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All Fact-checks for LGBTQ

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.

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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."

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stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post

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

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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."

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stated on February 14, 2020 in a meme

Photo shows Bernie Sanders at the 1969 Stonewall riots.

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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.

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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.

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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%)."

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stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post

"California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."

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stated on March 12, 2019 in a podcast

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

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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."

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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."

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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."

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stated on July 12, 2018 in a blog post

"Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting."

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stated on February 23, 2017 in in a blog post

"Starbucks CEO: ‘If You Support Traditional Marriage We Don’t Want Your Business’"

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stated on May 7, 2018 in a headline

"Trump votes for death penalty for being gay."

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stated on October 25, 2017 in a radio appearance

The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."

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stated on July 26, 2017 in a press release

"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."

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stated on May 22, 2017 in an article on a fake news website

Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."

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stated on March 31, 2017 in

Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."

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Viral image misrepresents photo of transgender high school wrestler

Viral image misrepresents photo of transgender high school wrestler

By Michael Majchrowicz • June 11, 2021

What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex

What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex

By Daniel Funke • March 4, 2021

Latest promises about LGBTQ

Enact the Equality Act

Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity

Support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws

Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy

Push for Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation