Manifesting a Shift in the “Overton Window”

The Threat of Project 2025 on the LGBTQ+ Community in Higher Education

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ID12378546
AuthorsAaron M King (0000-0001-8218-3047, Dominion University College, corresponding author), Sara Sanatkar (Film Independent)
Year2025
Volume58
Issue3
Pages472-482
Publication date2025-02-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096524001215
OpenAlexW4407851599
LanguageEN
References cited39

Since the first Trump administration, historically marginalized groups in the United States have been subjected to greater instances of bigotry and discrimination due to conservative influence on sociopolitical institutions. These actions suggest a shift in the “Overton Window,” whereby policy preferences previously deemed “unacceptable” are given consideration in the mainstream, especially by conservative policy actors. “Project 2025” is a comprehensive plan to restructure the federal government according to conservative dictates in the second Trump administration. This article is an examination of how higher education may be impacted by this plan, especially as it relates to LGBTQ+ 1 faculty, administration, staff, and students

Administration (probate law · Conservative government · Government (linguistics · Mainstream · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Window of opportunity · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Gender Politics and Representation · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Public Administration

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