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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · Sep 2

A pause while they draw up more specific guidelines is not a win. This needs serious pushback to reverse all attempts to censor 2SLGBTQIA+ material.

Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · Sep 2

#BREAKING: Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexual content

Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sex content

Alberta's education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Excellent piece by Jennifer Llewellyn @restorativelab.bsky.social about how restorative justice offers a better way to address harm, engage communities, and bring about culture change in sexual violence cases.

Opinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial

Despite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change

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Kate Redburn @kredburn.bsky.social · Jun 21

Six takeaways from Skrmetti are circulating widely. All six contain errors:
1. The first takeaway quotes a law professor suggesting that a loss in Skrmetti will make other trans rights cases harder. In fact the opinion is narrow.

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jun 2

To that end, we observe what we are calling two “pedagogies in the meantime” that characterize this experimental work: comparison and prefiguration. We conclude by briefly reflecting on what these pedagogies mean for restorative justice as a field in legal education going forward. 4/4

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jun 2

We find that restorative justice teachers today, by contrast, are more capaciously asking how students' efforts to reconfigure their conflict practices in the classroom through experiential education and clinical opportunities can open plural pathways to legal experimentation and social change. 3/4

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jun 2

In a moment when restorative justice stands poised to mainstream in U.S. and Canadian legal education, our paper recalls the intellectual history of ADR as a comparative tale. ADR teachers' embrace of the state legal system facilitated its uptake as a pedagogical field in the 1980s and 1990s. 2/4

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jun 2

I'm excited to announce that my article "Pedagogies in the Meantime: Reflections on ADR and Restorative Justice in U.S. and Canadian Legal Education," co-authored with the brilliant Amy Cohen @templelaw.bsky.social, is available here on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/4

Pedagogies in the Meantime: Reflections on ADR and Restorative Justice in U.S. and Canadian Legal Education

<p>In a moment when restorative justice stands poised to mainstream in U.S. and Canadian legal education, this essay recalls some intellectual history of ADR as

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · May 26

I will be watching the development of these new guidelines closely to ensure they do not unduly target 2SLGBTQ+ books. The vast majority of which are entirely appropriate for all K-12 schools.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Alberta to hold public consultation on which books should be banned from school libraries

The province will now require school boards to implement new age-appropriate standards for books by the start of the 2025-26 school year

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Emily Kidd White @emilykiddwhite.bsky.social · May 24

Seething with rage. To those who spread hate to win points in your drummed-up-of-a-distraction culture war, this was always the well-foreseen end of your vile rootless obsession.

I am so sorry, Kady. We failed you.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · May 24

Kady Grass, a lesbian teenager in Illinois, was severely beaten after trying to use the bathroom in a McDonald's.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · May 21

Congrats to shortlisted authors & presses!
Margaret Boittin ‪@cambridgeup.bsky.social‬‬
Elaine Craig @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
A Iavarone-Turcotte @pulaval.bsky.social
@james-kelly.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
@jcyliew.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social
MJ Mossman @wlupress.bsky.social

Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · May 8

I'm pleased to announce that the Canadian Law and Society Association's prize committee has decided on its shortlist of books for the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize. The winner will be announced at the conference to be held at the U of Saskatchewan College of Law, 11-13 June 2025. @bbryder.bsky.social

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Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · May 18

Many thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social for excerpting the open letter of Alberta law profs and staff on the rights of 2S, trans, and gender diverse youth in its latest issue. Those wanting to read the full letter can find it on @ablawg.bsky.social. @annajanel.bsky.social @floralashes.bsky.social

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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · Nov 22

Feminist Legal Studies (FLS) is now on Bluesky. FLS is committed to an international and interdisciplinary perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal practice. We publish material in a range of formats. Follow us! link.springer.com/journal/10691

Feminist Legal Studies

Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal ...

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · May 14

Criminalizing Dissent?
Toronto: join me, @policingblack.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social & others for this community teach-in about the city's proposed bubble zone bylaw.
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30pm at TMU. Info & RSVP: communityteachin.rsvpify.com

CRIMINALIZING DISSENT? The Truth About the BUBBLE ZONE Bylaw
The City of Toronto has proposed a BUBBLE ZONE bylaw that would restrict protests near so-called “vulnerable” institutions. Join us for a community teach-in exploring its potential harms, featuring leading local voices in law, labour, housing, feminist activism, and disability justice.
May 20th, 5:30pm
Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, PD 457

Brad Evoy, Disability Justice Network Ontario
Dreddz B.L., Voices for Unhoused Liberation
Sid Jackson, Voices for Unhoused Liberation
Irina Ceric, Law Union of Ontario
Robyn Maynard, Another Toronto and Author of Policing Black Lives
Judy Rebick, Feminist, Activist, Journalist, Author and Educator

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · May 6

I’m thrilled this is out in the world!

It was a joy to collaborate with such incredible co-editors & brilliant contributors. Eternally grateful to @rcalo.bsky.social & @mfroomkin.bsky.social for the opportunity to keep learning from our dear friend Ian’s impact on the field and the community 🤖💜

Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · May 6

Robot Law: Volume II, edited by @rcalo.bsky.social, @mfroomkin.bsky.social and @kristenthomasen.bsky.social

Contributors incl: @hartzog.bsky.social @caryscraig.bsky.social @timhwang.bsky.social @cyn-k.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social

Free chapter ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/9781...

An important sequel to the groundbreaking first edition, Robot Law: Volume II discusses the societal and economic transformations introduced by robotics. Editors Ryan Calo, A. Michael Froomkin and Kristen Thomasen, alongside their contributing authors, explore the legal, ethical, and societal challenges that robotics and automated systems pose, investigating the intersection of law and policy in this area.

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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · Apr 30

I shared some thoughts on the supreme court, EHRC's interim guidance and the feminist dystopia some call 'gender critical' feminism yesterday. feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/meaningles...

Meaningless Sex

Some thoughts on the Supreme Court, The EHRC and other feminist dystopias

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Y.Y. Brandon Chen @yybrandonc.bsky.social · Apr 30

Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the Kanyinda case in 2 weeks. I'm honoured to act as counsel for @fcjrefugeecentre.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & @madhucentre.bsky.social in their joint intervention. We argue the Canadian Charter must meaningfully protect substantive equality of migrants.

Supreme Court of Canada | 41210

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Apr 27

Somehow only just caught this. Brilliant from Sara Ahmed (@saranahmed.bsky.social) as always.

feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...

Patriarchal Hammers

Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Apr 24

At no point did Alito—or any other Republican justice—consider the message it sends to the kids of LGBTQ parents when their peers have to walk out of the classroom to avoid exposure to families like theirs. These children will be the victims of the Supreme Court's decision.
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Perhaps the plaintiffs think so. But surely a public education system has no obligation to accommodate such extreme convictions. After all, those other families send their kids to public schools, too. The Montgomery County Board of Education adopted these books specifically so that their curriculum would reflect the diversity of their student body. Why shouldn’t children of LGBTQ+ parents see themselves reflected in classroom literature? And what kind of message does it send when a teacher must excuse other students from class before reading a book that features nontraditional families—or cuts it altogether for fear of provoking a federal lawsuit?

Brannen described this stigma as her “great concern.” If the plaintiffs prevail, she told me, the decision will “enable grievous discrimination against LGBTQ families and children.” If schools let children opt out of class to avoid these books, or dump them altogether, it tells a child with LGBTQ+ parents “that there is something wrong with them.” Montgomery County’s school board tried to avoid inflicting such discrimination on its diverse student body. Now the Supreme Court may impose it on the entire country.

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · Apr 19

"these are life choices that people make" is straight from ye olde homophobic playbook. It's the thought process that that led to lesbians being treated as predators in women's changing rooms for decades. It is exactly the same and it is just as wrong now as it was then.

Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · Apr 19

“Not being allowed into the men’s by rule does not mean you have the right to go into the ladies ( and vice versa)” the aim as @taliabhatt.itch.io said is to get trans people out of public life.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Apr 20

Black feminist scholars have written for decades about how the gender/sex binary is a colonial imposition. As Afro-feminist legal scholar Sylvia Tamale says, “sex, gender, and sexualities which do not conform to the institutionalized binaries totally disorganize the capitalist-patriarchal matrix…”

Extract from Sylvia Tamale’s book, Decolonization and Afro-Feminism.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Mar 30

“Any effective response to the anti-gender movement will entail a critique of the new forms of authoritarianism and the passions they exploit.”

Judith Butler shows us how anti-gender rhetoric fuels current authoritarianism by producing social fears/anxieties. We must disrupt the emotional politics.

Judith Butler · This Is Wrong: Executive Order 14168

When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Mar 26

Grateful for this profile of my recent work on gender equality and trans justice.

www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/20...

Law professor advocates for gender justice and transgender rights

Law professor Daniel Del Gobbo is a leading advocate for human rights and gender equality.

www.uwindsor.ca

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thrilled to announce the publication of our new book, Queer Judgments!

This collection brings together scholars from around the world to re-imagine and re-write legal judgments that relate to people who experience sexual, gender, and related marginalisation.

counterpress.org.uk/publications...

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Author holds copy of book, Queer Judgments, while sitting on a purple chair in front of a wall decorated with the scales of justice.

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · Mar 24

We’re 10 days from We Robot in Windsor. Register now to save your spot! Join us for a community-building robot art party on Thursday April 3, for dinner downtown on April 4, and for some truly incredible conversations on April 4 & 5 at @windsorlaw.bsky.social. See www.werobot2025.ca for details!

We Robot Conference 2025

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Jan 28

The political conditions to erase trans people did not just appear. Social anxieties about transition, fears about “trans predators,” and hostilities towards gender fluidity cultivated a climate that degrades trans life. Transphobia dressed up as “legitimate concern” led us to such violent politics.

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