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On The Proposal To Replace LGBT With “Gender And Sexual Diversities” (GSD)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have made a great deal of progress toward gaining equal status and rights in the US, particularly within the past decade. But, on the eve of the...
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A Gay Guy’s Guide To Feminism – A Brief Introduction
With the start of Women’s, Womyn‘s, and Womanist Herstory Month this past Friday, I have been wondering what more I can do to challenge sexism — including my own. As I have noted in previous posts, I...
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On Doubting And Denying Each Other’s Experiences and Perspectives
The recent sociological blog debate on the supposed era of post-racism still weighs on my mind today, even as the conversation has tapered off. Beyond arguing against this idealistic (and limited)...
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Oppression As Terrorism
What image comes to mind when you hear the term “terrorist“? I can imagine most Americans think of something like the images that a quick Google search yields: Right now, these are the kinds of images...
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Racism vs. Homophobia: Why No One Wins the Oppression Olympics
I suppose I should not be surprised that even in 2013 we are still hearing debates that compare racism, the lives of people of color, and the Civil Rights Movement with homophobia, the lives of...
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Blogging For (A) Change
I recently wrote on essay on blogging for Remarks, the newsletter for the Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities of the American Sociological Association. In it, I reflect on the reasons why I blog,...
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Cited!
Yesterday, I posted my essay in Remarks, the newsletter of ASA‘s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, and noted that I anxiously wait use of my 2012 article in the Journal of Health and Social...
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Protecting Science From Harm, Protecting Against Harmful Science
The activists are coming! And, so they should. A supposedly “debunked” study by Mark Regnerus that does not employ valid measures of lesbian couples worked its way right into a US Supreme Court case...
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Revived: Brief Advice For Current Graduate Students
I did it again. I let the fears of professional consequences, of making enemies, of being dismissed as militant and combative lead me to self-censor. After graduating (though I finally defend my...
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Reflections On Self-Doubt In Academia
In her latest blog post, “On Racism, Inferiority, and the Self,” sociologist Crystal Fleming reflected on the sense of inferiority that too many members of oppressed groups feel. She notes: What I...
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On Sexism And Sociology: Who Is Dorothy Swaine Thomas?
Most sociologists know the adage that is fundamental to (much of) sociological thought — “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences” — the Thomas theorem. It is so widely...
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Tear-Jerker Expedia Commercial Features Same-Gender Wedding
Earlier this week, Cheerios received very nasty, racist responses to its new commercial featuring an interracial family. It’s 2013, and racist prejudice still reveals its ugly presence every once in a...
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Link Roundup: Equality And Diversity In Academia
Later this summer, I will be joining my colleagues in sociology for our annual national conference, hosted by the American Sociological Association. This year’s theme is “Interrogating Inequality:...
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Another Consequence Of Homophobia: Overcompensation?
In my and other scholars’ research, the damage of discrimination to one’s health and well-being is clear. On top of the constraints discriminatory treatment places on one’s life chances and...
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