Join us for the first talk of the Graduate Colloquiumn Speaker Series: "t4t Trust: Lessons in Trans Rage and Joy"🌈🎓 from WGSS PhD Candidate @hk-jordan.bsky.social Read more info about the talk and the series at wgss.umd.edu. #PhDsky

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner has been promoted to Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Congratulations @shelbinahwilet.bsky.social !

Applications are now open for the PhD program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at #UniversityofMaryland 🌈🎓 Learn more about the program and apply at go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd Applications are due no later than Tue, Nov 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM #AcademicSky #PhDSky #feministsky

Our 2026 Film Lineup is LIVE 🎥 Get ready for 64 groundbreaking feature documentaries & 49 shorts from 32 countries, including 9 World Premieres ✨ Discover urgent, visionary storytelling & meet the creators behind these vital stories at DC/DOX: www.dcdoxfest.com Join us this June 11-14 in DC!

We are so excited to welcome @storti.bsky.social .bsky.social(PhD '20) back to UMD to talk about her brand new book Torn  (now out with @dukepress.bsky.social ) on 4/22 at 4:00 PM.  For full talk info and to RSVP visit http://go.umd.edu/Hapacalypse2026🌈🎓#academicsky #AsianAmericanStudies

New at PB: @storti.bsky.social publishes a reflection of racist fantasy in HBO’s “The White Lotus.” Storti’s book, “Torn: Asian/white Life and the Intimacy of Violence”, is out today with @dukepress.bsky.social !

Torn: Asian/White Life and the Intimacy of Violence

Asian/White Life and the Intimacy of Violence

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Dr. Sharon Harley was featured today in The Diamondback's article celebrating 100 years of Black History Month and explaining the significance of the holiday in American history. Congratulations, Dr. Harley! 🎉🐢 Read more at the link: dbknews.com/2026/02/26/1...

Today is #GivingDayUMD! Show your support for WGSS🌈🎓 and the Indigenous Futures Lab through the WGSS fund at http://go.umd.edu/wgssgivingday. Your support helps support brilliant feminist research at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as all your favorite Indigenous Futures Lab Programming

Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Black Women's Studies Minor and commemorate Harriet Tubman Day at our 6th Annual Harriet Tubman Day commemoration on Tuesday, Mar 10. Learn more and RSVP at http://go.umd.edu/TubmanDay26 #Blackademics #AcademicSky

Happy Women's History Month from WGSS!

The Terrapin spirit glows brighter together! Give it forward towards WGSS 🌈🎓this March 4 as we celebrate our annual #GivingDayUMD Bookmark https://givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/women-gender-and-sexuality-studies-umd and donate on the day! #academicsky

Registration is now open for Summer Session at the #UniversityofMaryland! Whether you're a current or visiting students, WGSS has a class for you! Check out http://exst.umd.edu to learn more about applying for Summer Session as a visiting student.  #academicsky🌈🎓

Did you know anyone can take a summer class with WGSS? Applications for visiting undergraduate students  are now open! You can finally take classes on feminism and queer studies without having to apply for college all over again. For more info visit The link in our bio🎓🌈

Save the date, Terps – #GivingDayUMD is almost here! On March 4, join the #UMD community moving forward for the trailblazers of tomorrow.\Learn more: givingday.umd.edu

It’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Aromanticism is a romantic orientation describing people who experience little to no romantic attraction. Take some time this week to appreciate the arospec people in your life and consider how amatonormativity shapes our lives and culture!

Applications now open for the 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program! Join a diverse, interdisciplinary community of scholars and get support developing writing on pressing issues at the intersection of technology and social justice. Open to grad students, early-career professionals, & junior faculty!

It's getting to be that time! Have you written (and actually submitted) your WGS South 2026 conference proposal yet? Submissions are Due Monday, Dec 15th! wgssouth.org/2026cfps #AcademicSky #edusky #highered #feminist #wgs #crt #queerstudies #disability #undergraduate #gradstudents #trans #lgbtq

D.r Mathiason appeared on a Woodhull Freedom Foundation Panel this past Halloween on Censorship, AI, and the Intersection of Sexual Freedom. You can see the recording on Youtube. 🌈🎓

Woodhull Freedom Foundation@woodhullfreedom.bsky.social · 11mo ago

From deepfakes to digital surveillance, AI is reshaping intimacy, identity, and autonomy. How do we stay free in a world coded with bias? Join us for a conversation that invites curiosity, not fear. Free with ASL interpretation provided. Register:

Giving Tuesday is here! Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary and donate to WGSS 🌈🎓to help support graduate and undergraduate programs and research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Donate now at https://go.umd.edu/GivetoWGSS. #academicsky #PhDSky #blackademics

WGS South 2026 "Feminist Futurities" CFP Deadline Extended to December 15th! Now you have time to get that proposal together so you can join us at Wake Forest University! wgssouth.org/2026conference #wgs #feminism #intersectionality #highered #academicsky #disability #lgbtq #bipoc #education

Not an undergrad but wish you could still take a WGSS class? There's still time to apply to take 🌈🎓LGBT 327: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and Video this winter as a visiting undergraduate student.  Visit the link in our bio for more info #academicsky #feminism

Ever wonder what's it's like to be in WGSS🌈🎓? You can see the full list of our Spring 2026 classes and descriptions now on available on our website at https://wgss.umd.edu/news/announcing-spring-2026-courses-wgss-lgbt #academicsky #blackademics #womensstudies

PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to wgss@umd.edu #academicsky #PhDSky

Join the Hope, Healing & Mobilizing Against Hate Committee on Trans Day of Visibility on Thursday, November 20th! 📍12:00-5:00 pm in McKeldin Library Room 6137 Lunch will be provided! All are welcome! RSVP at go.umd.edu/HHMTransLiberation25.

Stop by the LGBTQ+ Equity Center for our weekly Recess Breaks! Recess Break takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-2:00 pm in the LGBTQ+ Equity Center (2411 Marie Mount Hall).

New issue of TSQ featuring an article co-authored by WGSS PhD alumni Sunhye Kim!

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly offers a high-profile venue for innovative research and scholarship that contest the objectification, pathologization, and exoticization of transgender lives. Issue 12:3 is now online: buff.ly/nZ24wUO Learn more and subscribe: buff.ly/ABkyDrb

Now on #TIEBlog In honor of October being #LGBTQHistoryMonth, the TIE team compiled a list of titles featuring different aspects of queer and trans history: ow.ly/HEMv50Xk034 #queerstudies #LGBTQhistory

Starting shortly! 🌟🍔 If you're in the UMD-College Park area, stop by Skinner 3115 for BCaT Eats this afternoon More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events

BCaT Lab @ UMD@bcatlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Get ready for another BCaT Eats! Join us this Wednesday in Skinner 3115 from 12-1pm for some free food, games, and movies! 🍕

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky

We're excited to announce that @renee.bsky.social  is coming to UMD to talk about her book, Liberating Abortion! Join us on Thursday November 7 at 4 PM in Ulrich Recital Hall. For more information about the event and to RSVP visit http://go.umd.edu/LiberatingAbortion  #blackademics #prochoice