Description
Professor Donna Coker
Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Chair: Dr Sharron A. FitzGerald LEX Director
Date: November 12 2025
Time: 15:00 Dublin time or 16:00 Berlin time
Abstract: My lecture will describe the impact of Trump administration policies on women and sexual minorities. My particular focus will be gender-based violence (GBV). I draw in part on the results of a set of “listening sessions” conducted with Miami-Dade County, Florida service providers, social justice organizations, and county officials. I will examine the toxic mix of white supremacist heteropatriarchal ideology that animates the US White Christian Nationalism movement and provides the intellectual basis for Trump’s war on “gender ideology,” “DEI,” and particularly virulent attacks on transgender persons. I will further depict the effects of cuts in funding for general welfare, services, and critical government agencies. And finally, I will describe the effects of brutal state violence employed by this administration through the use of federal troops on civilian populations – whether it be with ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents or the national guard. This violence plays out on social media as cruelty porn for the enjoyment of like-minded followers. I close with stories of evasion and resistance.
Date & Time
Wed, Nov 12, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm