JJ Wright, PhD
@drjjwright
Sociology & Gender Studies Prof @MacEwanU | PhD OISE @UofT | @SSHRC_CRSH funded | Queer+Trans Joy, #EndGBV, Consent, Disability Justice | she/they @queerjoylab
She's ignoring decades of research and human rights law with her new anti-2SLGBTQ+ policies. Experts who oppose her policies have been forced to sign NDAs to participate in consultation. Clearly, not all Albertans' opinions are welcome, only ones that align with hers. #cdnpoli
In less than a month, our UCP government will introduce critical legislation to ensure that children wait until adulthood before making decisions to physically alter their bodies for gender transition. We will also strengthen parental rights within our education system regarding…
Single women report higher happiness levels than single men. A psychologist explains why ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/arti…
Three years ago disabled people warned you that the great unmasking (end of covid protections) was a sign of how we were slipping towards mass eugenics. I don't recall anyone listening.
Dire warning: 6.3 million people can die from AIDS if US cuts funding trib.al/cXakgUZ
Submit a proposal for the Mobilizing Queer Joy & Challenging Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Conference! The first national Queer & Trans Studies conference, it will include scholars, community orgs, educators, and youth to develop strategies to challenge rising hate. forms.gle/vLGb567ozHB1T5…
Aussie folks, please share this event with queers in Sydney! #lgbtq
Pride is a time to celebrate the leadership and joy of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. It is also a call to action. This June, explore LN resources that center 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences, while recognizing the power of storytelling, and queer and trans joy. (1/2) ow.ly/8Ma550W54BK
Love is love—and on this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, we’ll keep working to build a world where everyone feels safe and free to be themselves.
Removing Pride flags from Edmonton libraries is shameful and fascist. These flags indicate that everyone is welcome in public libraries, and to want to remove that signal of belonging is aborrent #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
As we're getting objectifying advertisment again, it feels like time to remind people that "Sex" doesn't sell, what sells is the promise of ownership over women's bodies.
Carl’s Jr. Super Bowl ad brings back bikini-clad burger models after yearslong clampdown trib.al/qTvFgld
Stirring a jar of milk wasn’t the oppressive bit. It was the whole being entirely dependent on a person who could beat you, rape you and leave you at any time while never being able to earn your own money or vote that was more of an issue.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of same-sex marriage. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Never forget that all but three Conservative Party members voted AGAINST legalizing equal marriage. 2SLGBTQ+ rights are under threat everywhere. Be an ally and speak out for equality.
On this day in 2005, the Civil Marriage Act was introduced to Parliament by the Liberal government. When the Act received Royal Assent months later, it made Canada the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Let's learn more! 🧵1/14
This is genocidal. It's attempt to eradicate trans cultures and people from the next generation.
Donald Trump signs executive order aimed at banning gender transitions for anyone under the age of 19
People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study advocate.com/health/gender-…
Honoured to have been asked to deliver a keynote speech in Melbourne at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at @latrobe. The symposium feels like a light in a dark political moment for 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Join us! Register at tinyurl.com/4s3mazkw #LGBTQ
🚨 new publication with the fabulous @JoeCimpian which emphasizes the pressing need to provide more supports for LGBQ+ girls to offset the LGBQ-based stress and resulting suicidality youth face
New study with @Drmmcquillan: 📈 Suicidal ideation in HS girls rose, from 23% in 2015 to 29% in 2021 📈 Girls' LGBQ identification rose 15% -> 34% 💡To address suicidality, reduce stressors on #LGBQ 🏳️🌈youth, now over 1/3 of HS girls @AERA_EdResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00…
We'll that didn't take long. We told y'all
Idaho Republicans just introduced a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality. They are asking the right-wing majority to reinstate the “natural definition of marriage,” calling gay couples “illegitimate.”
New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leaves of absence from work 404media.co/its-total-chao…
Trending in #Sociology: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) US parents' mental loads (@jmf_ncfr) 2) German anti-anti-Semitism 3) Men's support for hostile sexism: Korea (@ssreditorial) 4) Is the far right a global phenomenon? (@n_nationalism) 5) Mobilising queer joy (@sexualities1)