St. John’s law professor; interested in gender theory, critical legal studies, law and philosophy, and political theology; author of Secular-Christian Social Justice (forthcoming, NYU Press 2026) coffee and cinema lover; they/them 🏳️‍⚧️https://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3mlbk2tccob2kMy book is now available for pre-order. I hope it will generate discussion/reflections about how we think of social justice in this century. https://nyupress.org/9781479823574/secular-christian-social-justice/07 May 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbk2tccob2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3mfwt3uqwka2nMy new work in skrmetti and transgender rights is now on ssrn. It is about the Court’s Gender Trouble and the possibility of recentering transgender rights on “sex” Comments welcome! https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=541769428 Feb 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwt3uqwka2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lzyllz4v452aI was moved by Coates here. I guess learning through pain makes you wiser. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=100072887263529 Sep 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyllz4v452ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lxbbwbqrsf2wWhat an honor to receive this award alongside @margotpollans.bsky.social @ariezra.bsky.social @darapurvis.bsky.social @ddangaran.bsky.social26 Aug 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbbwbqrsf2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lo7ctmwf5l2jhonored to be included. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7ctmwf5l2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lo4c4w2xbj2yhttps://lpeproject.org/blog/trans-healthcare-bans-in-a-white-nationalist-political-economy/01 May 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4c4w2xbj2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lk25otjilk2cExactly! Suspend the rule of law to encounter dangerous terrorists.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk25otjilk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3ljlxn4s74726Ha? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlxn4s74726https://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3ljavnukmde2sSounds fascinating and important. Can’t wait to read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljavnukmde2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lhj5dzlab422Denmark please.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhj5dzlab422https://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lhcuwuxuqe2jRally for Trans youth NYC! “Stand up fight back”!04 Feb 2025 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcuwuxuqe2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lhc2k4frks2j03 Feb 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhc2k4frks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lh4stksnra2vCouldn’t agree more [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Feb 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4stksnra2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lh4qvj6vyr2dhappy to participate in upcoming Virginia Law Review symposium on legal, cultural, and political aspects of gender affirming care (February 6-7). @jessicaclarke.bsky.social @katieeyer.bsky.social @kredburn.bsky.social @tyroclem.bsky.social01 Feb 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4qvj6vyr2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lfxkxcy6iz2jThis cert could explain why the Court refused to consider the Due Process parental rights claims in the gender affirming care case.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxkxcy6iz2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lcstkskjjs2x While his heart breaks for those families facing gender dysphoria, mine breaks for those families who treat a binary order of sex and gender ideology as divine gospel https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/opinion/tennessee-trans-supreme-court-case.html08 Dec 2024 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcstkskjjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lbqecbilgj2pjust got this in the mail. Congrats @profbcrawford.bsky.social and @linniss.bsky.social I am honored to be in conversation with this group of thinkers25 Nov 2024 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqecbilgj2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lbmrioyvlm2u Absolutely! Legalism has never been the way to defeat Decisionism. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opinion/trump-legalism-trials.html23 Nov 2024 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmrioyvlm2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lblm3ji3fv2htrans-blaming for recent election results is cowardly and misguided https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opinion/trans-rights-donald-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb23 Nov 2024 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lblm3ji3fv2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nbenas.bsky.social/post/3lbi6h5cjm72jListening to this episode about histories of queer and trans folks in the south is simply inspiring. Thank you Jules Gill-Peterson @slate https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outward-slates-lgbtq-podcast/id1425950706?i=100067759289021 Nov 2024 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:wpu2vdtpg5bub3kq2xwmpfpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi6h5cjm72j