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Heidi M. Levitt
@heidilevitt.bsky.social
Professor, psychologist; Research on psychotherapy, LGBTQ+ issues, gender, healing from stigma experiences; CCGT, critical, qualitative, and mixed methodologies. To learn more: https://sites.google.com/site/drheidilevitt/ or www.lgbtqmentalhealth.com
AI and qualitative research... our concerns and guidance at Qualitative Psychology...
"A Consideration of the Ethics and Methodological Integrity of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research: Guidelines for Qualitative Psychology" by @heidilevitt.bsky.social QP does not publish articles in which AI was used for six specific activities psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
🥳🤩 Sharon G. Horne received the 2025 Denmark-Gunvald Award for Feminist Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists. This award honors a psychologist who has a history of research and service that directly benefits the health, promotion, and well-being of women in the world.
I remember the excitement of learning about CPAR and love that I will can use this amazing article to share it with my students! Fernández, J. S., & Fine, M. (2025). Methodological retrospective: Critical participatory action research. Qualitative Psychology, 12(3), 377–394. doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
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This is one of four excellent articles intended for use in the classroom. The others in that special issue focus on decolonial, phenomenological, and critical participatory action research. They are student-friendly and historically embedded descriptions that make clear how to do each one well!
"Person-centered narrative analysis: A methodological retrospective and primer" by Phillip Hammack & Ruthellen Josselson in @apajournals.bsky.social. Situates PCNA within the qualitative revolution in psychology to restore a focus on individual meaning awspntest.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
I continue to be horrified that he acts with overt cruelty, impunity, and immaturity and that we struggle to stand up to him in the moment or to hold him accountable after. Where is the video of this moment? Why isn't it everywhere?
I'm not surprised that Trump said "Quiet, Piggy" when an unnamed woman in the White House Press Corp asked him if there's anything incriminating in the Epstein files, and my lack of surprise is because he's a misogynistic dickwad. But... (1/2)
We publish so many phenomenal articles in Qualitative Psychology, but this is one that really touched my heart... It is scholarship-activism in action and I wanted to post it today when so many people have acted to reject anti-trans legislation. It affirms this caring.
"Understanding the Attack on Science as an Discrediting of Minoritized Lived Experiences"... An editorial in Qualitative Psychology
Trump is launching a full blown attack on free speech while his harem of billionaires buys up every media platform. This is no coincidence. It’s a coordinated attack on your fundamental right to speak freely without worrying if you’ll lose your job or worse.
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
“If Americans don’t fight back … the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society.” Join the #SummerFightForScience to take action here ➡️zurl.co/zG9W5 zurl.co/F0Wyk
Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on All Americans
If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society
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The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like. And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create. Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people. No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets. Subscribe to support our journalism.
After Trans People, Trump Now Erasing Bisexual People From Stonewall National Monument
The "History and Culture" page no longer includes bisexual rights.
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I am excited to share with you Qualitative Psychology 12(2), including a special issue on "Methodologies to advance anti-racist scholarship." Guest editors: Tiffany Williams & Roberto Abreu; a fantastic job, highlighting the need for anti-racist qualitative methods. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for pointing out that we make money on our public lands every single year. Why would we sell them when they are a reliable form of income? www.blm.gov/sites/defaul...
Free access for Pride month! #LGBTQ #neurodiversity #autism www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
“These Experiences also Relate to my Neurodiverse Identity”: An Intersectional Understanding of Heterosexist Events Among Autistic-LGBTQ+ Individuals | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Given the high likelihood of Autistic individuals also being sexual and gender minorities, it is important to understand how Autistic-LGBTQ+ people understand prejudice events in the conte...
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BREAKING: A federal judge says the termination of NIH grants for research on diversity-related topics by President Trump's administration was “void and illegal,” and accused the government of discriminating against racial minorities and LGBT people.
Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
U.S. District Judge William Young said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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