2025/06/01 by Lore tta LeMaster, Mary Katreeb · 2 voices
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Crime, Deviance, and Social Control #Psychology of Social Influence #American Political and Social Dynamics
paper · doi:10.1093/ccc/tcaf012
Abstract The beginning of Trump’s second presidency finds us immersed in a moral crusade with the expressed intent of complete annihilation of transness from public life. We argue that this moment requires revolutionary visions for enacting radical political coalitions that center our most vulnerable community members. We consider two media texts across time: (1) a 2024 political ad titled “Nonsense” paid for by the Trump campaign; and (2) Sylvia Rivera’s speech at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally in New York City. While both Trump and Rivera turn to the image of the incarcerated transgender person of color in search of sex and gender transition, Rivera allows us to “trans” Trump’s moral crusade through the mobilization of transaffirming love. To love and fight for trans people is to love and fight for the people.