The volume aims to understand the extent to which ‘anti-gender’ claims resonate with certain strands in feminist and LGBTIQ+ politics, thus building discursive bridges to more liberal and progressive parts of society. ‘Anti-gender’ activists trivialize feminist and LGBTIQ+ theorizing and activism as a cohesive unity under the rubric of ‘gender’. Yet, the feminist and LGBTIQ+ camp itself is traversed by political conflicts, disagreements, and diverging interests. Thus, the authors analyse linkages between some of these contested positions and ‘anti-gender’ discourse. The volume emphasizes blurring boundaries between different discursive domains to make the case for the need for alliances and dialogues to more effectively counter crusades on women’s and LGBTIQ+ constituencies. The chapters discuss factors, in feminist and queer discourses and politics, which open the doors for alignment, cooptation, and/or appropriation by ‘anti-gender’ groups as well as feminist and queer reactions to attacks as a unitary entity, and common ground for alliances and joint strategies in response to these attacks.weiterlesen