The rise to power of conservative leaders is being accompanied by a resurgence in measures in favour of a conventional sexual hierarchy. In the name of tradition or the nation, LGBTQI+ sexual freedoms and rights, the right to abortion and gender equality are all being called into question. Have issues of sexuality and gender become a main focus of nationalist rhetoric? And even of international relations? How are these issues being weaponised and what response can be given to this change of tack?