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: OpinionTexas parents with trans kids speak out on shocking ‘child abuse’ policyA new law in one US state means families with trans children can be investigated for ‘child abuse’. Now parents are...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy the National Prayer Breakfast must goI hope I live to see the day when a president will break the pattern by refusing to participate in this annual...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIs American democracy on the brink of collapse?Political violence, surging ethnonationalism, economic stagnation: the US today resembles the Soviet Union just...