Author: Kenneth

You may have heard that legislative attacks on transgendered people have been on the rise. During legislative sessions in 2024, more such bills were active than in any previous year. According to the Trans Legislation Tracker, 672 bills were introduced or carried over from previous years, and this year was the fifth year in a row with…

Yesterday, Mira Lazine reported on a devastating decision by a Florida court regarding an administrative rule that restricts access to healthcare for transgendered inmates. This is an example of how far bad actors can go without legislative or judicial backstops to protect basic human rights.

Thanks to Philip N. Cohen for an important perspective on the state of legislation around access to gender-affirming care for children. While there are reasonable questions about why children need certain healthcare procedures to begin with, the solution is not to make it harder to get needed care. The decision whether to slow down or…

Philip Cohen took a quick scholarly look at the Conservative Partnership Institute with an eye toward workplace demographics. What he found was, perhaps, structural mysogyny on display. This phenomenon deserves more attention from researchers of work and gender. Cohen points out that CPI’s gendered structure is far different from average workplaces. Is this structure (gendered…

The former editors of Theory and Society have started a new journal to meet the concerns of those who do not support Springer Nature’s interventions in the direction of that journal. The new journal, Theory and Social Inquiry, promises dedication to leadership by the academic community it intends to represent as well as principles of…