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Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2023 in a video:

“USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid.

By Grace Abels • March 17, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2023 in a speech:

“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2023
Matt Walsh
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing:

“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”

By Grace Abels • March 8, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter:

“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”

By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on January 11, 2023 in a video:

Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 20, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023
America First Legal
stated on October 9, 2022 in a radio advertisement:

"Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals."

By Blake Farmer • November 8, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2022 in Instagram post:

California state Sen. Scott Wiener “doesn’t just want to sterilize California kids, but sterilization of kids everywhere!”

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 31, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2022 in a post:

California’s Senate Bill 107 means “your child can now be taken from your custody if you do not affirm gender-reassignment surgery.”

By Andy Nguyen • October 10, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 8, 2022 in News release:

Says “Tim Michels doesn’t think gay people should be out in public.”

By Madeline Heim • September 2, 2022
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The New York Times reported on a conservative activist’s “superdiarrhea.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:

“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”

By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
Tweets
stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:

The official pride flag was altered to include Ukrainian colors.

By Samantha Putterman • June 10, 2022
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
Mary Miller
stated on April 8, 2022 in a tweet:

The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."

By Analisa Trofimuk • April 17, 2022
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 5, 2022 in a press conference:

New York City is “wasting taxpayer money on” billboards in Florida.

By Yacob Reyes • April 11, 2022
Tweets
stated on March 20, 2022 in a tweet from a hoax account:

Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2021 in Facebook posts:

Says Rachel Levine supports “government-funded sex reassignment surgery without parental notification or authorization” for all children.

By Noah Y. Kim • March 2, 2021
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
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Kamala Harris said, “American churches are PROPAGANDA CENTERS for intolerant homophobic, xenophobic vitriol."

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"PEDOPHILIA is now LEGAL in CALIFORNIA. Now a 21 year old can have sex with an 11 year old, and not be listed on the sex registry as a sex offender."

By Chris Nichols • September 2, 2020
Instagram posts
stated on February 14, 2020 in a meme:

Photo shows Bernie Sanders at the 1969 Stonewall riots.

By Daniel Funke • February 18, 2020
Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 in a radio interview:

Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.

By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which "paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers" with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.

By Daniel Funke • October 25, 2019
Taylor Swift
stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post:

"The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."

By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."

By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 12, 2019 in a podcast:

29 states still don’t have "comprehensive protections" for people in the LGBTQ community.

By Mica Soellner • March 28, 2019
Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 in an Instagram post:

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018
Kwame Raoul
stated on September 4, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says "we know" Erika Harold would "discriminate against a loving gay couple who want to adopt a child, favoring an abusive straight couple instead."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 17, 2018
Viral image
stated on February 16, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Ted Cruz said, "When gays stayed hidden we had no mass shootings; we had no public nudity. Society was polite. Now anything and everything goes and I blame them."

By Kyra Haas • September 17, 2018

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