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: OpinionUS liberals and political media need to show urgency on the climate crisis
Despite floods and fires, both left and right in the US act like environmental disaster isn’t happening
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionFar-right donors like being anonymous. We need to expose them
If we want the chance to hold anti-rights supporters accountable we need to keep exposing their methods
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDemocrats and the media enable Supreme Court to strip Americans’ rights
The shapers of US discourse must properly confront the illegitimately stacked, partisan court – before it's too late
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDemocrats are finally going on the offensive against the hateful GOP agenda
Kamala Harris gave a fiery speech on the anniversary of Roe v Wade being overturned. Her party must follow through
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionSouthern Baptists must fix sexist structure to have any hope of reform
Instead, the largest Protestant denomination in the US has just banned women pastors and expelled a famous megachurch
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIf Biden’s appalled by Ugandan anti-gay law, he should look closer to home
The US president should cut ties with the National Prayer Breakfast, whose organisers foster hate on a global scale
