Jordan Grasso, PhD
@jordan-g.bsky.social
Sociolegal Scholar with focus on safety/policing, gender, sexuality, state power, and criminalization
In a world of chaos and consistently bad news, at least there are puppies. Introducing my newest RA, Rocco!
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In a world of chaos and consistently bad news, at least there are puppies. Introducing my newest RA, Rocco!
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Analyzing in-depth interviews, Bailey Otter (@sociottergy.bsky.social) examines experiences of & barriers to joy in nonbinary lives.
Read the article for free through the end of February at bit.ly/4d8x5Cg
Analyzing in-depth interviews, Bailey Otter (@sociottergy.bsky.social) examines experiences of & barriers to joy in nonbinary lives.
Read the article for free through the end of February at bit.ly/4d8x5Cg
January 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Analyzing in-depth interviews, Bailey Otter (@sociottergy.bsky.social) examines experiences of & barriers to joy in nonbinary lives.
Read the article for free through the end of February at bit.ly/4d8x5Cg
Analyzing in-depth interviews, Bailey Otter (@sociottergy.bsky.social) examines experiences of & barriers to joy in nonbinary lives.
Read the article for free through the end of February at bit.ly/4d8x5Cg
Thinking a lot today about “Femme in Public” by @alokvmenon.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thinking a lot today about “Femme in Public” by @alokvmenon.bsky.social
There’s not enough preparation for the PhD to post-PhD transition.
January 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There’s not enough preparation for the PhD to post-PhD transition.
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As we kick off 2025 (and our presence on Bluesky), we'd like to remind you that approximately 14 million adults in the U.S. identify as LGBT. bit.ly/LGBTAdultPop
January 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As we kick off 2025 (and our presence on Bluesky), we'd like to remind you that approximately 14 million adults in the U.S. identify as LGBT. bit.ly/LGBTAdultPop
Oof, reading this was quite a way to start the year. Thankful for @skylightbooks.bsky.social for their always phenomenal recommendations.
January 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Oof, reading this was quite a way to start the year. Thankful for @skylightbooks.bsky.social for their always phenomenal recommendations.
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New reports on the beating of a transgender man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy have revealed an extensive cover-up effort.
Extensive cover-up effort revealed in L.A. County deputy's beating of trans man
After Deputy Joseph Benza III assaulted Emmett Brock during a traffic stop, Benza and colleagues discussed deleting text messages related to the matter. Benza has pleaded guilty to one charge in the c...
www.advocate.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
New reports on the beating of a transgender man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy have revealed an extensive cover-up effort.
Currently halfway through The Power of the Badge by @emayfarris.bsky.social & @mirya.bsky.social and can’t put it down.
(1) How’s this not been written yet?
(2) Sheriffs are essentially… little kings.
(3) Autonomy + Authority (+ Trump) = this is about to get so much worse.
(1) How’s this not been written yet?
(2) Sheriffs are essentially… little kings.
(3) Autonomy + Authority (+ Trump) = this is about to get so much worse.
December 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Currently halfway through The Power of the Badge by @emayfarris.bsky.social & @mirya.bsky.social and can’t put it down.
(1) How’s this not been written yet?
(2) Sheriffs are essentially… little kings.
(3) Autonomy + Authority (+ Trump) = this is about to get so much worse.
(1) How’s this not been written yet?
(2) Sheriffs are essentially… little kings.
(3) Autonomy + Authority (+ Trump) = this is about to get so much worse.
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Hate crimes against transgender people increased 125% last year in Los Angeles County — and a staggering 97% of these crimes were violent, according to a new report.
Hate crimes against all LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people.
Hate crimes against all LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people.
Hate crimes against transgender people are up 125% in LA
Hate crimes against al LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people, according to a new report An annual countywide report showed a total of 1,350 hate crimes ...
lapublicpress.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Hate crimes against transgender people increased 125% last year in Los Angeles County — and a staggering 97% of these crimes were violent, according to a new report.
Hate crimes against all LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people.
Hate crimes against all LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people.
Look what arrived! In this chapter, I describe how and why I went from directly studying police departments to lesbian bars and LGBTQ pop-up events.
December 12, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Look what arrived! In this chapter, I describe how and why I went from directly studying police departments to lesbian bars and LGBTQ pop-up events.
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Being trans right now is being considered so insignificant that you're hardly worth defending while also so much of a threat that you're worthy of annihilation.
It’s dehumanizing on all sides.
It’s dehumanizing on all sides.
December 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Being trans right now is being considered so insignificant that you're hardly worth defending while also so much of a threat that you're worthy of annihilation.
It’s dehumanizing on all sides.
It’s dehumanizing on all sides.
Too many LGBTQ “community” spaces are stuck in a cis/white-centered Daughters of Bilitis time warp but try to claim they’re channeling the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. Toss in some buzz about business sustainability and you’ve got a real issue with exclusionary practices.
December 10, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Too many LGBTQ “community” spaces are stuck in a cis/white-centered Daughters of Bilitis time warp but try to claim they’re channeling the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. Toss in some buzz about business sustainability and you’ve got a real issue with exclusionary practices.
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This is horrifying story about how Florida is attempting to detransition trans prisoners calling their identity a delusion.
The FL Department of Corrections is attempting to "reverse" the gender identity of transgender people in its custody, referring to trans identities as "short-term delusions" and withholding hormone therapy. Reviving psychiatric theories of the 1950s, they blame trans identities on "childhood trauma"
December 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM
This is horrifying story about how Florida is attempting to detransition trans prisoners calling their identity a delusion.
Dr. Grasso has arrived 😏
December 6, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Dr. Grasso has arrived 😏
My dissertation defense is in two days, so I downed a Celsius and now find myself lying face-down on my living room floor. I feel like the Grinch, wallowing in self-pity and staring into the abyss at 4:00 p.m. on a Wednesday.
December 5, 2024 at 12:23 AM
My dissertation defense is in two days, so I downed a Celsius and now find myself lying face-down on my living room floor. I feel like the Grinch, wallowing in self-pity and staring into the abyss at 4:00 p.m. on a Wednesday.
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I find it helpful to think about Axon as a company that profits from increasing the efficiency of and consensus for police violence (by falsely promising to reduce it).
After "Axon Enterprise Inc. modeled its CEO pay package after Elon Musk’s incentives at Tesla Inc. in a high-risk, high-reward gambit" its CEO is now a multi-billionaire.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tasers and Musk-Inspired Pay Package Make Axon CEO a Billionaire
Axon Enterprise Inc. modeled its CEO pay package after Elon Musk’s incentives at Tesla Inc. in a high-risk, high-reward gambit. Now Musk and Axon co-founder Rick Smith have another thing in common: Th...
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I find it helpful to think about Axon as a company that profits from increasing the efficiency of and consensus for police violence (by falsely promising to reduce it).
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"When you're 1% of the population, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you" was quite a statement at the court after the TN attorney argued that the equal protection should be declined in favor of “the democratic process.”
December 4, 2024 at 6:21 PM
"When you're 1% of the population, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you" was quite a statement at the court after the TN attorney argued that the equal protection should be declined in favor of “the democratic process.”
Work from @williamsinstitute.bsky.social cited in the @nytimes.com today in relation to the #Skrmetti case 🏳️⚧️
Bans on medical care affect thousands of young trans people, one estimate says.
The estimate was included in court documents as the Supreme Court considers a challenge to a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender minors.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Work from @williamsinstitute.bsky.social cited in the @nytimes.com today in relation to the #Skrmetti case 🏳️⚧️
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Justice Jackson asks about a child who does not want to grow breasts. Notable that thousands of boys have cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted breast tissue from their chests.
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Justice Jackson asks about a child who does not want to grow breasts. Notable that thousands of boys have cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted breast tissue from their chests.
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lots of good work happening in trans studies these days but honestly who is doing the dissertation on why all trans guys are so cute
November 7, 2023 at 5:52 PM
lots of good work happening in trans studies these days but honestly who is doing the dissertation on why all trans guys are so cute
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Thrilled to have this book chapter officially out, especially with so many other great contributors from our lab in this volume! @jordan-g.bsky.social @verognzlz.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Thrilled to have this book chapter officially out, especially with so many other great contributors from our lab in this volume! @jordan-g.bsky.social @verognzlz.bsky.social
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I’m in this forum on queer nightlife repping performance studies 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾
SPECIAL ISSUE
Next summer, TSQ will release a special issue on queer nightlife edited by AminGhaziani.bsky.social. Read a first article from the special issue, a cross-disciplinary conversation on queer nightlife, at bit.ly/3Z7hrCb
What can sociologists uniquely contribute to this conversation?
Next summer, TSQ will release a special issue on queer nightlife edited by AminGhaziani.bsky.social. Read a first article from the special issue, a cross-disciplinary conversation on queer nightlife, at bit.ly/3Z7hrCb
What can sociologists uniquely contribute to this conversation?
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM
I’m in this forum on queer nightlife repping performance studies 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Our current approaches to violence prevention clearly aren't working. In my book, I explore alternatives to how we traditionally do anti-violence activism. I detail four below.
www.ucpress.edu/books/unliva...
#TDoR
#TDoR2024
#TransDayOfRemembrance
www.ucpress.edu/books/unliva...
#TDoR
#TDoR2024
#TransDayOfRemembrance
Unlivable Lives by Laurel Westbrook - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Our current approaches to violence prevention clearly aren't working. In my book, I explore alternatives to how we traditionally do anti-violence activism. I detail four below.
www.ucpress.edu/books/unliva...
#TDoR
#TDoR2024
#TransDayOfRemembrance
www.ucpress.edu/books/unliva...
#TDoR
#TDoR2024
#TransDayOfRemembrance