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.
Anti-LGBTQ & Anti-Transgender
Opposition to An umbrella acronym standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. Learn more equality has long been both a fundamental value and useful political tool for many U.S. conservative organizations, especially those associated with the A movement that emerged in the 1970s encompassing a wide swath of conservative Catholicism and Protestant evangelicalism. Learn more . Even as visibility and mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ people grows, the Christian Right continues their ongoing “pro-family” campaign, which enforces heterosexuality, champions gender essentialism or “complementarity,” and prioritizes procreation. While substantial progress has been made in terms of legal rights, political representation, and cultural approval, these advances have not uniformly served all members of the LGBTQ community. Notably, anti-trans rhetoric and campaigning is a main tactic of the Far Right, fueled by fear mongering and pseudoscience and backed by an extensive Christian Right legal and political infrastructure.
