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Wayne Martino

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Professor Equity and Social Justice Education, Western University Canada. queer and trans studies: https://www.edu.uwo.ca/about/faculty-profiles/wayne-martino/index.html

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Jan 16

Special Issue: The politics of transgender and nonbinary education, research and praxis: Reflecting on questions of epistemic justice
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Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education

The politics of transgender and nonbinary education, research and praxis: Reflecting on questions of epistemic justice. Volume 45, Issue 5-6 of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education

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differences @differences.bsky.social · Dec 12

differences 35.3 is out now! — edited by @teaganbradway.bsky.social, "Unaccountably Queer" features essays from Gila Ashtor, Cassius Adair, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Jules Gill-Peterson, and more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...

Cover of "Unaccountably Queer" a special issue of differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies, volume 35, number 3. Yellow background with black text. A pale yellow bar with the journal's title in black crosses over the top quarter.

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Online misogyny seeping into classrooms in 'frightening' ways, teachers and experts say | CBC News

A Dalhousie researcher has found misogynistic comments from students are disrupting learning environments as teachers deal with degrading remarks and male-supremacist sentiments.

www.cbc.ca

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · May 22

The disgraceful EHRC misconduct is now drawing fire from the United Nations. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UN experts warn of legal uncertainty and rights implications following UK Supreme Court ruling

GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed concern about the implications of the recent UK Supreme Court judgment interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality A...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · May 14

In the 1980s, American fascists tried to turn Idaho into a white Christian nationalist homeland for “refugees” from American multi-racial democracy and religious pluralism. One such community was called “Aryan Nations.” So this tracks perfectly . www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

Expedited South African refugees to resettle in Idaho under Trump order

South Africa is Elon Musk’s home nation. The white refugees from there got preferential treatment from the Trump administration.

www.idahostatesman.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · May 6

This is the inevitable result of a moral panic about trans people. Cis people will always be impacted more from attempts to police gender.

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Woman says security guard at Liberty Hotel in Boston confronted her in bathroom, asked to prove gender

A couple said a security guard at the Liberty Hotel in Boston challenged their use of a bathroom and kicked them out.

www.cbsnews.com

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Apr 11

Florida’s DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research url:https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2025/04/10/floridas-doge-agency-asks-university-faculty-hand-over-research/

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Apr 10

A Florida high school teacher has been fired for using a student's chosen name instead of their deadname, a first under a 2023 law signed by Ron DeSantis. “She is a beloved teacher that changed her students’ lives” said one parent leading a petition with 7,400 signatures demanding her reinstatement

Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name

It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence @tvce.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence invites you to apply to present at our first annual Symposium on 8th July: www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Deadline for submissions 28th April

#AcademicSky 🌈🎓
#Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity
#Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) 1st Annual Symposium

Guildhall School of Music and Drama is delighted to announced that on the 8th July, in collaboration with the Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence [TVCE], the De-Centre for Socially Engaged Practice an...

www.gsmd.ac.uk

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Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social · Mar 16

“We must stand together, challenge disinformation, and dismantle the political agendas driving this global assault on trans rights.” – Jude Guaitamacchi #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.gaytimes.com/originals/ju...

Jude Guaitamacchi on challenging disinformation, political agendas and uniting for trans rights

Jude Guaitamacchi speaks with Philip Baldwin about challenging political agendas, the importance of representation, and uniting allies for trans rights.

www.gaytimes.com

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Mar 14

Theeere it is

Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy

Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

www.forbes.com

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · Mar 8

There are numerous reasons why Trump and his government’s pervasive blathering about turning Canada into the “51st state” shouldn’t be dismissed as a “Madman Theory”-negotiating tactic, or as performative MAGA trolling. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal

Trump keeps threatening to annex Canada. Americans would never accept such talk from another country.

www.rollingstone.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Mar 8

Trans people have long warned that most of the victims of anti-trans laws and policies would be cis women and girls who don't have the "right look."

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · Mar 7

Walmart called the police on a cis-woman using the women's bathroom.

Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"

😡 😡 😡

Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)

“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton said.

www.advocate.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 7

The CDC is reportedly planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, "despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links"

Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

www.reuters.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Mar 1

UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.

This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Mar 1

Trans and nonbinary students’ accounts of schooling: on epistemic witnessing, trans livability and the failure of the school cistem
doi.org/10.1080/0159...

Trans and nonbinary students’ accounts of schooling: on epistemic witnessing, trans livability and the failure of the school cistem

In this paper, we draw on accounts of trans and nonbinary youth we interviewed as part of a larger study on supporting gender diversity in schools. Our study is informed by an approach to epistemic...

doi.org

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Mar 1

How many times last year were we lectured by pundits not to call Trump a fascist? The “very serious people” said it was a categorical error & a tactical mistake. They are still doing it. It’s not “the economy, stupid”—this is straight-up evil. How many people will die before they change their tune?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Feb 28

Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded

It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.

www.semafor.com

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Feb 16

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website

The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.

www.nytimes.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Feb 15

Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts

The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.

www.nytimes.com

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yesterday — YESTERDAY — JD Vance visited Dachau and said it drove home “what unspeakable evil was committed and why we should be committed to ensuring it never happens again.”

Today he met with AfD??

He made a mockery of his visit to Dachau. Disgusting.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Vance meets with leader of far-right German party, exports MAGA message

The vice president delivered a scolding speech advocating that Europe move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, nationalist voices they have sought to block from power.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shannon Bond @shannonbond.bsky.social · Feb 13

After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.

www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas

That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...

www.npr.org

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · Feb 12

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · Feb 9

Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity

The defense secretary, speaking to the Pentagon work force, defended his “unconventional approaches” to an audience that included women and people of color.

www.nytimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 8

NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students

The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.

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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · Feb 7

CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement

A shadow war on libraries

Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

www.cbc.ca

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 6

i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing

Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.

www.nytimes.com

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Nature @nature.com · Feb 4

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.
https://go.nature.com/40YJGp4

US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers

The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.

go.nature.com

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · Feb 2

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods

YouTube video by CBC News

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · Jan 31

Remember the Cass Report, which supposedly "followed the science" on trans kids health? The huge York University epidemiology study on which it was based has finally been published, and it contradicts many of the report's conclusions. By @gidmk.bsky.social.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...

Gender Dysphoria, Children, And Moral Panics

What new data from the UK shows about trans children

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