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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happening next week! 👀 📆 Be sure to mark your calendars for our first presentation of the programme

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

😯 Today we got exciting news! 🌈 Next month we kick off our 2026-2027 programme with @turnbulldugarte.com! He will present his quasi-experimental evidence on Islamophobic backlash in queer citizens after the Berlin Pride attack. 📆 Be sure to join us on October 8!

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

won't be there but so excited to read 👀

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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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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

😯 Join us today for our last webinar of the season!

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🌈 Join us next week for our last presentation of the season with the brilliant Jeff Feng! 👉 As we see the consequences of climate change each year, Jeff will discuss how climate justice intersects with queer liberation. 📆 Next Thursday July 2nd!

Flyer for July's presentation of the Queer Politics Webinar featuring Jeff Feng and their work on queer climate futures

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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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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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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New paper w/ @lstoetze.bsky.social "Estimating Treatment Effects on Proportions with Synthetic Controls" out in @polanalysis.bsky.social 👀 When your outcomes are compositional (such as vote shares), applying synthetic controls separately to each part can break the math. We show how to fix it: 🧵

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Asking for a little help with one of the articles of my thesis. Does anyone know a guide or paper discussing the use of survey weights in multilevel models with panel data? I’m struggling a bit with understanding which is the best way to include them in my model. Or if not include them altogether.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 13/05/2026

I really, really do not want Britain's first (openly) LGBTQ+ prime minister to be Wes - just throw trans folks under the bus- Streeting.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We show how factors such as primary language, national identity, ancestry and partisanship (among others), while showing small effects, constitute a pattern of name preferences in adoption solicitations. 👉 Free access in Political Psychology: doi.org/10.1111%2Fpo...

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Ethnic bias from within: Catalan preferences for Catalan‐sounding names in adoption decisions

Although name-based differential treatment has been widely studied in societies with a dominant language, less is known about how such preferences function within multilingual societies where regiona....

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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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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🌈 Today we are very excited to announce @pepinneff.bsky.social as our next speaker! 😯 They will present their work studying the factors behind the moral panic agenda-setting on anti-trans issues in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. 📆 Be sure to join us next Thursday April 2nd!

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

😯 Join us today for @seangivnish.bsky.social presentation! 🧑‍💻 Send us a DM if you don't have the Zoom link.

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

😯 Happening this week! 📆 Be sure to join us and share with your peers

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

👉 Remember to join our mailing list to receive the link for the webinar and our announcement.

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🌈 We are happy to announce our next webinar! @seangivnish.bsky.social will present his super interesting work on the HIV/AIDS movement in Africa on March 5th. 📆 Be sure to join us!

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Be sure to submit to proposal if you have any upcoming work you would like to present, especially in a safe and queer space 😎

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

👉 If you are not already registered, you can join our mailing list here and get all of our updates and the Zoom link for the session:

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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!

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thanks! Happy to see that it’s already making good contributions 🤩

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thanks Stu! Your comments were really helpful when I presented it in the @queerseminar.bsky.social and I’m always glad for your feedback on everything :)

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 28/01/2026

Homophobia alive and well in adoption decision-making 😱

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 28/01/2026

Yet to surpass the (professional) fun we had in writing this piece now out in latest issue of @psrm.bsky.social We know political identities share the valence we assign to others. Here we asked, do valence signals also shape the partisanship we assign to others? doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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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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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Furthermore, our interactions showed a compounded effect between sexuality, relationship type and age difference. Both open and age-gap homosexual couples, especially those consisting of two men, were significantly less preferred than heterosexual couples with the same characteristics.

Marginal means interaction between sexuality of the couple and type of relationship.

Marginal means interaction between sexuality of the couple and age difference between partners.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our general model of marginal means revealed multiple layers of sexual prejudice within the Catalan society. Respondents showed significantly less preference for non-traditional relationships, including same-sex couples, and particularly open and age-gap relationships.

General marginal means model showing the effects of each characteristic of the experiment in the preference of respondents for a couple to adopt.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We conducted a conjoint experiment as part of the 2022 Sociopolitical Survey of the Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió in Catalonia. In this experiment, we asked 4,298 respondents to select one of two couples seeking to adopt a child, after evaluating different characteristics that were fully randomised.

Example table of the experiment. It includes characteristics such as names of partners (cue for sexual orientation), type of relationship (open/closed), age of partners, education level of partners, values and reason to adopt.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

❗My first publication is out! Using a conjoint experiment with adoption solicitations, @bertous.bsky.social and I demonstrate that modern societies still exhibit prejudice against non-traditional relationships, including same-sex, open and age-gap couples More below and in @poqjournal.bsky.social

Abstract of the paper, it reads: How widespread is sexual liberalism in tolerant societies? Theoretical and descriptive evidence suggests an overall liberalization in societal views on topics such as women’s rights and homosexuality. Yet, relying on sexual norms theory, this study unveils persistent sexual prejudice. We differentiate between “normalized” sexual issues, like same-gender marriage, which have gained mainstream acceptance, and “nonnormalized” issues, such as nontraditional sexual practices and relationships, which remain stigmatized. Through a conjoint experiment in Catalonia, Spain, we investigate public attitudes toward adoptive parents with varying sexual orientations, relationship types, and age differences, confirming that discriminatory preferences are prevalent in contexts with low social desirability. By highlighting the continued prejudice against both normative and nonnormative sexual issues, this research contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of sexual attitudes and the challenges facing LGBTQ+ politics and rights.

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Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Do homophobia and sexual prejudice still exist in tolerant societies? In POQ, Ortega & Bosco's new study reveals how non-traditional relationships continue to be stigmatised in parenting contexts, even in seemingly liberal societies. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14/01/2026

Europe. Is moving military assets. To deter an invasion. By the United States of America.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/

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Gwyn Mingham @alsogwenny.myatproto.social · 13/01/2026

happy & looking forward to organising the @queerseminar.bsky.social together w/ @blancobosco.bsky.social :D also thanks to @bertous.bsky.social & @haasvioleta.bsky.social & all the previous organisers making the QPW possible! 🥰

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Saying goodbye to the @queerseminar.bsky.social, today! Massive thanks to @bertous.bsky.social, co-organizing with you was the best part! 💖 We’re so happy to leave this important space in the hands of @alsogwenny.bsky.social & @blancobosco.bsky.social. Can't wait to see it grow! ✨

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Be sure to join our mailing list if you haven’t already, many great sessions to come this year 🤓

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Very thankful to @bertous.bsky.social and @haasvioleta.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to participate in such an amazing space for queer researchers these couple of months, and very happy to continue the work with @alsogwenny.bsky.social in this new chapter 🥳

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Christmas has come early for those interested in sexual orientation data! 🎅📊 The Office for National Statistics has just released new sexual orientation data from the 2024 Annual Population Survey – and the story is one where the proportion of queer people in the UK continues to grow! 🧵

Sexual orientation, UK: 2024. Sexual orientation in the UK in 2024 by age, sex, marital status, and country, using data from the Annual Population Survey (APS). These are official statistics in development.
Release date: 9 December 2025. Next release: To be announced.

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too: "There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done." All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.

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Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This is a terrible move that will hurt the trans community as well as the Labour Party in the long term.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 29/11/2025

A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published. Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response. osf.io/rn6h3/files/...

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Curious about LGBTQ+ politics and protest movements? 🌈✊ Join us today! Francesca Ammaturo will be talking about her brilliant new book exploring Pride events between local fights and global dynamics. See you there!

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Dimiter Toshkov @dtoshkov.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

For my course on Conflict and Representation in the EU, I made an interactive Shiny app that plots CHES party positions, for all countries, years (1999-2024) and (most) dimensions in the dataset. Enjoy! dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/ #polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky

An interactive Shiny app on party positions using the CHES (Chapel HIll expert survey dataset).

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Jan Gromadzki @jangromadzki.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Anti-LGBTQ resolutions aka "LGBT-free zones" in Poland have increased residents’ intentions to migrate, both within the country and abroad. Together with @paweladrjan.bsky.social, we use unique data on all clicks on the global job site Indeed. Link: docs.iza.org/dp18217.pdf Main findings ⬇️ 1/7

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🧑‍💻 Join us for our second webinar of the 2025-2026 programme next Thursday! 😯 @frammaturo.bsky.social will present her amazing work on the politics of Pride events. 📆 Mark your calendars for November 6!

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