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Gayle Kaufman

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Sociologist and Gender & Sexuality Studies scholar at Davidson College, They/Them, Photo by Katie Rainbow πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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What an accomplishment! Congratulations! πŸŽ‰

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Congratulations, Professor! πŸŽ‰

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Demographic Research - Partnership patterns and living arrangements of LGBTQ+ identifying US adults: Estimates from a probability-based survey (Volume 54 - Article 11 | Pages 351–370) Volume 54 - Article 11 | Pages 351–370

Excited to share this new one w/ @chrisajulian.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social @demresjournal.bsky.social. Its wild how much we dont know about living arrangements of American families! Here we compare rels status & living arrangements among het & noncishet adults. #SOGIData #LGBTQDemog

05.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! πŸŽ‰

27.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Marriage, Wealth, and the Spread of Cohabitation in Canada Research demonstrates a robust link between marriage and wealth. Wealth facilitates marriage, which then fosters wealth accumulation, resulting in significant net worth disparities between married an...

🧡 New paper out! Married couples have long been wealthier, on average, than cohabiting couples. But does this still hold as unmarried cohabitation becomes increasingly common? Find out in my latest paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social available in #OA: doi.org/10.1111/1468...

23.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

My new article out today! πŸŽ‰ Walking Sociologically, Teaching on the Move: Thinking with London’s Streets. It is part of a special issue of Sociology on teaching sociology in Higher Education.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

23.02.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Demographic Research - Partnership patterns and living arrangements of LGBTQ+ identifying US adults: Estimates from a probability-based survey (Volume 54 - Article 11 | Pages 351–370) Volume 54 - Article 11 | Pages 351–370

New drop just in time for Mardi Gras day and the Fire Horse NEw Year!! #sogidata with @chrisajulian.bsky.social and @gaylekaufman.bsky.social

17.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of website for publication 54-11

Screenshot of website for publication 54-11

LGBTQ+ adults in the US have distinct partnership and living arrangements often missed in surveys: less often married, more likely to cohabit or have non-coresidential partners, and more likely to live alone, with roommates, or in smaller households.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Evidentiary Pragmatism in Transgender Health Care | AJPH | Vol. 116 Issue 3 American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

It took a hot minute, but I can finally share my new paper on evidentiary pragmatism in transgender health care!

In it, I propose a new principle for evaluating scientific evidence based on the best reasonably achievable evidence, avoiding the β€˜catch-22’ where trans care can never be justified.

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The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

06.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 5856 πŸ” 1966 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 203
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From Borders to Bodies: β€œCirclusion” and Desires Beyond Credibility in Queer Asylum Borders and boundaries have long served as powerful metaphors in migration and queer studies, yet they risk reproducing heteronormative paradigms that equate (border) penetration with power, and mo...

New article in the Journal of Homosexuality, foregrounding
queer refugees’ desires and pleasures and moving beyond the predominant focus on credibility, suffering, and borders.

Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

04.02.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK In the UK, the design and management of sex and gender categories in data – including census questions, police and health records, and digital ID – has become a key focus of trans-exclusionary acti...

These tactics – which mirror the anti-trans politics of the Trump administration – is about changing something within trans people rather than changing the signage on toilets and changing rooms.

Read here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/0958...

#data #trans #gender #queer #research #LGBTQ #UK

19.01.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

I felt it was more important than ever to make sure we’re still talking about, thinking through, and reminding ourselves that micro-moments of joy and progress toward flourishing futures 𝘒𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘡π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴π˜ͺ𝘣𝘭𝘦. So, let me introduce you to the Feb issue of AJPH.

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15.01.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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As protests continue across the US, it's worth re-reading this important paper by Olzak that analyzes the effects of protests against police violence. Although ICE works under the federal government this model from the paper is very useful:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

15.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.

It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧡

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β€œThe worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...

Last week I had a new article published, comparing trans adolescent and family experiences in different UK healthcare services. 1/4

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

12.01.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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New article with Natasha Quadlin and Jordyn Wald. Regrets, she's had a few.

Women with computer science and engineering degrees are unusually regretful of their major choice

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

07.01.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Did you publish a sociological book about families in 2024 or 2025? You should nominate it for the ASA Goode Book Award! I'm on the committee and looking forward to reading nominated books πŸ€“

06.01.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Changes in LGBTQ+ college students’ sexual orientation and gender identity expression over academic breaks Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) expression are key elements of LGBTQ+ young adults’ identities. The ability to safely and authentically express SOGI is crucial to LGBTQ+ individuals’ ...

LGBTQ+ college students often adjust how openly they express sexual orientation and gender identity across contexts. #thesocialconstructionofidentification

30.12.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades - Alicia M. Walker, Arielle Kuperberg, 2025 Mainstream media often plants seeds of curiosity. Challenging common notions about kink, BDSM practitioners share their media-fueled awakenings in their own wor...

Check out my latest article in Contexts: From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

18.12.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sex in Public A prize-winning sociologist’s radical vision of the social power of erotic life Whether we are contending with shame, healing from trauma, or experimenting...

Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives is now available for pre-order. #sex #sexuality #book #books #newbook #pleasure #freedom #erotic #eroticism #feminism #liberation #desire #relationships #identity #community

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/angel...

16.12.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYou’re not necessarily pregnant”: Confusion about emergency contraception Misconceptions about what emergency contraception does are common and have resulted in policy efforts to restrict access. Understanding the beliefs an…

Just published w/ my @guttmacher.org colleagues: People are deeply confused about EC: how it works, when pregnancy starts, and whether EC is β€œan abortion.” That fog isn’t accidental; it fuels stigma and restrictions. Knowledge matters for autonomy + access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

09.12.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£ Finally published: β€žA Research Note on the Cohabitation Gradient in Parents’ Childcare Time in Germanyβ€œ, together with @soerentum.bsky.social, doi.org/10.32797/jtu... #sociology #demography

09.12.2025 08:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My Finland-Friday post this week is just more of the chapter that came out this week. I’m really proud of it and people have said nice things.

We’re having a β€˜queer friendship’ coffee break next week to celebrate in the office πŸ’š

Read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

05.12.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

What do you know about anti-gender movements? How do they communicate? Are they Catholic?

This, and much more, in my newest publication:

www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...

05.12.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? Abstract. Large local government spending cuts in England, spanning over a decade of austerity policies, have severely restricted the universal services an

Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social

01.12.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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⚑️Coming soon: a special symposium on Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 organized by @alimeghji.bsky.social & Jose Itzigsohn! Early look at my piece here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

06.11.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov In 2025, the Trump administration instituted rapid changes to the data and information available on US government websites. We conducted a content ana…

New publication with @susanshort.bsky.social in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social. We analyzed 2025 revisions to womenshealth[dot]gov under the Trump administration -documenting how credible health content was replaced with ideology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

30.10.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Is Marriage Still Outdated? Changing Views on Marriage and Cohabitation in Five European Countries - Population Research and Policy Review This study aimed to examine how views on marriage and cohabitation changed between 2004–2009 and 2020–2023 in Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, and Norway. Cross-sectional data from the first round ...

πŸ’Attitudes toward marriage in Europe have changed - some countries saw a rise in neutral or negative views, while attitudes became more positive in Czechia and Estonia.
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ Czechia stands out as the most traditional.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@soc-muni.bsky.social @ggp-cz.bsky.social

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Flexible masculinities: Negotiating gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in global Asia - Minwoo Jung, 2025 How do individuals navigate various forms of hegemonic masculinity as they traverse different geographic and cultural boundaries? This article introduces the co...

A new article out: β€œFlexible Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Global Asia.” I introduce the concept of β€œflexible masculinities” to understand how people navigate shifting gender norms across different cultural and geographic contexts.

doi.org/10.1177/0011...

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