Ben Valen, M.S. (they/he)
@benmvalen.bsky.social
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NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate @ Syracuse University researching LGBTQ+ prejudice, intersectionality, and health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | First-gen https://sburke08.expressions.syr.edu
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hey y’all! my name is Ben and i’m a PhD Candidate broadly interested in researching LGBTQ+ #prejudice and #health from a #DEIA perspective. i’m also very interested in examining #politics and #intersectionality in my work. feel free to connect with me and reach out! 🙂
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johnsakaluk.bsky.social
My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
benmvalen.bsky.social
everyone go follow Jimmy!! 💜
doggonepsych.bsky.social
By pawpular request, I've migrated over to this other side! Please help me find my furriends on here and tell them to follow me. Woof!
benmvalen.bsky.social
i want to thank my amazing collaborators for helping me conduct this work! ♥️🏳️‍⚧️
benmvalen.bsky.social
we offer important recommendations for clinicians and people in higher education who work with transgender and nonbinary undergraduates.
benmvalen.bsky.social
we found that, compared to cisgender male and female undergraduates, transgender and nonbinary undergraduates reported worse health in many ways, including higher rates of suicidality and various physical and mental health diagnoses.
benmvalen.bsky.social
in this work, we addressed several limitations in the research literature on health disparities by 1) examining disparities across several health variables in a national sample of college students and 2) comparing nonbinary people to transgender men and transgender women.
benmvalen.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

hi folks! I just published some of my newest research at PSOGD in which Destiny Orantes, @saraburke.bsky.social, Dr. Kevin Antshel, and I examined health disparities among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender undergraduates.

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senthorun.bsky.social
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We have witnessed another year of violence, harassment, and policing of trans people. As we mourn, we must continue to challenge politics that ritually subjects trans folk to debates about their existence and degrades trans lives as an “ideology” or “agenda.”
benmvalen.bsky.social
hey y’all! my name is Ben and i’m a PhD Candidate broadly interested in researching LGBTQ+ #prejudice and #health from a #DEIA perspective. i’m also very interested in examining #politics and #intersectionality in my work. feel free to connect with me and reach out! 🙂
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thanks for making this! would you mind adding me too? 🙂