https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Anti-Trans en https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/25/its-never-just-about-gender-gender-and-authoritarianism-pra-analyzes-trump-20s-first-100 In this second of a two-part series on analyzing Trump 2.0’s first 100 days in office, we share insights from PRA’s researchers about how MAGA weaponizes gender to entrench authoritarianism. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:31:32 EDT Political Research Associates 4e3e970b-c997-4ecd-815d-ff2ef117fa33 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/06/17/libertarian-history-lgbtq-movement PRA sat down with author Neil J. Young to discuss the gay Right’s political history. The conversation offers vital context for understanding the stakes of the second Trump regime’s attacks on LGBTQ+ rights. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:06:10 EDT J. Gieseking a7f0513d-5f4a-4874-b089-12c12c56fe00 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/02/sporting-authoritarianism The Our Bodies, Our Sports coalition unites anti-trans feminist groups in a crusade against “gender ideology” in women’s sports, exemplifying the growing prevalence of anti-gender campaigns in the U.S. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:58:50 EDT Hannah Silver 7c717228-53ff-4757-8454-801127bb2393 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/02/courts-clinics In Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton is testing the powers of the AG to enact wide-ranging right-wing policies, including anti-trans and anti-abortion legislation, that extends beyond state lines. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:51:27 EDT Chancie Calliham a820147b-8628-4fe1-a628-b2824a8ddba2 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/03/12/authoritarianism-criminalization-and-reproductive-injustice In this roundtable discussion, seasoned practitioners who work on the front lines of healthcare, reproductive justice, and criminal law join to share insights drawn from their experiences of navigating repression. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 03:03:44 EDT Annie Wilkinson, Mary Reynolds 02df3bfc-ea84-4c4d-a619-9596c7107ca0 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/01/29/moral-conservatism-behind-global-resistance-lgbti-rights An excerpt from The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights explores the global coordination of movements around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) rights. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:01:38 EST Phillip Ayoub , Kristina Stoeckl 872ce117-da92-4669-af4d-c9aac36d2f38 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/25/bans-gender-affirming-care-youth-reveal-purity-culture-more-just-evangelical-problem On March 22, Wyoming became the 24th state to pass legislation restricting gender affirming care to youth. These bills follow a precedent set by Arkansas in 2021, where legislators passed the first bill of its kind. Although vetoes and court… Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:32:44 EDT M. Cooper Minister c29e975b-9f29-4537-b0fd-18175c8d769e https://religiondispatches.org/2024/02/06/why-antisemitism-insufficient-and-risky-explanation-hamass-october-7-attack-israel Find all of RD’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, here. — eds Amidst a recent layover, my phone pinged to indicate I’d been “mentioned” on Twitter, which is never a good sign. Right-wing provocateur Andy Ngo had tweeted a… Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:21:36 EST Shane Burley 727db342-3192-4521-85ec-2e2f245b7ca2 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/01/26/seeking-broad-appeal-us-christians-god-country-rise-christian-nationalism-glosses-over I wanted to like God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism , the new Rob Reiner-produced documentary on “the dangerous implications” of Christian nationalism. I wanted to like it in spite of the trailer’s focus on the ostensible “threat”… Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:41:54 EST Chrissy Stroop f14d8443-ebe1-4887-8c80-2386cf209eb1 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/01/26/anti-trans-legislation-and-why-its-feminist-issue-heron-greenesmith Host Koki Mendis talks to Heron Greenesmith about the anti-trans organizing and what to expect from the anti-trans movement in the year to come. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:57:54 EST Political Research Associates 2a7510ae-3951-4d66-808d-6626c68e9ff2 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/01/09/all-glitters-monotheism-ignorance-paganism-isnt-real-problem-david-wolpes-atlantic-essay In a recent essay for The Atlantic , David Wolpe, a rabbi and visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School, sizes up former president and insurrectionist Donald Trump as follows: “the lavishness of his homes, the buildings emblazoned with his name… Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:08:38 EST Chrissy Stroop 65f1d481-dfcd-40d1-89ea-d8dfb549d3c2 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/21/roundup-conspiracies-and-bad-ideas-caught-or-gained-momentum-2023 In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial ideas surviving into the new year and others moving from the fringe to become influential narratives shaping public discourse and political agendas. QAnon , the… Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:42:39 EST Carmen Celestini, Amarnath Amarasingam 6e4679f3-e515-4063-92fe-063b4da3227e https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/18/pure-white-examines-white-supremacist-origins-evangelical-purity-culture Over the past few years purity culture has become a hot topic in the secular press. The harm it inflicts on White women has been explored by a number of scholars and survivors in books (both popular and scholarly), on… Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:05:25 EST Emma Cieslik f0274a50-d4a7-4ef4-b579-c34dd5ef9974 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/06/american-right-hasnt-adopted-childrens-rights-theyve-redefined-and-weaponized-them For decades, the American Right has claimed children’s rights are anathema. They undermine the family , they threaten parents , they could destroy the United States and cause the downfall of Western Civilization . Probably the most succinct summary of… Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:39:59 EST R.L. Stollar 18b114f9-695a-4a51-a87f-343b7351a459 https://politicalresearch.org/2023/10/23/christian-home-schooling-and-how-it-advances-christian-nationalist-project-dr-chrissy Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance where Dr. Chrissy Stroop peels back the layers of Christian dominionism, and explains how this ideology is deeply woven into the fabric of Christian homeschooling. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:35:41 EDT Political Research Associates b399157b-cdd1-4ad4-9da8-6b42d5162cbe https://religiondispatches.org/2023/08/09/following-republican-playbook-german-conservatism-breaks-post-wwii-taboo It was the one taboo in German post-World War II politics: No German party on the democratic spectrum would ever collaborate with a far-right party. And since the arrival of the AfD ( Alternative für Deutschland ) on the national… Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:27:54 EDT Annika Brockschmidt a8f75187-7273-47a8-ba83-c6de2af16b91 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/08/03/contrary-claims-anti-trans-muslims-lgbtq-acceptance-widespread-history-islam In recent weeks, school boards across the country have become sites of conflict as organized anti-trans and anti-gay protests allied with calls for book bans to target actual and perceived LGBTQ+ content in education. They’ve been joined, in some cases… Thu, 03 Aug 2023 02:46:45 EDT Ali Olomi 13c291a9-1f66-4830-b90b-6a17cc750bc2 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/07/07/apocalyptic-rhetoric-moms-liberty-summit-illustrates-political-challenge-2024 As Annika Brockschmidt has already detailed for readers of RD, the June 30 – July 2 Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia was, among other things, a Christian nationalist gathering. At one of its main events, which took place at… Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:43:53 EDT Chrissy Stroop 2f4f5ba1-6e10-4395-9607-ee20c7d7d1b8 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/28/hold-your-applause-potential-changes-roles-catholic-women-and-lgbtq-people-may-just-be The Southern Baptist Convention stole headlines from the Vatican this season when the nation’s largest Protestant denomination recently finalized the expulsion of two congregations for having women serve as pastors. One of the two is the mega Saddleback Church whose… Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:00:16 EDT Mary Hunt 03c84b18-c938-43f2-95db-1a95a511f0f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/20/us-catholic-bishops-jump-anti-trans-bandwagon-gratuitous-vote-amend-healthcare In recent years, the market share of Catholic hospitals —which unconscionably restrict healthcare options for all patients in accordance with Catholic dogma, which many patients don’t share—has grown to alarming proportions in the United States. About 1 in 7 U.S… Tue, 20 Jun 2023 04:12:14 EDT Chrissy Stroop 70b8f5a9-9007-463a-b782-c6a6941822c8 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/08/new-poll-reveals-anti-trans-rhetoric-isnt-just-affecting-republicans-and-white Remember when transgender Americans seemed to be having a positive cultural moment? Former child actor and author Chaz Bono, Sonny and Cher’s transgender son, helped pave the way with a documentary about his experience that came out in 2011, the… Thu, 08 Jun 2023 04:29:39 EDT Chrissy Stroop df223ab5-2c06-4ffb-8bfb-3268e8f853a1 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/04/18/dragged-through-mud-little-church-backed-support-group-lgbtq-teens-suffered-bomb-threats “Twenty years ago I thought now would be better. And it’s not.” That’s how Tiffany Vasquez, a longtime resident of Roseville, California, feels after weeks of vicious right-wing attacks on the local LGBTQ community—attacks that are part of an increasingly… Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:29:15 EDT Chrissy Stroop 1d99a2ef-0f38-442f-ba14-429adebdcf74 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/03/23/clues-data-suggest-increase-lgbtq-acceptance-may-be-skewed-conservative-desire It’s well established that people lie to pollsters , or at the very least put their need to believe they are “good people” over their actual feelings for, and commitments toward, the marginalized groups they may be asked about. This… Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:16:43 EDT Chrissy Stroop 8a0c9a99-0bf7-4e8f-a444-b376e1fa2cff https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/23/dreher-affair-highlights-rights-international-networks Right-wing Christian blogger and media figure Rod Dreher has moved to Hungary, where he continues to admire Viktor Orbán , the country’s authoritarian prime minister whom he’s called “one of the most extraordinary world leaders of our time.” Dreher isn’t… Thu, 23 Feb 2023 03:30:09 EST Annika Brockschmidt 6a2afe43-a1d8-4597-b3e8-e19a1cd48ac1 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/02/christian-nationalist-legislator-introduces-anti-trans-millstone-act-suggesting-biblical A biblical death sentence. In America, in 2023, a legislator has proposed The Millstone Act, which he openly confesses “was named in reference to Matthew 18:6, ‘but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin… Thu, 02 Feb 2023 03:06:31 EST Andrew L. Seidel eaa03595-ddd6-4638-ae3f-404c3e0e94db