Olivia Ann Compton
@olivia-ann.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Economics @ USAFA (views are my own)
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Transgender Economics
This paper reviews the state of transgender economic research and labor market data, compiling global data on transgender labor market outcomes, representing ha
papers.ssrn.com
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New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
First thought was Shon Faye's Love in Exile
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 AM
First thought was Shon Faye's Love in Exile
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
Just stumbled upon one of the wildest reddit threads I've ever seen. Roommate and I are trying to guess if it's real or fake.
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just stumbled upon one of the wildest reddit threads I've ever seen. Roommate and I are trying to guess if it's real or fake.
To all the reporters writing headlines about how trans people may be refused bathroom access in the UK based on appearance. It will almost certainly cause more cis women to be denied bathroom access. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
To all the reporters writing headlines about how trans people may be refused bathroom access in the UK based on appearance. It will almost certainly cause more cis women to be denied bathroom access. 1/4
Fyi, don't sneeze after bottom surgery 💀
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Fyi, don't sneeze after bottom surgery 💀
Bottom surgery recovery has gone a lot better than I expected. Steeled myself for tremendous pain or something. Instead, it just feels like I got electrolysis this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Bottom surgery recovery has gone a lot better than I expected. Steeled myself for tremendous pain or something. Instead, it just feels like I got electrolysis this morning.
I've now gone full circle: straight > transitioned > lesbian > queer > bisexual > straight, so I guess I can tick off the G retroactively bringing my lifetime score to LGBTQA.
November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I've now gone full circle: straight > transitioned > lesbian > queer > bisexual > straight, so I guess I can tick off the G retroactively bringing my lifetime score to LGBTQA.
I appreciate that @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social at least considers trans men and the hypocrisy of the trt push for cis men.
www.businessinsider.com/young-men-te...
www.businessinsider.com/young-men-te...
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I appreciate that @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social at least considers trans men and the hypocrisy of the trt push for cis men.
www.businessinsider.com/young-men-te...
www.businessinsider.com/young-men-te...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
Transgender Economics
This paper reviews the state of transgender economic research and labor market data, compiling global data on transgender labor market outcomes, representing ha
papers.ssrn.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
New working paper from my colleague and I reviewing the current state of trans econ and formalizing a model of gender identity and expression.
#econsky
Excited to read @charliejane.bsky.social's "Lessons in Magic and Disaster." She read a chapter about Mae and Serena's relationship which hit home and made me feel kind of awkward because I was attending with my roommate/ex-gf.
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Excited to read @charliejane.bsky.social's "Lessons in Magic and Disaster." She read a chapter about Mae and Serena's relationship which hit home and made me feel kind of awkward because I was attending with my roommate/ex-gf.
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so the Economist article isn't attributed an author. but someone in the replies of this 🧵 tipped me off that it was Jəsse Singal. & it turns out that it was, which in retrospect isn't surprising (as he's one of the ppl who would never answer this question):
many ppl highlighting flaws in this article. but having fought in the "80% desistance" wars of the mid-2010s, I remember asking anti-trans activists if they'd be ok if 80% of youth were helped by gender-affirming care (flipping their argument). & they *never* answered. b/c they want *zero* trans ppl
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
so the Economist article isn't attributed an author. but someone in the replies of this 🧵 tipped me off that it was Jəsse Singal. & it turns out that it was, which in retrospect isn't surprising (as he's one of the ppl who would never answer this question):
Journalists and those with institutional power have completely ceded control of framing. "Parent's" concerns are already addressed in most instances, making those concerns unfounded. In the instances where their concerns might be founded, the solution exists. They just don't like it and never will.
He conceded that parents have legitimate concerns.
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He conceded that parents have legitimate concerns.
bit.ly
July 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Journalists and those with institutional power have completely ceded control of framing. "Parent's" concerns are already addressed in most instances, making those concerns unfounded. In the instances where their concerns might be founded, the solution exists. They just don't like it and never will.
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I've said this before and will I guess just keep saying it, but: It has been literally easier for me to sell multiple novels and break into writing for TV on an Emmy-nominated show than to sell one (1) piece about trans issues to a major publication.
June 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I've said this before and will I guess just keep saying it, but: It has been literally easier for me to sell multiple novels and break into writing for TV on an Emmy-nominated show than to sell one (1) piece about trans issues to a major publication.
Really? We get 5 mins of sweaty, dirty, bloody dick and balls, but Ellie and Dina cuts to black after 5 seconds?
May 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Really? We get 5 mins of sweaty, dirty, bloody dick and balls, but Ellie and Dina cuts to black after 5 seconds?
Does Tommy Tuberville think Lady Ballers was a documentart / biopic?
April 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Does Tommy Tuberville think Lady Ballers was a documentart / biopic?
How do we get cis people to stop saying "trapped in the wrong body?"
April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How do we get cis people to stop saying "trapped in the wrong body?"
I was trying to convince a cis friend to read Woordworking by @emilystjams.bsky.social, and I ended up spending 20 minutes explaining trans moms and heterotemporality.
March 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I was trying to convince a cis friend to read Woordworking by @emilystjams.bsky.social, and I ended up spending 20 minutes explaining trans moms and heterotemporality.
I'd go back to 2004 when I was 13. I told my therapist I wanted to be a girl, but I quickly reeled it back in because I was worried that she would tell my mom and my mom wouldn't love me anymore. I would tell my younger self that my mom still loves me and how much happier I could be.
the real hard-hitting trans hypothetical:
You have a time-machine with only enough power to jump you backwards in time once and for only 30 minutes. What age is the earliest you think you could realistically help your pre-transition self figure out the whole Trans thing with such limited time?
You have a time-machine with only enough power to jump you backwards in time once and for only 30 minutes. What age is the earliest you think you could realistically help your pre-transition self figure out the whole Trans thing with such limited time?
March 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'd go back to 2004 when I was 13. I told my therapist I wanted to be a girl, but I quickly reeled it back in because I was worried that she would tell my mom and my mom wouldn't love me anymore. I would tell my younger self that my mom still loves me and how much happier I could be.
Does anyone else see Luigi Mangione in their head when they imagine Aaron in the Dorley Hall basement? Or is it just me?
February 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Does anyone else see Luigi Mangione in their head when they imagine Aaron in the Dorley Hall basement? Or is it just me?
Cis people keep asking me how they can help and expect me to tell them exactly what to do. Honey, I'm tired. I'm trying not to be rude, but go ask a civil rights org or read this www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/its-... or something.
It's time to dial up your trans allyship. Here's how. - LGBTQ Nation
Here are six ways you can put your trans allyship on steroids (pun intended).
www.lgbtqnation.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Cis people keep asking me how they can help and expect me to tell them exactly what to do. Honey, I'm tired. I'm trying not to be rude, but go ask a civil rights org or read this www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/its-... or something.
It's nice to be reminded that people care about me, especially during this assault on trans existence.
February 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's nice to be reminded that people care about me, especially during this assault on trans existence.
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Great action today in Colorado Springs!
February 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Great action today in Colorado Springs!
I really like the specificity of nsfw/adult content filters on bluesky. Other sites will just flag something as adult content, which is useless if you follow a lot of queer people. Am I about to see full-blown porn, surgery scars, or a boring discussion about transition? Spin the wheel to find out.
January 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I really like the specificity of nsfw/adult content filters on bluesky. Other sites will just flag something as adult content, which is useless if you follow a lot of queer people. Am I about to see full-blown porn, surgery scars, or a boring discussion about transition? Spin the wheel to find out.
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This is an appallingly discriminatory document.
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
January 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is an appallingly discriminatory document.
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
This not only seeks to define transgender people out of existence, as with last week's order, today's executive order states that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."