Guest Lecture by Prof. K. Allison Hammer, PhD (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)

This talk examines how a Trump presidency may put trans people at risk of being stripped of their right to exist in public. To understand the danger that he and his administration represent, it’s essential to recall the autocratic attempt undertaken from 2016-2020. However, while much attention has been paid to his desire to be a dictator, his deep ties to White Christian nationalism have been under-theorized in trans studies. Evangelical extremists at the center of his future administration threaten to turn trans people, transfeminine individuals in particular, into personae non gratae. Their views on the body, sexual sin, the family, as well as the restriction of “woman” to the realm of reproduction all play a role in their demonization of what they call “transgender nationalism.” The vigilante and the world crusader will be discussed as two powerful figurations that convey the radical transformation they envision for the United States and for the rest of the world. 

Zoom link:

https://uni-giessen.zoom-x.de/j/63334806325?pwd=bUJhU2lTd3NwYVcvcUJ3c1lvbFVOQT09