Atmospheres of ViolenceAdvances in LGBTQ rights in the recent pastmarriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislationhave been accompanied by a rise in attacks against trans, queer and or gender nonconforming people of color. In Atmospheres of Violence, theorist and organizer Eric A. Stanley shows how this seeming contradiction reveals the central role of racialized and gendered violence in the United States. Rather than