Eric Layland, PhD 🏳️‍🌈

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LGBTQ+ youth in Delaware are facing significantly higher rates of mental health symptoms and substance use compared to their peers. Assistant Professor @ericlayland.bsky.social, from @udcehd.bsky.social, is helping uncover why.

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Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Youth - College of Education & Human Development University of Delaware Assistant Professors Eric Layland and Brittany Zakszeski share guidance for parents, teachers and school leaders.

🏳️‍🌈 This #LGBTQ+HistoryMonth, we honor the courage of young people sharing their identities and those who support them. CEHD’s @ericlayland.bsky.social and Brittany Zakszeski share guidance on creating affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth: www.cehd.udel.edu/safe-spaces-...

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In Delaware, as many as 25% of adolescents may identify as LGBTQ+. In the 2022-24 DE School Survey, mental health symptoms and underage substance use levels were alamring for all youth, and all outcomes were worse for LGBTQ+ youth.

Access our new article: djph.org/wp-content/u...

I’m not on the asexuality spectrum. But as a queer, feminist researcher, I think we should all care about asexuality.

Why? Because asexual perspectives can help us better understand sexuality—and gender, race, disability, family, love, etc.

Here’s why:

Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

These and so so many other grants terminated. So much knowledge blocked. Many jobs eliminated instantly. I’m angry and sad. Sending love and solidarity to colleagues and strangers across the country grappling with nonsense actions of this regime.

Abbot Directs Texas To Consider Investigating Teachers Who Support Trans Kids For Child Abuse Texas lawmakers want educators who allegedly used a child’s name and pronouns to be investigated by law enforcement.

1. Greg Abbott will direct the state of Texas to consider whether teachers who affirm transgender kids are actually engaging in "child abuse."

He's already attempted to go after parents of trans kids with charges of child abuse before.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?

Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.

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kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter . Alt: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

Any recommendations for best resources, books, videos for helping students learn to write their first research proposal?

🚨New research from grad student lab member August Wei shows the protective effect of family connectedness on suicide thoughts/behaviors among LGBTQ+ youth presenting at emergency departments. More family connection associated with lower odds of suicide ideation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #LGBTQhealth

I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.

How fucking dare they

Old vs. new

Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.

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Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.

But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Two very accurate descriptors for her 😂

Photo of the naughty but beautiful cat who committed the crimes.

Today in a college Zoom meeting attended by 95 of my colleagues, my cat jumped onto my laptop and unmuted me, then jumped onto a small collection of potted plants, shattering them, and I groaned/yelped while OFF MUTE.

So let’s add that to my list of current work stressors.

This is so upsetting. Thank you for sharing.

Each day just feels more of this.

Hi Jess! Happy to find another way to reconnect:)

Sitting heavy with this today.😔

Thought I had replied earlier! Thanks for sharing this, I've sent it to my students to invite them to read with me. Would be happy to conect more in the future. Reach out any time!

Sorry for the delay in responding, but yes I added you! Glad to be connected.

I'm slow to respond, but yes! Followed and added!

Purpose in life moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and cognitive functioning in midlife and older adults Discrimination is associated with worse cognitive outcomes, but research is urgently needed to identify modifiable psychosocial resources that may buffer the impact of discrimination on cognition. ...

New publication alert 🚨

With colleagues @jeffstokes.bsky.social @elliewroten.bsky.social and others not on bsky, we use HRS data to show that purpose in life is a powerful protective resource for the cognition of those exposed to frequent discrimination

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XMUQG...

Me in every section, paragraph, and line of grant writing…

I consider what can be saved for questions (details on specific measures, secondary theory driving the study, non-significant results). I attempt to visualize all results so they can be communicated much faster than text or tables. No more than 3 bullets per slide.

Done! So happy to be finding all the queer academic folks like you from Twitter again❤️

Done! Your work sounds so interesting—would love to learn more.

Done and followed!

Of course! Added you :)

Done!!