🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Excited to have work with @qalbaugh.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari in this @politicsgenderj.bsky.social virtual special issue on LGBTQIA+ politics. Many of these pieces are also great for teaching, so keep in mind for updating syllabi!

Politics & Gender@politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In celebration of Pride Month, our new virtual special issue highlights research on LGBTQIA+ politics 🏳️‍🌈 Enjoy free access to the articles until the end of July ⬇️

In celebration of Pride Month, our new virtual special issue highlights research on LGBTQIA+ politics 🏳️‍🌈 Enjoy free access to the articles until the end of July ⬇️

LGBTQIA+ Politics

LGBTQIA+ Politics

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LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! 2026 Scholarships & Fellowships Undergraduate & graduate students, faculty, professionals, and community members - apply today! Deadline: May 31, 2026 Link in profile > Scholarships & Fellowships

Very happy to share this piece co-authored with @qalbaugh.bsky.social and Francesco MacAllister-Caruso in @theconversation.com. 🏳️‍⚧️

The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 4mo ago

Counting trans people: Why better data collection is essential for better policy

Did you present an APSA (@apsa.bsky.social) paper addressing intersectionality in Vancouver? This joint award from the Women and Gender Politics Section and the Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section recognizes the Best Paper on intersectionality! Due April 1st!

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ALT: an illustration of three women with the words empowered women empower women

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Job - please share widely! Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions www.mun.ca/vpacademic/m...

Reminder - as we watch results from NL election - that even if PCs secure more seats than Libs, John Hogan will remain Premier & would have first opportunity to test confidence of House. If PCs lead but remain below 20 seats, it's very possible we'd have a Liberal govenment continue.

📣 Excited to share a new dataset article with @qalbaugh.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We identify 176 out LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2015, 2019 & 2021 Canadian federal elections using a replicable search procedure based on individual candidate searches.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 10mo ago

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - A New Dataset Identifying LGBTQ2S+ Candidates in Canadian Federal Elections - https://cup.org/43dVFj3 - @kebaisley.bsky.social & @qalbaugh.bsky.social #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - A New Dataset Identifying LGBTQ2S+ Candidates in Canadian Federal Elections - https://cup.org/43dVFj3 - @kebaisley.bsky.social & @qalbaugh.bsky.social #FirstView

Just out at JOP (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....) : Why do so few working-class people hold office? It's not lack of interest. Noam Lupu and I ran 10 surveys in 8 countries and found no evidence of a social class gap in how often qualified people consider running.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT-POSSIBILITÉ D’EMPLOI #CPSA_ACSPJobs 🔴Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy (Professor) ⏰Oct 15 2025 👉 conta.cc/41QMEfh @raulpachecovega.bsky.social #polisci @csnrec.bsky.social #cdnpoli #PoliSciTwitter @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social @emmettmacfarlane.com

Fewer LGBTQ2S+ people hold positions of political power in Canada, and those who do represent a narrower range of political perspectives, according to research by @qalbaugh.bsky.social and @kebaisley.bsky.social.

LGBTQ2S+ representation in Parliament is declining. What can we do? | Xtra Magazine

Research shows fewer queer and trans people hold political power in Canada, and those who do represent fewer political perspectives

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ New in Xtra! Quinn Albaugh and I present new data on LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2025 federal election—and consider where to go from here.

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 11mo ago

With MPs heading back to the House of Commons today, we need to talk about the decline of LGBTQ2S+ representation in Parliament.

How should we identify LGBTQ2S+ candidates? In new research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social , we compare 3 methods for identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates in 🇨🇦 federal elections (2019–2021).

Identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: comparing three approaches

In this research note, we compare three approaches to identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: candidate surveys, published lists of LGBTQ2S+ candidates, and systematic searches of each candidate running. ...

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Thrilled to have a new article in PRQ in time for the end of Pride month. doi.org/10.1177/1065... It demonstrates that having 2SLGBTQI+ candidates running in an electoral district is correlated to higher turnout among 2SLGBTQI+ voters - even in a relatively accepting place like 🇨🇦. #affinityeffects.

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Are LGBTQ+ Candidates Disadvantaged in Financing Their Campaigns?" @qalbaugh.bsky.social, @kebaisley.bsky.social & Kate Burke Pellizzari explore financing gaps in 🇨🇦 federal elections to understand the LGBTQ+ underrepresentation. buff.ly/BXp5lsA

After years of hard work, I am happy to announce that my book The Candidacy Calculation has been published by UTP. The book takes a nuanced view of traditional barriers to candidacy such as money & family as well as emerging ones such as online harassment & social media scandals. lnkd.in/gKDkMHqs

I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....

New article! In @canadianpublicadmn.bsky.social examines ministerial policy roles during the Trudeau govt, extending prior work. Using mandate letter data, manual and automated classification, and Bayesian models, I examine factors associated with ministers' policy activity. doi.org/10.1111/capa...

Unequal by Design: Ministerial Policy Roles in the Canadian Executive, 2015‐2021

Cabinet ministers are formally equal but unequal in practice: for example, ministers may differ significantly in how they undertake policy activity. I use federal mandate letter data from 2015 to 202....

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🏳️‍🌈 A pride month P&G article spotlight 🏳️‍🌈 In "Gender and LGBT Affinity" @qalbaugh.bsky.social‬ & @kebaisley.bsky.social‬ compare support for Kathleen Wynne, the first out LGBT first minister in 🇨🇦 , across voter gender and sexuality. polisky gendersky buff.ly/jq7c1z2

In recent research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we use a survey experiment to explore how gender stereotypes shape voters' perceptions of transgender and nonbinary candidates' traits. The results are not the most encouraging, but you can read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In recent work with @qalbaugh.bsky.social, we find that in 2019 and 2021 parties nominated LGBTQ2S+ candidates in districts they were over 16 percentage points less likely to win than straight cis candidates. About 2/3 of the gap is due to which parties and 1/3 is due to which districts.

Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 10: Are LGBTQ candidates sacrificial lambs? @kebaisley.bsky.social‬ & @qalbaugh.bsky.social‬ find, well… yeah. “Wrong Place or Wrong Party? LGBTQ2S+ Candidates and District Competitiveness.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CPSA ACSP‬ ‪@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social‬ JOB ADVERTISEMENT-POSSIBILITÉ D’EMPLOI #CPSA_ACSPJobs 🔴Canada Excellence Research Chair CERC ⏰Jun 5 2025 👉 conta.cc/43fIL3v @raulpachecovega.bsky.social #polisci @csnrec.bsky.social #cdnpoli #PoliSciTwitter @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social @emmettmacfarlane.com

At @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy, @jackjenkins.me examines how conservative Christian activists are adopting legal strategies similar to those used in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision to challenge same-sex marriage rights in the country. religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...

Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage

(RNS) — A multistate effort is spitting out legislation and lawsuits aimed at testing the Supreme Court justices’ commitment to Obergefell v. Hodges.

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Still not controlling for sexuality in your turnout models? The sexuality gap in is not just statistically significant (we shouldn't just fetishise p<.05) but also *politically* significant as this top-cited paper shows Participation scholars should take it more seriously doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Michal Grahn@grahn.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to find out that my paper Still proud at the polls belongs to #EJPR 's best cited papers of 2023. For those who missed out on the paper, I show that high levels of LGB voter mobilization do not disappear after the enactment of major LGBT+ rights. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

I'm proud to announce that my article "Policing The Uptown" has been released in the Journal of Canadian Studies @utpjournals.bsky.social - this is an adapted chapter from my upcoming monograph with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social & a piece I'm really proud of. Check it out!

Policing the Uptown: A Historical Narrative Analyzing Black-Led Coalitions in Response to Police Brutality in Halifax in 1991 | Journal of Canadian Studies

This article delves into the historical context of Black resistance to racial oppression in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It focuses on a critical juncture in the ongoing struggle against anti-Black racism in the city—the “Uptown Riots” of 1991. Through archival research and interviews with community members, the article explores how Black activists organized and responded to the municipality, province, and federal government’s complicity in racial oppression during and after the Uptown Riots. The concept of racial institutional orders is employed to analyze the complex relationships between Black communities advocating for self-determination and the governing institutions perpetuating racial concepts of Black inferiority and victimhood. By examining the continuity of resistance and the reconstitution of the dominant racial institutional order, this article sheds light on the enduring impacts of this incident on the affected communities.

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Thrilled to see this piece with Douglas Page & Sam Whitt) published in PRQ! We examine how LGBT+ activists can counter backlash by discrediting anti-LGBT+ messengers. Huge thanks to the PRQ editors and reviewers for their thoughtful feedback. 🔗 Read it here: 🧵 (1/4)

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Come work with us! We're looking for a colleague specializing in Gender and Diversity in Politics. Subfield open, but IR and Conparativists are especially encouraged to apply. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1555649...

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

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💥Excited to share my new publication co-authored w/ Cameron Anderson (UWO) and Mike McGregor (TMU) on gender and emotional reactions to sexual misconduct allegations against municipal councillors. The first 50 downloads are available for free: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VCUIM...

Gender and Emotional Reactions to Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Councillors: An Experimental Study in a Low-information, Non-partisan Context

Public accounts of gender-based violence by elected officials have become increasingly common at all levels of government. Given that media and public attention to the problem are also on the rise,...

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