A homegrown science.

References and suggested readings:

• Mark A. Torres. 2025. Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. The History Press.
• Rebecca Brenner Graham. 2025. Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany. Citadel.
• Mark Torres’s website marktorresauthor.com
• Follow Mark on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @MarkTorresAuthor1

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References and suggested readings:

• Hope Pisoni. January 30, 2026. Campus conservatism rebounds in the wake of Charlie Kirk, targeting LGBTQIA+ communities. Gay Times.
• Strphany Matat. October 28, 2025. DeSantis warns schools, partners with Turning Point USA to create more Florida chapters. Tallahassee Democrat.
• Jaden Edison. December 8, 2025. Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school. Texas Tribune.
• Robby Korth, Graycen Wheeler, Lionel Ramos, OPMX. September 23, 2025. State superintendent calls for Turning Point USA chapter at every high school in Oklahoma. KGOU.org.
• Uncloseted Media
• Hope Pisoni’s Substack
• Torrey Peters. 2021. Detransition, Baby. One World.
• Nakatani Nio. 2017. Bloom Into You. Seven Seas.

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References and suggested readings:

• Julie L. Reed. 2026. Land, Language, and Women: A Cherokee and American Educational History. University of North Carolina Press.
• Jennifer Raff. 2023. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. Twelve.
• Lisa Wingate. 2025. Shelterwood. Ballantine Books.
• Daniel H. Wilson. 2025. Hole in the Sky. Doubleday.
• Daniel Wilson. 2012. Robopocalypse. Vintage.
• Julie Reed’s faculty page
• Follow Julie Reed on Bluesky and Threads: @jreedmo

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