University of Southern California
USC Annenberg
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • FAQ
Religion Dispatches - Religion Dispatches Religion Dispatches
  • Racial Justice
    • Survival of the CrossFittest: After a Schism Over Racism Can the Fitness Empire Shed its Culture of Whiteness?
      Survival of the CrossFittest: After a Schism Over Racism Can the Fitness Empire Shed its Culture of Whiteness?
    • How U.S. Conservatives Conjured the Jesus of Their Dreams
      How U.S. Conservatives Conjured the Jesus of Their Dreams
    • Are Churches Making Americans More Racist?
      Are Churches Making Americans More Racist?
  • Politics/Law
    • Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican
      Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican
    • Even if Biden Wins Will We Reckon With ‘Virtuous Republic Syndrome,’ the Persistent Belief that America is a Blessed Nation?
      Even if Biden Wins Will We Reckon With ‘Virtuous Republic Syndrome,’ the Persistent Belief that America is a Blessed Nation?
    • QAnon’s Predictions Haven’t Come True; So How Does the Movement Survive the Failure of Prophecy?
      QAnon’s Predictions Haven’t Come True; So How Does the Movement Survive the Failure of Prophecy?
  • Religious Liberty
    • A Hidden Amy Coney Barrett Answer on COVID That Should Scare Every American
      A Hidden Amy Coney Barrett Answer on COVID That Should Scare Every American
    • Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
      Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
    • Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
      Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
      A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
    • Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
      Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
    • Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom
      Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom
  • New Books
    • Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
      Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
    • Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
      Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
    • ‘God Made Them Male and Female…and Eunuch’: Why the Biblical Case For Binary Gender Isn’t So… Biblical
      ‘God Made Them Male and Female…and Eunuch’: Why the Biblical Case For Binary Gender Isn’t So… Biblical

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, PhD, is a trans queer Latinx who has been trained as a Constructive Philosophical Theologian. Robyn teaches in the classroom and on the streets the need to embrace the politics of radical difference.

Activism and the Academy, Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMay 15, 2017

The Heart of Texas Ain’t Hateful: An Open Letter to Lawmakers From a Texan Trans Queer Latinx

By Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Dear Texas Legislators, The Lone Star State still holds a ten-gallon spot in my heart,…

Read More
Archive, Sexuality/GenderMarch 14, 2017

The Deadly Politics of (in)Difference Is Killing Trans Women of Color

By Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Just nine weeks into this year, at least seven trans people—all women of color, and…

Read More

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

© Religion Dispatches
Back to top