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Edward Kammerer

@efkjr.bsky.social

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Associate Professor, Political Science. LGBTQ politics and law & courts. From Boston. But living in Idaho. 🏳️‍🌈 if you couldn’t tell, views are my own. UMass Amherst, Suffolk Law, and Northeastern University Alum.

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's publication day! Teaching LGBTQ Politics is now available from SUNY Press and all your fine book retailers (I'm assuming). You can also get it at Amazon, where the Kindle version is currently $38.

Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures)

Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures) - Kindle edition by Kammerer, Jr., Edward F., Cravens, III, Royal G., Mayo-Adam, Erin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures).

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 13h

What books are we using to teach courses on the Supreme Court as an institution? So not con law but like… wtf goes on up there?

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 13h

Not publishing the book I want to use for my class until February — a month after my class starts — is not helpful, Cambridge University Press. Not helpful.

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 4d

Note: that count does not include any of the propagation jars or the plants currently in rehab that may come back. So technically I probably closer to 130.

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe 115 (ish) house plants is, in fact, a few too many. Thankfully I’m having a friend help build a few more shelves. So I can either spread these out a bit or maybe get more. But not toooo many more.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12d

I often say that conservatives want to repeal the various Civil Rights Act but it’s probably more accurate to say they want to overturn the Reconstruction amendments.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12d

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 12d

Opening October 1st! Apply for the APSA Graduate Student Member Support Grant!

Applications open 10/1 at 8:00 a.m. ET, and close 10/8 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Lottery-based selection; #graduatestudent members only!

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 14d

Took the puppy hiking for the first time this week. He was too excited to bother with pictures.

On a trail in the woods, with fall leaves. Picture of me facing the camera while my black lab puppy pulls in the opposite direction to go exploring.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18d

I would love for a single democrat to reckon with the fact that conservatives are not in fact motivated by reasonable concerns. They are — just as they were with ‘concerns’ over blacks and gays and numerous other minorities over the last five decades — motivated by bigotry.

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 21d

I read that as U Miami and was very confused.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 21d

This sounds so fun!!

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 24d

Had a great time at @apsa.bsky.social in Vancouver! Looking forward to seeing everyone next year in my homeland of Boston!

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 27d

Caucus Meeting! Tonight at 6:30! Pan Pacific Oceanview 2! LGBT reception to follow!! Then probably off to the gayborhood.

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 27d

Are you at @apsa.bsky.social ? Don’t forget to come to the Caucus business meeting today at 6:30 and then the reception after!

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to seeing everyone at @apsa.bsky.social this week!

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · Sep 1

I miss living in Somerville. It was just the right amount of quirky.

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · Sep 1

Putting all the events and things I need to do for @apsa.bsky.social in my calendar and I remain firmly convinced that 8am panels should be illegal, especially the day after the @sexualityandpol.bsky.social / @apsa-lgbtq.bsky.social joint reception because you KNOW that's going to be a late night.

Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · Sep 1

Note to self: Before volunteering to be on a roundtable, confirm that said roundtable is not at 8am.