“The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.”
— Article 1 of the US Constitution

Where Gender and Democracy Meet

A public education and mobilization initiative to stop the war on gender, LGBTQ+ identity, diversity, and democracy.

OUR CAMPAIGNS

GenDemocracy is a progressive platform…

…and grassroots mobilization and education initiative for public education and reporting to counter escalating rightwing attacks on gender, diversity, and democracy, prioritizing the United States and Africa. The work includes:

  • An easy-to-navigate platform with reporting on developments in the right-wing war on gender, racial equality, immigration, and democracy.

  • Consolidation and amplification of the voices of ally progressive organizations.

  • Publishing news, original reporting, and interviews discussing Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for autocracy.

  • Soliciting informed viewpoints and expert analysis regarding lessons for fighting autocracy and visions for dreaming democracy.

Meet Our Team

  • Anne-christine d'Adesky (she/her)

    Anne-christine (AC) founded GenDemocracy in October 2023, then launched its Stop The Coup 2025 campaign in December 2023, bringing together 150 NYC and US LGBTQIA+ activists to mobilize against Project 2025.

    She is an award-winning independent journalist and author, feminist, longtime human rights, gender equality and HIV activist. She is also the author of four books.

    She currently does investigative stories and media advocacy about Project 2025 and the influence of US Christian evangelical groups and money who are pushing the anti-gender agenda in Africa.

    AC was an early member of ACT UP, co-founder of the Lesbian Avengers; founder of the 2010 post-quake Haiti PotoFanm+Fi feminist coalition, and co-director of V-Day’s One Billion Rising grassroots campaign against sexual violence in Haiti from 2010 to 2015. She cofounded an HIV clinical program in 2004 in Kigali, Rwanda, to provide free, life-saving HIV drugs and trauma-based care to Rwandan women survivors of genocidal rape living with HIV, and orphaned children.

    After Trump’s election, she mobilized Bay Area activists to counter-protest extremist right-wing US groups. Since 2023, she has helped to organize and participate in NYC protests against the criminalization of LGBTQIA+ Africans.

  • Jay W. Walker (he/him)
    Jay is the social media manager for GenDemocracy’s Stop The Coup 2025 campaign. A queer Black leader and community organizer, Jay is a longtime New York City activist on LGBTQ+, HIV and racial justice issues. He is a founding member of Rise and Resist, President of Gays Against Guns, and cofounder and lead organizer of NYC’s Queer Liberation March.

    Jay has been active in the Movement for Black Lives , anti-police brutality protests, and protests against LGBTQ+ violence. He is a staunch and outspoken ally of the transgender community and organizes on issues related to the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people in Africa and the US, and immigration and housing issues. He has worked with many African immigrant LGBTQ+ organizations.

  • Juno Rosenhaus (she/her/juno)
    Juno designed and manages GenDemocracy’s website and the website for its initial campaign against Project 2025, Stop The Coup 2025. She does graphic work for both initiatives. As an activist, she works on feminism, lesbian rights and visibility, women’s and queer/trans rights, reproductive justice, and racial justice issues.

  • Sally O'Driscoll (she/her)
    Sally works as a writer, editor, and researcher for GenDemocracy’s Stop the Coup 2025 campaign. She is an English literature PhD scholar, writer, feminist, queer activist, and proud lesbian.

    Sally is engaged around feminist, sexual rights, reproductive health, transgender and other LGBTQ+ issues. She’s a longtime volunteer at a food kitchen for unhoused NYC residents and has joined NYC protests against the criminalization of LGBTQ+ Africans.

  • Javier Morales coordinates Latinx+, a U.S.-based network of people of Latin descent living with HIV, fighting stigma and criminalization.

    He lives in Milford, Pennsylvania, where he is the Artistic Director for Pike Opera, with his husband, Sean Strub and their dog Alfie.

  • GenDemocracy is led by a small core team, but our growing grassroots coalition provides ideas, energy, talent, resources, and muscle to fight Project 2025. We also work closely with several key allies and support their efforts in fighting for democracy and against Project 2025.

    Over 150 NYC LGBTQ+ and other US activists responded to the call to join the Stop The Coup 2025 campaign. Our members include activists from Rise and Resist, Gays Against Guns, ACT UP, SURJ, and groups including the Center for Popular Democracy.

    Over 700 people receive the STC2025 campaign newsletter. Our subscribers are invited to do outreach, share resources, and/or plan activities and Town Halls in their cities as we jointly sound the alarm about Project 2025’s threat to our democracy and civil rights.

  • We invite volunteers to assist with video editing, research, graphic design, fundraising, translation, and outreach support, and to share ideas and feedback with our team and campaign. Here are ways to get involved.

    Please join us in urgently spreading the word — Our democracy is at stake.