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Amanda Baumle @amandabaumle.bsky.social · 4d

Demographers studying queer families: Please consider submitting to the session I am chairing on the topic! #demographyofsexuality #LGBTQfamilies

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 5d

Papers, posters, exhibits, books, connection, community, demography -- #PAA2026 will have it all! You don't want to miss this. Make sure to submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 5d

Papers, posters, exhibits, books, connection, community, demography -- #PAA2026 will have it all! You don't want to miss this. Make sure to submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context
Participating journal: Population Research and Policy Review

Call for Papers

Low and declining birth rates across the world have consequences for countries’ population size and structure. Concerns over the potential economic effects of population aging have spurred many countries to engage in efforts to raise birth rates. At the same time, there is growing concern about the social and cultural causes and consequences of low birth rates. Pronatalism – an ideology based on the belief that birth rates are too low, and societies should work to raise them in the interest of economic productivity and cultural preservation – has re-emerged as an increasingly visible and powerful force across different settings. The dynamics of low fertility – such as fertility decline, postponement, and changing patterns of family formation – have been common topics in population science over the last 25 years, but pronatalism has received considerably less attention from the field.

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for population scientists to contribute to the conversations about pronatalism throughout the world. We welcome critical, theoretical, descriptive, and empirical submissions that explicitly focus on some aspect of pronatalism. Further research is needed on the evidentiary base upon which pronatalism rests; the social, political, and cultural inspirations and implications of pronatalism; and the support for, and effects of, pronatalist policies. Evaluation of alternative approaches (besides raising birth rates) for addressing changes in population size and composition is also warranted. Submissions that discuss the causes and consequences of low fertility but do not directly engage with pronatalism fall outside of the scope of this issue.

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Amanda Baumle @amandabaumle.bsky.social · Aug 13

Demographers studying queer families: Please consider submitting to the session I am chairing on the topic! #demographyofsexuality #LGBTQfamilies

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

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Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had the BEST time presenting our work “Sex and the Survey” at @bspsuk.bsky.social, on behalf of fab co-authors @heinivaisanen.bsky.social & Linh Nguyen

We analyse surveys in France, Ghana, Senegal, and UK to answer the question ‘what if everything we knew about #SRHR was what we read in surveys?’

Slide saying “thank you” and contact details Joe.strong@qmul.ac.uk, with a meme of Samantha and Carrie in Sex and the City. Presenter at front thanking audience

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Amanda Baumle @amandabaumle.bsky.social · Aug 13

Demographers studying queer families: Please consider submitting to the session I am chairing on the topic! #demographyofsexuality #LGBTQfamilies

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 8

@chrisajulian.bsky.social et al, in “Half of the Picture: Measuring the Sexual Identity Composition of Couples,” employ @nchatstudy.bsky.social dyadic data to provide national estimates of the sexual identity composition of couples using both partners’ identities. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jul 25

Want to know why demographers aren't panicking over low birth rates? @lesja.bsky.social, @shelleydclark.bsky.social, & I have a new piece in @theconversation.com explaining the faulty logic that underlies the low birth rate-induced population panic than fuels the pronatalism movement. 1/n

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

theconversation.com

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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Includes infographics that clearly illustrate how the Trump admin is actively working to worsen America’s health and healthcare, which was already embarrassingly shitty.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers

The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

www.nytimes.com

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National Center for Family and Marriage Research @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges. Explore our Fast Facts on same-sex couples and dive into our latest Family Profiles highlighting same-sex families: www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resour....

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Amanda Baumle @amandabaumle.bsky.social · Jun 20

My new edited book with Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill is now out - the Second International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality. Thank you to all chapter authors for your wonderful contributions to the #demographyofsexuality!

Second International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality

This 2nd edition of the International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality provides new insight into the developing field of demography of sexuality

link.springer.com

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Dr. Canton Winer @cantonwiner.bsky.social · Jun 13

I began this study planning to compare the experiences of asexual men, asexual women, and nonbinary asexuals.

But some people didn't fit any gender category.

They were resistant to defining themselves through gender.

You can read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does Everyone Have a Gender? Compulsory Gender, Gender Detachment, and Asexuality - Canton Winer, 2025

Feminist scholars have written for decades about the radical potential, if not the necessity, of ungendering for resisting gender inequality. Yet much of this w...

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Echo 🤷🏼 @justecho.bsky.social · Jun 18

Really interesting article exploring how some people are more detached from the idea of gender

Dr. Canton Winer @cantonwiner.bsky.social · Jun 13

I began this study planning to compare the experiences of asexual men, asexual women, and nonbinary asexuals.

But some people didn't fit any gender category.

They were resistant to defining themselves through gender.

You can read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does Everyone Have a Gender? Compulsory Gender, Gender Detachment, and Asexuality - Canton Winer, 2025

Feminist scholars have written for decades about the radical potential, if not the necessity, of ungendering for resisting gender inequality. Yet much of this w...

journals.sagepub.com

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Jun 13

"personal economic pessimism and concerns about having a good relationship in the future are associated with greater importance of avoiding a pregnancy in the short term" (controlling for economic and relationship status, etc) @karenguzzo.bsky.social, Belykh, @wendymanning.bsky.social , & Roza

Perceptions of the Future and Pregnancy Avoidance in the U.S - Population Research and Policy Review

Despite low U.S. fertility rates since the Great Recession, two-child norms remain pervasive, suggesting individuals are unable to achieve their goals. To understand what may be driving the apparent m...

link.springer.com

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · Jun 12

Grateful that NBC News did a feature story of our latest article in JGSS (@geronsociety.bsky.social)!

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jun 11

For the first time in two decades, older Asian Americans are no longer the healthiest U.S.-born aging racial group with the lowest rates of disability, according to a study from the Journals of Gerontology.

U.S.-born Asian Americans no longer the healthiest group among older adults

Among older adults, non-Hispanic white Americans have now overtaken Asians Americans as the healthiest U.S.-born population with the lowest rates of disability.

nbcnews.to

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · May 6

#Freshout
As queer demography advances, SOGIESC data face both innovation and erasure, especially amid political threats. We trace the history, challenges & call for scholars to protect and shape this work. #SOGIData #soci Queer Data for Sociologists of Sexualities: via Pao, Budnick & Valesco

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · May 6

#FreshOut The Household Pulse Survey’s two-step gender measure offers rare insight into noncisgender populations (n=668K+). Findings show socioeconomics gaps compared to cisgender peers & key diffs w/in noncis groups. #Demo #soci #SOGIData #reallyjustgi

Demographic Differences in Responses to a Two-Step Gender Identity Measure

Article: Demographic Differences in Responses to a Two-Step Gender Identity Measure | Sociological Science | Posted May 6, 2025

sociologicalscience.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 17

President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s Supreme Court has now added its voice to the discussion, ruling on Wednesday that the legal definition of a woman under the country’s equality legislation is based on biological sex.

U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender

President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.

www.nytimes.com

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Kazuyo Machiyama @kmachiyama.bsky.social · Apr 13

In this article the korean professor says this. So well said.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · Apr 3

Marriage equality has had profound impacts on LGBTQ + Americans’ lives, and even the threat of its potential loss is having serious disruptions on their individual, relational, and family well-being.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Perceived Impact of Marriage and Concerns About the Future of Marriage Equality: A Mixed-Methods Study of LGBTQ+ Married Individuals in the United States - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Introduction The year 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of legal marriage for same-sex couples in the USA, which began in Massachusetts in 2004, and it has been almost a decade since Obergefell v. Hodg...

link.springer.com

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Mar 27

WE ARE HIRING!! Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science (Associate/Full Professor) @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social
See: lnkd.in/e_Gw84JN

#demography in Oxford: www.demography.ox.ac.uk
Our recent celebration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu4...
DM or reach out
*PLEASE RE-POST*

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Rin Reczek @rinreczek.bsky.social · Mar 22

The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Mar 17

“The Demography of Sweden’s Transgender Population”: @martinkolk.bsky.social @ylvamoberg.bsky.social et al study transitions over 1973-2020, “a period of...legal advances, ↑ social acceptance & more accommodating HC system.” @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @sofi.su.se read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 25

The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.

In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.

Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.

Links below.

JAMA @jama.com · Feb 13

🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.

ja.ma/4aVchPn

#MedSky

Figure 1. Trends in Biannual US Infant Mortality Rates, 2012-2023

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