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Well. This is a thing. A few weeks ago, I announced my new publication in American Psychologist on LinkedIn and didn't do it here. This was clearly a mistake, as some of Bluesky has decided to pile on some... Critique of a student article talking about my work in context. I have some things to say🧵

In our work, my colleagues and I took a mixed-methods, participant-centered approach to examining the impacts of anti-transgender legislation on TGD populations. I did this work to highlight the words and experiences of trans people. (2)

We found that anxiety about anti-trans legislation was more strongly associated with psychological distress than even everyday experiences of discrimination (and having social support helped reduce psychological distress). State-level legislative support was unrelated to psychological distress ⁉️ (3)

(Side note: these data were collected prior to the 2024 election)

I did this work because it is important to highlight the experiences of trans people while the broader community faces an existential threat in the US (and in many places across the world). I did this work because Trans Voices Matter (5)

Some folks are says "well, duh. Water is wet. There are forks in the kitchen" This kinda of response demonstrates not only a profound misunderstanding about how science works, but it demonstrates a lack of understanding about how easily minoritized voices can be silenced (6)