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Sam Rutherford (he/him)

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Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow. I wrote this book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/teaching-gender-9780198937494

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 19d

I wrote something quite personal about what use trans history In These Times:

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 19d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

www.theguardian.com

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 5d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 1d

(Also I didn't find this, Stryker cites it in the intro to the Transgender Studies Reader - probably already well known to many of you!)

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 1d

(Note: quite a lot of outdated/inappropriate/intrusive language used to describe the many trans academics featured in the article)

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 1d

Back when trans studies actually *was* relatively new, rather than continually being reinscribed as such! Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998: www.chronicle.com/article/tran...

Dr. Gilbert is among a growing cadre of “trans” people on campuses who are going public. Organizations for gay, lesbian, and bisexual students have already begun tacking a “T” on the end of their names to embrace “transgendered” or “transsexual” students. In the past year, students and professors have also pushed universities to extend protection to transgendered people under policies that prevent discrimination against minorities.

What’s more, work by transgendered scholars is making transgender studies a hot new topic. One of the most important contributions to the field, a transgender issue of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, edited by Susan Stryker, is due out next month from Duke University Press. A flurry of other publications on the topic is expected this spring and summer, and transsexual academics have started an electronic mailing list on the subject. (Those interested in joining the list, called “transacademic,” can send an e-mail message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk)

“We are pioneering a new field of scholarship,” says Dr. Stryker, an independent scholar, who changed from male to female in 1991, a year before earning her Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley. “This whole area is going to become an increasingly big social concern over the next decade.”

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 2d

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”

My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990

www.cambridge.org

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant news, looking forward to reading!

Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 2d

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry about the production delays but delighted to hear it’s soon! Looking forward to it.

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 2d

Charlie, can I ask if you know when this is coming out? I have a great desire to read it and to share it with students working on related dissertation topics!

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 5d

"By enabling policies of mass killing and displacement, and by repeatedly linking everyday Jewish life in the UK and the genocidal actions of Israel, the Government has created conditions of division and mistrust in which racism – including anti-Semitism – flourishes."

Prominent Scottish Jews issue plea over reaction to Manchester attack

As Jews we absolutely reject the weaponisation of the Manchester attack to suppress protests against the genocide in Gaza

www.heraldscotland.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'Arm’s-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly “vulnerable to political interference”, a new report has warned.' 1/3

‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 5d

This is the 2nd anniversary of the start of a genocide that made Gaza the most dangerous place on earth for children— that has raised a mirror to the rot at the core of our world.

Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.

inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...

On Parenthood and Genocide

A new mother and scholar of forced displacement writes about Israel's mass murder of Palestinian children in Gaza.

inthesetimes.com

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 6d

Two years of genocide.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 6d

⭕ Two years of genocide:

The Government Media Office says Israel has dropped over 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza in 730 days — roughly 13 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb...The office released new statistics; here are some of the main points:

Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, though also worth noting that there are a number of trans investigative journalists who have reported on this. It is widely known among experts and in community - not least because of how many of us have experienced it first-hand.

Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 6d

If I were an investigative journalist in the UK (are there any left?), I would be having a good look at the extent to which NHS leadership seems to have allied itself with a fringe medical movement that more or less condones conversion therapy. qnews.com.au/australian-r...

Australian report says UK’s Cass review should not guide transgender healthcare

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

qnews.com.au

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 7d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 7d

"As anti-Zionist Jews, we experience antisemitism at the hands of Zionists; our members have been called “fake Jews,” “self-hating Jews” and “kapos"...our faith is disregarded and our perspectives are excluded from campus because we affirm Palestinian human rights."

www.dailycal.org/opinion/op-e...

UC Berkeley aligns with fascism, not Jewish safety

To stand against genocide and to stand in solidarity with Palestine is not just a human imperative — it is a core Jewish value. UC Berkeley’s actions are a weak

www.dailycal.org

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 7d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 7d

A new investigation has revealed significant lobbying efforts by gender critical groups.

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/freedom-of-information-request-uncovers-gender-critical-bias-within-ehrc/

Freedom of information request uncovers gender critical bias within EHRC

A new investigation has revealed significant lobbying efforts by gender critical groups.

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve just added my voice to this consultation saying I don’t want a situation in which staff and fellow swimmers might scrutinise or judge my body, or anyone else’s, when I use the ponds. The current policy of trans inclusion works perfectly well. You can fill out the consultation linked below.

Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 8d

Those tedious and mysteriously funded transphobes want to limit access to the Ponds so I’ve had a pleasant 10 mins filling this out on why seeing a variety of women is magic and judging by what people look like or can do is very slippery territory hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.isn

Future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds

Inviting feedback from pond users, the local community, and stakeholders on how the Kenwood Ladies’, and Highgate Men’s ponds should operate in the future.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 7d

This from @krheyam.bsky.social is excellent - & useful for those of us who teach Kit’s work!

Embodied WUNC @embodiedwunc.bsky.social · 10d

When Kit Heyam was first trying to understand their gender identity as an adolescent, they looked to history. They only found stories that painted a very narrow picture of what it means to be #trans. But years later, when Kit started studying history professionally, a different picture emerged.⁠

Episode artwork for "Embodied" podcast titled "A Mission To Tell Trans History Differently" against a purple and blue gradient background with pink and blue brushstroke elements. Text reads "Trans and genderqueer people have existed for millennia — but modern interpretations of history often fail to capture their stories. Meet the historian determined to document the untold stories of trans history." Features four historical portrait photographs in ornate frames: a person in Victorian-era black dress seated in a chair (gold frame), a person in blue jacket and brown pants (ornate bronze frame), a colorful illustrated portrait of a Black person wearing a decorative headdress and green draped clothing (oval silver frame), and a sepia-toned photograph of a person in dark Victorian clothing (gold frame). "New Episode!" badge appears in top right corner.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 8d

‘The message is clear: 20th-century colonialism created the conditions for a 21st-century tragedy.’

@josephinequinn.bsky.social on an exhibition of Gazan antiquities: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Josephine Quinn · At the Institut du monde arabe: ‘Trésors sauvés de Gaza’

This show has excited controversy: should we even be talking about damage to antiquities in the context of so much...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 8d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 8d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 8d

So delighted to be tuning into this this afternoon!

Bristol IGRCT @igrct.bsky.social · 10d

🏳️‍🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️‍🌈

This Saturday at 4PM!

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...

Or register for the webinar: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#lgbthistory #queerhistory

Bristol IGRCT @igrct.bsky.social · Sep 9

🏳️‍🌈 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏳️‍🌈

For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see"
Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th...
⏰4PM, 4/10
📍Peel Lecture Theatre

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 10d

forward.com/opinion/7726...

'For the sins we have committed': Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world

Hovering over this 5786 holiday season is a sense of moral and spiritual crisis that calls out for liturgical innovation.

forward.com

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