shave off the rough spots is not what we, the people, want.
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Teaching teens to have babies, rather than reducing teen pregnancy. Never in all my years of delivering teen sex ed would I ever have thought this would come from the government.
Stateline@stateline.org · 2w agoFederal health officials have a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy that's focused on fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.” stateline.org/2026/07/22/f...
this is how dumb you sound, democrats, when you accept the absurd premise that this is an issue that you need to campaign on
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "We had transgender for everybody. Men in women's sports came ravaging through our cities."
I worry that they are moving so fast—and that the media has been so bizarrely silent—that the “new global order” (Pax Silica) will be in place (& impossible to unwind) before the public knows anything about it. Thread. #PaxSilica 1/
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 4w ago😳 Jacob Helberg—who left his position as an advisor at *Palantir* to join the Trump State Dept—spearheads the international “Pax Silica” initiative. In May, he discussed it w/ Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale: “Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age” 1/
“The push to exclude trans girls from girls’ sports has never really been about transgender athletes. There’s a much bigger gender war that they are fighting about inherent, fixed biological difference.”
The Heritage Foundation only wanted to protect women's sports when it was about trans athletes
Not anymore.
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The Trump-Vance administration recently terminated 53 of 67 TPP Program grants, intending to replace proven programs with abstinence-only programs that erase LGBTQIA+ young people, spread medically inaccurate information about contraception, and promote “fertility” as a core outcome.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · 3w agoThe Trump-Vance admin wants to replace programs proven to reduce teen pregnancy with programs that exclusively promote abstinence-only, erase LGBTQ+ people from education, and push medically inaccurate information about birth control. We stopped this unlawful effort before, and we'll do it again.
The regime cannot dictate how topics are addressed in university classrooms.
frazz on Instagram: "They fought for years and won! Who’s next? #Couragenow"
171 likes, 1 comments - mrs.frazzled on July 19, 2026: "They fought for years and won! Who’s next? #Couragenow".
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Journalistic restraint: “Mr. Hegseth’s focus on testosterone levels at a moment when U.S. forces are ramping up attacks in Iran is unorthodox. Defense secretaries typically focus on larger strategic questions, involving alliances, war and weapons production.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone
Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
nytimes.com
@mta.info It is so hot in the West 72nd station It’s shocking folks are not dead on the platform. This is ridiculous!!
"Tuesday’s ruling [upholding a lower court decision against Florida’s so-called Stop WOKE Act] makes it even clearer that legislators who try to ban the discussion of ideas that make them uncomfortable aren’t just embarrassing themselves, they are also inviting lawsuits." @victorerikray.bsky.social
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4w agoAmazing how DeSantis' Stop WOKE Act was the center of our political universe for a time (and we were told the right had won the argument) yet now that it's suffered a crushing defeat, everybody has moved on. Good writeup of DeSantis' loss from @victorerikray.bsky.social: www.ms.now/opinion/flor...
Gender non conforming people were fighting for everyone’s rights long before Stonewall.
The Public Universal Friend was a gender-nonconforming #preacher who led a young, radical, multiracial community built on progressive ideas. See how their ability to challenge early America's promise ...
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As rights new and old are under threat, let's educate youth and each other about what we've gained and commit to standing together for everyone's civil rights. @250to250.bsky.social
250 to 250@250to250.bsky.social · last mo.Jim Obergefell is a leading LBGTQ+ activist, speaker, producer, author, and wine entrepreneur. Here he stories the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case, which guaranteed the marriage rights of same-sex couples across the United States. #WeAreAmerica250
See What's in Trump Commission's Religious Freedom Agenda for Schools: Panel recommends federal guidance on parents' opt-out rights, Ten Commandments displays, and other features.
See What's in Trump Commission's Religious Freedom Agenda for Schools
Panel recommends federal guidance on parents' opt-out rights, Ten Commandments displays, and other features.
edweek.org
@jamellebouie.net on the Supreme Court anti-trans ruling.
Jamelle Bouie on Instagram: "On the Supreme Court’s anti-trans ruling in West Virginia v. BPJ and its overall pro-cruelty jurisprudence."
332 likes, 7 comments - jbouie on July 3, 2026: "On the Supreme Court’s anti-trans ruling in West Virginia v. BPJ and its overall pro-cruelty jurisprudence.".
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NEW: Second federal judge blocks DOJ from getting trans minors' info via grand jury subpoena. Judge Pitts issued the preliminary injunction covering a subpoena directed at Stanford. Today, at Law Dork:
Second federal judge blocks DOJ from getting trans minors' info via grand jury subpoena
Judge Pitts issued the preliminary injunction covering a subpoena directed at Stanford. Also: About the dismissed charges in the "judge shopping" case. And: The SCOTUS shadow docket is still going.
lawdork.com
Pride discounts on queer books from @uminnpress.bsky.social. Including our new book on queer kids and bullying.
Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI)®️@queeringedu.bsky.social · 2mo ago@uminnpress.bsky.social is offering 30% their Pride Collection for Pride month. This includes our new book Queer Kids and Social Violence: The Limits of Bullying. www.upress.umn.edu/collection-p...
Nonfiction and fiction, stories and histories so crucial to why we honor and celebrate Pride. Browse the Pride Month collection, now 30% off: www.upress.umn.edu/collection-p...
Pride discounts on queer books from @uminnpress.bsky.social. Including our new book on queer kids and bullying.
Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI)®️@queeringedu.bsky.social · 2mo ago@uminnpress.bsky.social is offering 30% their Pride Collection for Pride month. This includes our new book Queer Kids and Social Violence: The Limits of Bullying. www.upress.umn.edu/collection-p...
Scientist considers whether he might have documented a transgender chimpanzee.
Primatologist Frans de Waal on natural variations of gender in the animal kingdom, sharing what it was like watching Donna the chimpanzee grow up. (📺: Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary) #TheNatureOfThings...
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Critics of moving special education out of the Department of Education and into HHS say the shift could reverse decades of progress and impact millions of students.
Education Department changes are leaving millions of vulnerable students at risk
Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next.
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As the school year ends, it’s important we assess the facts. What is, and is not, being done in support of LGBTQ students. The answer is far less than rhetoric, from both sides, would lead you to believe.
Elizabethe Payne Ph.D.@ecpayne.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew research article from QuERI directors Payne & Smith challenges conservative arguments for Don't Say Gay legislation and explores implementation of LGBTQ-inclusive anti-bullying law.
Reminder: Only one-twentieth of 1% of all US youth are accessing gender affirming care. Among youth with a trans-related diagnosis, only 5% are on puberty blockers, and 11% on hormone therapy. The money and energy spent on these attacks is about much more than 1/20th of 1% of youth.
New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
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What does it take to get young people to start voting? Here are some answers, backed by data, and a way we can all get involved. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
About Youth Voting: Live with Laura Brill
Laura Brill understands statistics.
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As the school year ends, it’s important we assess the facts. What is, and is not, being done in support of LGBTQ students. The answer is far less than rhetoric, from both sides, would lead you to believe.
Elizabethe Payne Ph.D.@ecpayne.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew research article from QuERI directors Payne & Smith challenges conservative arguments for Don't Say Gay legislation and explores implementation of LGBTQ-inclusive anti-bullying law.
I join w others on social media who never met @raulpachecovega.bsky.social in person, but received his immense kindness & support over many years. He followed @queeringedu.bsky.social on twtr & we began conversations about qual research in public policy. He checked on me regularly through the years
