ABSTRACT
The main questions raised in this chapter concern the positions and policy proposals of AfD on gender and sexuality. The focus is on the ideological positions and discursive strategies of the party on these issues. The chapter gives an overview of the international literature on the relationship between radical right populism and gender. This is followed by a content analysis of the three national level programmes of the party and of statements of party representatives on gender and sexuality. It also investigates if there is a gender gap in the vote for this party. It was found that AfD truly is an “anti-gender party.” Its opposition to anything related to gender is of great salience for the party. AfD is strongly involved in a bio-political discourse which is focused on demographic trends in Germany, which, in their view, pose a threat to the survival of the nation. The party tends to conflate discourses of gender and sexuality with those of Islam and immigration. This discursive strategy is concentrated on “exclusive intersectionality,” since it provides them with arguments for the exclusion of Muslims. There is a gender gap in the vote for AfD. No definitive explanation for this gap was found.
