TransWeek 2026 Keynote: Time Out of Joint: Trans Politics During the Great Unwinding

Time Out of Joint: Trans Politics During the Great Unwinding Presenter: Paisley Currah For decades, transgender people made real gains—in law, in popular culture, and in our everyday lives. Then, with startling speed, many of those gains began to unravel. How did this happen? Why has the anti-trans movement been so successful, and why have some changes proved much easier to reverse than others? This talk looks at how we got here, what the current wave of anti-trans legislation is actually doing, and what understanding this history might tell us about the political work ahead.