Recommended Additional Readigns (selection)

 

European Parliament. Anti-Gender Campaigns in the EU – Policy Brief. Brussels, 2023. (Concise overview linking policy trends and human rights implications.

European Parliament, Reuters, and IAMCR Reports (2021–2024).
(Document the policy and media dimensions of anti-gender mobilisations in EU states.)

Medicus Mundi Schweiz. Advocacy Strategies to Counteract Anti-Gender Movements. MMS Bulletin 166 (2023).

Recommended Supplementary Readings

Ahmed, Sara. The Cultural Politics of Emotion. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
(Foundational for understanding how emotions such as fear, resentment, and grievance structure anti-gender and nationalist politics.)

Ahmed, Sara. Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press, 2017.
(Helps frame resistance to anti-gender politics as lived feminist practice.)

Brown, Wendy. In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
(Theorises neoliberalism’s contribution to contemporary authoritarianism.)

Butler, Judith. Undoing Gender. New York: Routledge, 2004.
(Develops the concept of recognisability and precarity, central to debates on gender norms and political backlash.)

Carastathis, Anna. Intersectionality: Origins, Contestations, Horizons. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
(Clarifies theoretical debates around intersectionality and its political implications.)

Crenshaw, Kimberlé. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review 43, no. 6 (1991): 1241–1299.
(The seminal article introducing intersectionality as a framework for analysing overlapping systems of oppression.)

Dietze, Gabriele, and Julia Roth (eds.). Right-Wing Populism and Gender: European Perspectives and Beyond. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2020.
(Explores how gender and sexuality function within right-wing populist movements across Europe.)

Fassin, Éric. The Anti-Gender Movement: The Populist Moment and the Return of Reactionary Politics. Paris: Textuel, 2021.
(Analyses the anti-gender movement as part of broader reactionary and populist transformations.)

Federici, Silvia. Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle. Oakland: PM Press, 2012.
(Historical-materialist grounding of reproductive politics.)

Graff, Agnieszka, and Elżbieta Korolczuk. Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
(Provides a comparative account of anti-gender mobilisations as authoritarian projects.)

Hark, Sabine, and Paula-Irene Villa. Anti-Genderismus: Sexualität und Geschlecht als Schauplätze aktueller politischer Auseinandersetzungen. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2015.
(Examines German anti-gender discourse and knowledge suppression.)

Kuhar, Roman, and David Paternotte (eds.). Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe: Mobilizing Against Equality. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017.
(The foundational comparative volume mapping anti-gender movements across Europe.)

Paternotte, David, and Tobias Seidl. “Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: A Cartography.” European Journal of Politics and Gender 6, no. 1 (2023): 4–27.
(Analytical overview of movement actors and strategies.)

Richards, Christina et al. (eds.). Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
(Provides conceptual and clinical background on non-binary identities.)

Scheiring, Gábor. The Retreat of Liberal Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism and the Accumulative State in Hungary. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
(Provides political-economic context for Hungary’s authoritarian turn.)

Wilson, Jamie, and Honorata van Rijswijk (eds.). Trans Rights and the Anti-Gender Backlash. Bristol: Policy Press, 2023.
(Examines contemporary backlash against trans rights across legal and political contexts.)

Wodak, Ruth. The Politics of Fear: What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean. London: Sage, 2015.
(Key discourse-analytic framework for understanding populist rhetoric.)

RESIST PROJECT OUTPUTS: 

RESIST Project (2024) National Case Study Reports

Kiening, M. & Blidon, M. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on France. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135762

 Kulpa, R. & Kania, T. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135704

 Report on Ireland. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Ireland. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135783

 Rodó-Zárate, M. & Freude, L. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Spain – Catalonia and Basque Country. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135768

Filep, E. & Colussi, G. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Switzerland. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135744

RESIST Project (2024) Transnational Case Study Report

Kiening, M., Blidon, M., Rodó-Zárate, M. & Freude, L. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Transnational Findings. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13135734

RESIST Project (2024) National & Transnational Reports on Anti-Gender Politics

This is a full collection including multiple national findings:
RESIST Project Team. (2024). National and Transnational Reports on the Formation of Anti-Gender Politics. RESIST Project. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10778418

Civil Society and NGO Reports

Amnesty International. Reports on LGBTI Rights and Gender Equality in Europe. London: Amnesty International, 2021–2024.
(Annual and thematic monitoring of rights regressions and state practices.)

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. Reports on Gender Equality, LGBTI Rights, and Democratic Backsliding. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2020–2024.
(Regional human rights monitoring and country-specific recommendations.)

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The Fundamental Rights of Intersex People. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021.
(Policy-oriented overview of intersex rights protections and gaps.)

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). LGBTIQ Survey III: A Long Way to Go for LGBTIQ Equality. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.
(Large-scale empirical survey on lived experiences of discrimination.)

Human Rights Watch. Reports on Hungary, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights. New York: Human Rights Watch, 2021–2024.
(Documents legal changes and rights violations across authoritarian contexts.)

ILGA-Europe. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe and Central Asia. Brussels: ILGA-Europe, 2023.
(Comprehensive monitoring report covering legal and political developments.)

ILGA-Europe. Intersections & Disabilities: Experiences of LGBTIQ+ People with Disabilities in Europe. Brussels: ILGA-Europe, 2023.
(Highlights intersectional vulnerabilities within LGBTIQ+ communities.)

Transgender Europe (TGEU). Trans Rights Map. Berlin: TGEU, 2024.
(Visual policy mapping of legal gender recognition and trans rights protections.)

Policy and Governmental Sources

Government of Hungary. Decree Banning Gender Studies Programmes in Higher Education. Budapest: Government Printer, 2018.
(Official decree removing accredited gender studies programmes.)

Government of Hungary. Registry Act Amendment Eliminating Legal Gender Recognition. Budapest: Government Printer, 2020.
(Legal change prohibiting alteration of gender markers.)

Government of Hungary. Act LXXIX of 2021 on Child Protection. Budapest: Government Printer, 2021.
(Controversial legislation restricting representation of LGBTI topics.)

Government of Belarus. Draft Law on the Prohibition of “Propaganda of Non-Normative Sexualities and Gender Identities”. Minsk: Government of Belarus, 2023.
(Proposed expansion of anti-LGBT propaganda legislation.)

Government of Belarus. Amendments to the Criminal Code Expanding the Definition of Pornography. Minsk: Government of Belarus, 2023.
(Expands criminal liability affecting queer expression.)

French Ministry of Education. Statements and Reports on Gender, Parental Rights, and “Islamo-gauchisme” Debates. Paris: Ministry of Education, 2023–2024.
(Policy framing of gender and education controversies.)

State Parliaments of Germany. Parliamentary Questions on Gender, Sexuality, and Education Policy. Various Länder, 2021–2024.
(Parliamentary interventions reflecting politicisation of gender issues.)

Ireland Garda Síochána. Guidance on Organisational Security, Online Harassment, and Community Safety. Dublin: An Garda Síochána, 2023.
(Relevant for understanding activist protection and digital threats.)