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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Feb 7

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Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Feb 4

It was always obvious that the right-wing moral panic around universities had nothing to do with "free speech". It was about delegitimising critical & dissenting intellectual activity, with a view to suppressing it altogether. Far too many liberals were taken in by this transparent, reactionary scam

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · Feb 4

the professor in my real estate law class had to use the wayback machine for HUD pages on disability accommodations in housing for this week's unit on fair housing. grim.

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A/Prof Bianca Fileborn (she/they) @snappyalligator.bsky.social · Feb 5

We have been censored in the US for our research on LGBTQ+ sexual violence.

My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Feb 4

Extremely distressing seeing all US federal agencies being ordered to remove all their LGBTIQ+ content from their web pages. This includes gendered-violence agencies too.

Standing in solidarity with all US-based LGBTIQ+ people, and those working in this space.

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Government agencies scrub LGBTQ web pages and remove info about trans, intersex people

The State Department’s web page providing adoption information to LGBTQI+ prospective parents now addresses only “LGB” people.

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Tara, MPH @tarazupancic.bsky.social · Feb 2

For anyone in need of a protected research repository, Canada has an online portal of 2SLGBTQI+* focused systematic reviews and evidence. Access is free. Funded through a grant by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research www.knowsy.ca @erininthemorning.com

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JJ Wright, Ph.D. @drjjwright.bsky.social · Jan 24

This symposium feels like a light in a dark political moment for 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Join us: tinyurl.com/4s3mazkw. I'm honoured to have been asked to deliver a keynote speech in Melbourne at the event, which is hosted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society #LGBTQ #queerjoy

A forum presented by the Australian research centre in sex, health and society, presented by Latrobe University. The forum is titled beyond deficit thinking: strength based approaches to LGBTQ plus research and practice forum. Discover the latest research from the Australian research centre in sex, health and society, highlighting strength space approaches to LGBTQ plus research. Hear from rainbow health Australia, on how this evidence is being transformed into practical frameworks for gender based violence, prevention, training, and practice. With guest keynote speaker, assistant, professor, JJ Wright from McEwan University. Their talk is titled on queer sexual joy as resistance to gender based violence in Canada. The talk is Tuesday, 11th of March 2025 from one to 4:30 PM at Latrobe city campus, 360. Collin St., Melbourne CBD register at the link above.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 23

thanks Zara!

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 23

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LGBTQ+ Adult Sexual Violence Critical Scoping Review: Victimization Risk Factors - Jessica Ison, Sophie Hindes, Bianca Fileborn, 2025

Sexual violence experienced by LGBTQ+ adults is a rapidly expanding field of academic study. Therefore, there is a need for a synthesis and critical analysis of...

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 23

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LGBTQ+ Adult Sexual Violence Critical Scoping Review: Insights into Victimization and Perpetration - Sophie Hindes, Jessica Ison, Bianca Fileborn, 2025

The existing research on sexual violence has primarily concentrated on instances where cisgender, heterosexual men have perpetrated sexual violence against cisg...

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 23

📢 New pubs!

Thrilled to share our two papers in Trauma, Violence & Abuse. We scoped the field of LGBTQ+ adult sexual violence research, analysing what's known & how the field can improve LGBTQ+ inclusion. Open access—links in comments!

Authored with @snappyalligator.bsky.social & Jess Ison

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 22

thanks for sharing Barrie!

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Join us at the upcoming 'Beyond Deficit Thinking: Strengths-Based Approaches to LGBTQ+ Research and Practice Forum' hosted in-person at La Trobe City Campus on the afternoon of 11th March. Hybrid option available.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 13

Today's haul from my veggie garden 😱💕

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Jan 8

Such important work! thanks for sharing

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Dr Gemma Hamilton @drgemmahamilton.bsky.social · Jan 8

📢 NEW PUBLICATION📢

Excited to see our paper published on Christmas day in British Journal of Criminology

Time Will Tell: A Temporal Analysis of Victim-Survivor’s Formal Support-Seeking for Co-occurring Family Violence and Sexual Harm

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JJ Wright, Ph.D. @drjjwright.bsky.social · Jan 6

So delighted to launch the Queer Joy! project’s website! See collage, zines, & short films created by 2SLGBTQ+ youth in resistance to rising hate in Alberta, Canada, which has the most repressive anti-queer and trans laws in the country: www.queerjoy.ca
@queerjoy.bsky.social

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Dec 15

Listen to my chat with Sally here!

salgoldsaidso.bsky.social @salgoldsaidso.bsky.social · Dec 15

The podcast is consensually on the interwebs 3CR Community Radio
www.3cr.org.au/outofthepan/...

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salgoldsaidso.bsky.social @salgoldsaidso.bsky.social · Dec 15

The podcast is consensually on the interwebs 3CR Community Radio
www.3cr.org.au/outofthepan/...

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Dec 14

I'm going to be on 3CR from 12-1pm today talking to Sally about bi+ people, negotiating sex and how we can queer consent. Tune in!

Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Dec 11

Woohoo! great to see continued investment in LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at a national level and dedicated funding to ARCSHS important Private Lives and Writing Themselves In data collection reports!

www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Dec 6

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New research: 77% of LGBTQ young people have faced workplace sexual harassment

In a landmark study of 1,000 LGBTQ young people, we found many experience threats to “fix” them through sexual violence.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Nov 29

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Trans youth are already among Australia’s most marginalised people. The social media ban could make this worse

Young trans people in Australia have much higher rates of suicide, mental health struggles and anxiety disorders – but many find refuge in social media.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Nov 28

Looking forward to speaking at this important roundtable on preventing tech-based abuse against women and gender-diverse people with disabilities, as part of the #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence. Come along!

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/taking-act...

Taking Action Against Technology-Related Abuse Roundtable Discussion

This event is part of this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.

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Dr Sophie Hindes 🌈💗they/them @drsophiehindes.bsky.social · Nov 21

What a treat getting to work from the national library in Canberra this morning! Gorgeous.

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