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Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Joe Biden said to transgender women, “you will never be a real woman.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2023
Barbara Dittrich stated on October 04, 2023 in Public hearing:
There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.
By Tyler Katzenberger• October 18, 2023
Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a speech:
“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 8, 2023
Jason Rae stated on April 21, 2015 in an interview:
Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."  
By Tom Kertscher• May 8, 2015
Gays Against Groomers stated on July 20, 2023 in an Instagram Post:
“There is no such thing as a trans kid.”
By Grace Abels• July 26, 2023
Derrick Van Orden stated on March 30, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden purposely chose Easter Sunday to mark Transgender Day of Visibility.
By Sophia Voight• April 4, 2024
Garnet Coleman stated on May 06, 2015 in a committee hearing:
"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad:
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2022
X posts stated on March 14, 2024 in a post:
“Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.”
By Grace Abels• March 14, 2024
TikTok posts stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound:
"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."
By Daniel Funke• February 17, 2021
Ted Lieu stated on July 26, 2017 in comments on CNN:
"You've got thousands of people serving in the military who are transgender."
By Joshua Gillin• July 26, 2017
Tweets stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet:
A Reddit post shows a parent admitting to forcing their child to continue transitioning by sneaking hormone medication.
By Samantha Putterman• April 20, 2022
Viral image stated on March 01, 2021 in post on Facebook:
Says 5-year-olds can “take hormones and change my sex.”
By Monique Curet• March 5, 2021
Ashley Smith stated on July 19, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News story:
Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 3, 2017
Mark Pocan stated on July 26, 2017 in a press release:
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
By Tom Kertscher• July 26, 2017
American Principles Project stated on October 20, 2020 in an ad:
"Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids."
By Tom Kertscher• October 27, 2020
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate.:
Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
By Grace Abels• September 28, 2023
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum:
"President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country."
By D.L. Davis• August 20, 2018
Ted Cruz stated on November 19, 2015 in an interview with Steven Crowder:
The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 4, 2015
Ted Cruz stated on May 14, 2016 in his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."  
By Eleanor Dearman• June 26, 2016

Articles (92)

Transgender Day of Visibility always falls on March 31. This year, so did Easter.

By Grace Abels• April 1, 2024

Ted Cruz's boys showering with girls claim False, but transgender student rights are unsettled

By W. Gardner Selby• December 9, 2015

Does Tennessee’s new law limiting drag make it ‘illegal to be publicly transgender’?

By Samantha Putterman, Sara Swann• March 8, 2023

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• March 31, 2023

Ad watch: Conservative PAC claims Gary Peters would 'destroy girls’ sports'

By Clara Hendrickson• September 15, 2020

Is new Missouri rule a ‘ban’ on transgender adults? It imposes major health care access barriers

By Grace Abels• April 24, 2023

How many trans people are there in the U.S., and why do we overestimate it?

By Grace Abels• July 13, 2023

3 answers about the Obama administration's letter on transgender students

By Anthony Cave• May 25, 2016

What is chestfeeding? How it relates to trans parents and what the CDC says

By Grace Abels• July 28, 2023

What a video shared by DeSantis campaign omits about Trump's LGBTQ+ rights record

By Amy Sherman• July 7, 2023

What costs more, soldiers' Viagra or transgender health care? What about Mar-a-Lago trips?

By Joshua Gillin• July 27, 2017

Fact-checking 3 claims in Tucker Carlson’s show on trans health care

By Grace Abels• November 15, 2023

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

Viral image misrepresents photo of transgender high school wrestler

By Michael Majchrowicz• June 11, 2021

What Florida’s driver’s license policy change means for transgender people

By Grace Abels• February 12, 2024

‘Gender dysphoria’: What it is, what it isn’t and how history has changed its view

By Grace Abels• May 22, 2023

What is ‘sex’? What is ‘gender’? How these terms changed and why states now want to define them

By Grace Abels• March 22, 2024

Florida leaders misrepresented research before ban on gender-affirming care

By Yacob Reyes• December 2, 2022

Roundup of HB2 fact checks: North Carolina's controversial new LGBT law

By Will Doran• April 22, 2016

High Five: Obamacare fact checks get most clicks

By Tom Kertscher• August 2, 2017