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Verificando el cuarto debate de las primarias republicanas de 2024

Verificando el cuarto debate de las primarias republicanas de 2024

By PolitiFact Staff • December 7, 2023
DeSantis and Haley’s back and forth over bathroom bills in fourth GOP debate

DeSantis and Haley’s back and forth over bathroom bills in fourth GOP debate

By Grace Abels • December 7, 2023
Did a city in Tennessee ban being gay in public? It’s complicated

Did a city in Tennessee ban being gay in public? It’s complicated

By Grace Abels • November 28, 2023
Fact-checking 3 claims in Tucker Carlson’s show on trans health care

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

By Grace Abels • November 15, 2023
Did Mike Johnson work for a hate group? SPLC and Christian law firm have sparred over label

Did Mike Johnson work for a hate group? SPLC and Christian law firm have sparred over label

By Grace Abels • October 27, 2023
Why Barack Obama's sexuality became a news story, and then a conspiracy theory

Why Barack Obama's sexuality became a news story, and then a conspiracy theory

By Grace Abels • October 17, 2023
Puberty blockers: The facts and the myths

Puberty blockers: The facts and the myths

By Grace Abels • August 28, 2023
Fact-check: How accurate are 2024 Republican presidential candidates' attacks on one another?

Fact-check: How accurate are 2024 Republican presidential candidates' attacks on one another?

By Amy Sherman • August 21, 2023
PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks about transgender stats, book bans and climate change

PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks about transgender stats, book bans and climate change

By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2023
What is chestfeeding? How it relates to trans parents and what the CDC says

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

By Grace Abels • July 28, 2023
¿Cuántas personas trans hay en Estados Unidos y por qué las sobrestimamos?

¿Cuántas personas trans hay en Estados Unidos y por qué las sobrestimamos?

By Grace Abels • July 18, 2023
How many trans people are there in the U.S., and why do we overestimate it?

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

By Grace Abels • July 13, 2023
What a video shared by DeSantis campaign omits about Trump's LGBTQ+ rights record

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

By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2023
Pence's point on gender-affirming care for minors ignores parental consent rules for tattoos

Pence's point on gender-affirming care for minors ignores parental consent rules for tattoos

By Grace Abels • June 14, 2023
New PolitiFact reporter focuses on fact-checking LGBTQ+ issues and rhetoric

New PolitiFact reporter focuses on fact-checking LGBTQ+ issues and rhetoric

By PolitiFact Staff • June 8, 2023
What is GLSEN and why is its partnership with Target being scrutinized?

What is GLSEN and why is its partnership with Target being scrutinized?

By Madison Czopek • June 7, 2023
Ron DeSantis is running for president in 2024. How accurate are his recent statements?

Ron DeSantis is running for president in 2024. How accurate are his recent statements?

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2023
Ron DeSantis se postula para la presidencia del 2024. ¿Qué tan ciertos han sido sus discursos?

Ron DeSantis se postula para la presidencia del 2024. ¿Qué tan ciertos han sido sus discursos?

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2023
‘Gender dysphoria’: What it is, what it isn’t and how history has changed its view

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

By Grace Abels • May 22, 2023
No, Florida can’t ‘kidnap’ trans kids under proposed law, but it does affect custody disputes

No, Florida can’t ‘kidnap’ trans kids under proposed law, but it does affect custody disputes

By Grace Abels • May 4, 2023

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