Abstract
(Englisch)
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Anti-gender politics pose a grave threat to modern democratic formations because they challenge people's everyday survival, bodilyintegrity, and self-determination. Anti-gender spans the political spectrum and manifests not only in illiberal and authoritarian regimesbut also in democracies that are considered liberal and inclusive. Taking a transnational and intersectional approach, RESIST analysesanti-gender formations in their complexity and contradictions and explores the effects of anti-gender politics on the everyday lives ofthose vulnerable to it and on democracies on the whole. RESIST engages with heterogeneous manifestations of anti-gender across theEU, Europe, and beyond through eight national case studies (Belarus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Switzerland) anda transnational case study of people living in exile as a result of anti-gender persecution. RESIST pursues a mixed methods approach toanalyse the production and circulation of gender-equality repressive strategies and discourses and their effects on lived experiences andresistances. RESIST innovates methodologically to engender democracy by fostering collaboration between academia and civil societyorganisations (CSOs), especially amongst people who come to be targets of anti-gender, including women and lesbian, gay, bisexual,transgender, and intersex (LGBTI+) persons. If those social groups whose fundamental rights are most at risk of violation by antigenderare empowered to resist, then entire democratic societies benefit. RESIST centres feminist agency and collaborative knowledgeproduction in (a) the research contents and results, (b) the methodological design, and (c) the social impact by generating new responsivefeminist theories and practical solutions. At a time of increasing political disillusionment, RESIST creates hopeful, imaginative futures,transformative theories, and more inclusive worlds.
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