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Alberto López Ortega

@bertous.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Previously, ‪Harvard, Zurich, UC3M, UPO‬. European politics, public opinion, ethnic and LGBTQ+ politics, far right. 🏳️‍🌈 The means justify the end. aloport.github.io

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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Muchas ganas de hablar mañana de esta investigación con @malugatto.bsky.social en el CSIC. ☺️
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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📢 ¡El próximo miércoles arrancamos! @bertous.bsky.social inaugura el 30 de septiembre la temporada de otoño de nuestro Seminario permanente. Seis ponentes y seis investigaciones nos esperan hasta diciembre. 👇 Consulta toda la programación
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Super excited about this. See you next week in Madrid!
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Super excited about this. See you next week in Madrid!
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How do race and queerness jointly shape mass politics? @mfroman.bsky.social and I take up this question in new work I’ll present at @apsa.bsky.social, examining whether their associations with partisanship, ideology, and vote choice accumulate or partially substitute for one another. Friday at 8!
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 01/09/2026
The Rainbow Vote now has a cover & publication date. www.therainbowvote.com 🗳️🏳️‍🌈 Please consider pre-ordering, or asking your institution’s library to pre-order! Insufferable self-promotion to follow but I am dutifully celebrating every milestone along the way to publication day in February 😎
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How do race and queerness jointly shape mass politics? @mfroman.bsky.social and I take up this question in new work I’ll present at @apsa.bsky.social, examining whether their associations with partisanship, ideology, and vote choice accumulate or partially substitute for one another. Friday at 8!
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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Job ad- Assistant Professorship in Political Science at The University of Gothenburg web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, one or more
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Excited to present work with @payoub.bsky.social at APSA in Boston. We study a real-world disinformation event in which a Swedish far-right organization abused the visual identity of Swedish LGBTQ+ civil-society organizations to make it appear as though they support the legalization of paedophilia.
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨🚨 New publication: 🚨🚨 Does affective polarization (AP) change citizens’ willingness to support democratic norms or participate? 🧵1/10 Full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cool Citizens? How Affectively Unpolarized Citizens View and Participate in Democracy - Political Behavior
Does affective polarization change how citizens view and participate in democracy? We posit that the answer to this crucial question depends on how affectively unpolarized citizens view and participat...
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“This paper examines how the far-right engages in an epistemic struggle to lay claim to the ‘science’ of race and gender, simultaneously attacking and co-opting scientific authority to legitimise white supremacy and patriarchy” (Open Access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Is the Far-Right Anti-Science? Hierarchies, Metapolitics and Struggles for Epistemic Authority
The right-wing actors are widely described as being anti-science. However, while the far-right often rejects science outright when it conflicts with their ideological, economic, or cultural priorit...
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Erick Padilla @erickpadilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New paper with @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social in EJPR: Does the "winner-loser gap" in democratic attitudes also apply to politicians? We extend some previous insights from recent literature on the topic by looking at 27 elections across 15 European countries. 🧵 buff.ly/UarD6eC
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The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A good moment to recommend Angela Saini‘s Superior, which traces back the history of “race science” and shows the institutions that sustain this pseudo-research until today. These pursuits have nothing in common with the principles of academic inquiry www.angelasaini.co.uk/superior
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Angela Saini | Award-winning Science Journalist and Author
The website of British independent science journalist, author and broadcaster, Angela Saini. Her most recent book is Superior: The Return of Race Science.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Over the last few days I've watched highly politically engaged, educated people who are otherwise clear and careful thinkers attempting to litigate the obvious facts of the matter with respect to the late Arday's obvious layers of misconduct, taking their turn wheeling the horse into the gates. 11/
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I just hope some people don’t now pretend to be surprised. I’ve seen people openly dismiss concerns about his mental health while continuing to obsessively kick someone when they were already down. I hope this makes us reflect on the values we want to uphold in academia.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sheri Berman has been pushing this narrative for years. Without presenting any evidence. Ignoring all the evidence to the contrary. That's disappointing from a serious academic. But abusing the CSD attack for this narrative is simply appaling. Not in our name www.persuasion.community/p/germanys-t...
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Germany Has Lost the Thread on Immigration
Last week’s terror attack makes that clear.
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/ Happy to share our paper 'Still Instrumentally Inclusive' w/ @turnbulldugarte.com in @apsrjournal.bsky.social. Understanding homonationalism remains important. Recent events (Berlin) have shown how quickly LGBT+ rights can become instrumentalized in debates about immigration and Islam.
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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Which immigrants do people prefer and why? Many point to skill levels, but @mfreino.bsky.social @isabel-ruiz.bsky.social and I argue people also consider the social value of work immigrants do, even if considered "lower" skilled. Open access in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 🧵
Title: Beyond skills: How occupational essentiality and social value relate to attitudes toward immigrant labor. 
Authors: William L. Allen, Mariña Fernández-Reino, and Isabel Ruiz 
Abstract: Research on public attitudes toward immigration consistently shows that people prefer higher- over lower-skilled immigrants, largely for sociotropic economic and fiscal reasons. We argue that this account is incomplete: citizens also evaluate immigrant workers according to the essentiality and social value of the work they perform, alongside formal skills and education. We conceptualize two logics for evaluating occupations – economic-fiscal and moral-social – that shape attitudes toward labor immigrants, before testing this argument in two studies in the UK. Study 1 uses a preregistered conjoint survey experiment (N = 4,951) fielded during the UK’s third COVID-19 lockdown in January 2021. Respondents evaluated hypothetical labor immigrants varying in occupation, skill level, and origin. Immigrants working in occupations designated as ‘essential’ during the pandemic were substantially more likely to be preferred for admission (by about 22 percentage points) and more likely to be viewed as economically beneficial (by about 10 percentage points) than those in nonessential jobs, net of skill. Study 2 reports results from an online survey (N = 1,944) fielded in 2025 measuring perceptions of occupational essentiality, social value, economic value, prestige, skill, and labor shortages. Perceived essentiality is strongly associated with social value while remaining distinct from skill and prestige. Importantly, perceptions of occupational essentiality remained stable over time and correlated with preferences for admitting immigrants in those same occupations. Together, these findings highlight occupational essentiality as a distinct and consequential driver of immigration attitudes with implications for labor migration debates and policymaking.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇
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“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old
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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We typically think of deterrence as cold and calculating. In a new JCR with @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social's Pomeroy & Rathbun, we explore the psychology of deterrence thinking, showing it relies on intuition instead. When we shoot, we shoot from the hip. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New working paper w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social @rantuna.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com! *Does publicly refusing to cooperate with the far right only strengthen it?* A widespread belief says yes. In this paper, we test it based on a natural experiment from Spain. tinyurl.com/5azkfnas [1/6]
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 28/05/2026
An RDiT/UESD on LGBTQ+ politics *and* Princess Diana!? Take my money.
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 01/06/2026
Today marks the beginning of Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Here is a graph on why we still need pride.
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Qué tristeza más grande. Se va mi gran referente de buen académico y un gran amigo online.
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New piece out at @jepopy.bsky.social with the wonderful @cvargiu.bsky.social & Diego Garzia We use an experiment to test whether musical preferences and political attitudes influence each other. We find effects in both ways! Paper ungated: tinyurl.com/rpau9eyb Open data: osf.io/7vqgn
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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments
Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.
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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🌈 We're excited to announce our June session! 😯 Join us next Thursday, June 4, to see @urquijo.bsky.social amazing presentation about elite's effects on reducing AIDS stigma. 📆 Mark your calendars!
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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
⁉️Do immigrant candidates get the immigrant vote? Many party strategists assume they do. But do they really? Short answer: Nope. And I have done the research to support this. Read more about why & why this is relevant for the upcoming UK local elections here: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/do-i...
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Do immigrant candidates get the immigrant vote? | COMPAS
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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
❗ New paper out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social! 😯 @bertous.bsky.social and I used a conjoint experiment to investigate whether name-based preferences influence adoption decisions. We take Catalonia as the case study, where linguistic boundaries overlap with contested political identities.
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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If you are headed to the first-ever meeting of EPSS in Belfast, bookmark this schedule & come check out all the excellent research on gender, sexuality, and politics! @turnbulldugarte.com & I had a v tough job narrowing it down… from engagement and ambition to polarization, backlash and more 👇
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Andrew Geddes @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
THIS IS HAPPENING! What Europeans Think about Immigration and Why It Matters James Dennison and Andrew Geddes Oxford University Press, publication date June 25 2026, £30 lnkd.in/dU8dRYuB
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 27/04/2026
Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties? Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity? | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity?
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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📣 Registration is officially OPEN! Join us in Toulouse this May for our conference on „Borders and Belonging: Migration Challenges and Solutions“ 🗓️ May 5-6, 2026 📍 Toulouse (@iast.fr/ @tse-fr.eu) Check out our program and register here 👇 shorturl.at/fxfqu
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Borders and Belonging: Migration Challenges and Solutions conference
Borders and Belonging: Migration Challenges and Solutions conference, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, May 5–6, 2026.
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Lordo @lordolordor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Está bien el artículo
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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My first publication is out in @wepsocial.bsky.social , with @lennartschuermann.bsky.social ✨ We analyze how protest increases before different types of elections. We show crucial differences in how civil society and parties prioritize elections in a multilevel system. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Looking forward to presenting this work on dating, love and politics, co-authored with the fab @bertous.bsky.social at @psapolpsychology.bsky.social online seminar series.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This new paper offers practical solutions for pluralistic ignorance (when people assume their opinon is unpopular when many others share it): -in loose cultures, share accurate information -in tight ones, lowering the costs of speaking up can spark social change. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Álvaro Canalejo-Molero @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Interested in spending a few days in Granada (8–11 Sept) and working on political science research using Andalusia as a case study? 🌞🏛️ This panel, which I’m co-organizing with @atiradocastro.bsky.social at the Spanish Political Science Association, is for you! 📚 Apply!! ✨
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/02/2026
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
✨✨ Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR) Affinity voting in Europe: The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians Pre-print of accepted version available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 11/02/2026
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout? We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out doi.org/10.1086/740816
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Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Curro Peña 🏳️‍🌈 @currikitaum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
El Gobierno de España habla de prohibir el uso de redes sociales a millones de personas como si eso fuera algo sencillo y “de sentido común”. En la newsletter de hoy, os cuento 10 razones por las que no es una buena idea.
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10 riesgos de prohibir las redes a los menores
Lo que el Gobierno no te cuenta de su nueva medida estrella
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Guido Corradi @guidobcor.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Que esto pase es gravisimo. Que se investigue y se cuente es más que necesario 👌👇
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Noemí López Trujillo @nlopeztrujillo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hoy al fin se publica una investigación en la que llevo trabajando casi un año Un centro evangélico que recibe dinero público y pacientes del sistema de salud mental público se dedica a convertir a mujeres "problemáticas" en mujeres "decentes". Es MUY GRAVE Va hilo www.newtral.es/centro-vida-...
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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
👀 Today we are announcing our first call for presentations for 2026! 🌈 We encourage all queer academics, especially PhD students, who study LGBTQ+ politics and want to present their work in a safe space to send their proposals. 📆 The call is open until February 6. 🙌 Feel free to share!
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Queer Politics Webinar - Call for Presentations
🌈 We invite scholars, researchers and PhD students to submit presentation proposals for the upcoming sessions of the Queer Politics Webinar! We welcome contributions that focus on queer/LGBT+ politics...
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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🌈 We are very happy to announce the first session of 2026! Next week, on February 5, @angeliawagner.bsky.social and @joannaeveritt.bsky.social will present their amazing work on queer Canadian candidates and social media. 📆 Be sure to join us!
February 5th
Angelia Wagner & Joanna Everitt w/ Mireille Lalancette & Karen Bird
University of Alberta & University of New Brunswick
To Queer or not to Queer? 2SLGBTQI+ Candidates’ Use of Instagram During the 2021 Canadian Election
9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT
Online seminar on zoom
Logo of the Queer Politics Seminar consisting of the different colours of the pride rainbow as interwoven stripes
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Alberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thrilled to share our new paper with amazing Agus. We show that non-traditional families, especially open and age-gap couples, face substantial prejudice. Even LGB couples encounter bias, highlighting persistent inequalities in societies often seen as tolerant.
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