Sunnivie Brydum

Sunnivie Brydum is an award-winning journalist and former managing editor of The Advocate, whose work has also appeared in Vox and Bustle. She writes about the politics of equality, and strives to elevate the voices of marginalized LGBT people. Reach her on Twitter @sunnivie, or via email: sunnivie@religiondispatches.org

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Religion Dispatches

More Myth Than Fact: Kushner and Ivanka Changed Trump's Mind on LGBT Discrimination

Despite reports (from unnamed sources) suggesting otherwise, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not the secret ingredient to upholding LGBT rights under a Trump-Pence administration. Reports had been…

Sunnivie Brydum

February 7, 2017

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Religion Dispatches

Will Justice Gorsuch Prioritize "Religious Freedom" Over Civil Rights?

Americans United for Separation Church and State has some serious concerns about how a Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch might dismantle that constitutional wall.

Sunnivie Brydum

February 2, 2017

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Religion Dispatches

The Deafening Silence of "Religious Freedom" Defenders on Trump's Muslim Ban

For once, I agree with right-wing claims that religious freedom in America is under attack. This central tenet of American democracy is facing its most egregious assault in nearly 70 years. But this…

Sunnivie Brydum

January 31, 2017

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