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: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLa derecha cristiana impide acabar con la epidemia de tiroteos masivosEl partido republicano tiene una visión nacionalista cristiana blanca de los EE.UU., y continúa frenando las...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe Christian Right won’t let us solve our mass shooting epidemic
The Republican party has a white Christian nationalist vision for the US, and is stopping solutions to gun violence
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhere does the US go once abortion is no longer protected?Roe v Wade is almost certain to be overturned next month, and Republicans are already working to abolish more civil rights
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWe’ve hit crisis point for trans people in AmericaFrom Alabama to Florida, our rights are under attack. We can’t counter the Right without understanding its tactics
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionOverturning Roe v Wade is just the beginning. They won’t stop at abortionThe Republican Party is poised to impose a Christofascist theocracy upon all Americans – limiting the rights of...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIs Hungary’s Viktor Orbán the US Christian Right’s new Vladimir Putin?The fall of Putin’s star among US evangelicals leaves a void they may seek to fill with another strongman leader...