An ex-evangelical writer, speaker and advocate, Chrissy Stroop is (with Lauren O’Neal) co-editor of the essay anthology ‘Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church’. A senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches, her work has also appeared in Dame Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Boston Globe, Playboy, Political Research Associates and other outlets, including peer-reviewed academic journals. Stroop has a PhD in modern Russian history from Stanford University, and is a senior research associate with the University of Innsbruck’s Postsecular Conflicts project. In 2019, she came out as a transgender woman and began her journey of medical transition. She lives in Portland, Oregon, US.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans trend in US will inevitably lead to violenceOPINION: The rhetorical and legislative onslaught against trans people in the US has reached a dangerous new high
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow American elites sleepwalked into losing the right to abortionRoe v Wade would have turned 50 today. Here’s what we do to get our freedoms back from the Christian right
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy America’s most diverse Congress isn’t much to celebrateOPINION: Electing more Republican women won’t fix a dysfunctional two-party system where only one supports equal rights
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIn the US, 2022 was a year of right-wing attacks. What lies ahead?OPINION: It’s a rocky road to a functional democratic future for the US, but fighting injustice is a long-term task
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAmerica’s ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ doesn’t go nearly far enoughOPINION: The new law protects same-sex and interracial couples, but the US right is still coming for our freedoms
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionClub Q shooting shows link between anti-LGBTQ views, misogyny and violenceOPINION: We won’t solve gun violence until we accept that the US right is a threat to democracy and human rights