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: OpinionThe US Right knows more guns won’t solve violence. It just doesn’t care25 people have died in mass shootings since Uvalde. Even NRA members know we’re safer without deadly weapons
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionA direita cristã impede o fim da epidemia de tiroteios em massaCom sua visão nacionalista cristã branca, o Partido Republicano bloqueia soluções para a violência armada nos EUA
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLa derecha cristiana impide acabar con la epidemia de tiroteos masivos
El 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