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

Articles

Religion Dispatches

The "Religious Freedom" President is Gutting the Rest of the 1st Amendment

For all his talk of protecting religious freedom, one of the First Amendment’s five sacred rights, it’s taken President Donald Trump less than one week to start kicking the legs out from under each of…

Sunnivie Brydum

January 26, 2017

Article

Religion Dispatches

Right Wing Christians and Radical Feminists Form an Odd (Transphobic) Couple

The fact that this faction has shown itself willing to align with far-right religious groups that oppose much of the fundamental feminist doctrine betrays a twisted set of priorities.

Sunnivie Brydum

January 19, 2017

Article

Religion Dispatches

White Christian Complaints About Religious Persecution Are Especially Ugly on MLK Day

The claims of religious persecution, particularly by cisgender, straight white men who run multi-million-dollar advocacy groups, are especially heinous on a day intended to commemorate Dr. King’s life.

Sunnivie Brydum

January 17, 2017

Article