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All Fact-checks for LGBTQ

stated on April 14, 2024 in a post

“Venus Williams forfeits match against trans woman,” saying, “I’m not playing a man.”

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stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post

Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting.

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stated on March 14, 2024 in a post

“Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.”

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Instagram posts

stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post

A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.

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Tommy Tuberville

stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference

The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”

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Instagram posts

stated on January 13, 2024 in an Instagram post

An activist spoke about LGBTQ+ issues at a Plano, Texas, city council meeting.

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stated on January 16, 2024 in in a post

“New proposed bill in Maine says the state can take custody of a kid if the parents oppose” gender-affirming care

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stated on December 15, 2023 in a Concord, New Hampshire Town Hall

U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”

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Instagram posts

stated on January 2, 2024 in an Instagram post

In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”

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stated on December 6, 2023 in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate

Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”

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stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate."

“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”

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stated on December 26, 2023 in una publicación en X

"El Papa acaba de inventar La Cruz LGBT”.

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stated on November 20, 2023 in a video

Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students

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stated on October 12, 2023 in Assembly floor speech

“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.

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Barbara Dittrich

stated on October 4, 2023 in Public hearing

There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.

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Instagram posts

stated on September 24, 2023 in a video

Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.

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Vivek Ramaswamy

stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate.

Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."

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stated on September 13, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok

“El estado de California podría quitarte a tus hijos si no aceptas cambiarles el sexo".

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Randi Weingarten

stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post

"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”

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Instagram posts

stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post

Videos show confrontation over LGBTQ+ representation.

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

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

By Grace Abels • April 1, 2024

Do Jesse Watters’ claims about the federal budget, LGBTQ+ and DEI funding add up?

Do Jesse Watters’ claims about the federal budget, LGBTQ+ and DEI funding add up?

By Grace Abels • March 29, 2024

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

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

By Grace Abels • March 22, 2024

Can you ‘say gay’ in Florida schools? Explaining new settlement over LGBTQ+ ‘instruction’

Can you ‘say gay’ in Florida schools? Explaining new settlement over LGBTQ+ ‘instruction’

By Grace Abels • March 14, 2024

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

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

By Grace Abels • February 26, 2024

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

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

By Grace Abels • February 12, 2024

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 primary debate

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

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