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Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder." TikTok posts 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". Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.” Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show confrontation over LGBTQ+ representation. Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.” TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook. Video shows a van “‘Queer testing’ kids without parental approval … (that) involves clothing removal.” Gays Against Groomers stated on July 20, 2023 in an Instagram Post “There is no such thing as a trans kid.” Instagram posts stated on July 9, 2023 in an Instagram reel Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients. Fox News Channel stated on July 5, 2023 in a chyron Gender Queer on NEA Summer Reading List for Kids. Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2023 in a Facebook post A video shows Disney is opening pediatric transgender clinics. Sid Miller stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook post Garth Brooks played to a “half-empty arena” in Illinois. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids. Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook Fotos muestran ropa con motivos satánicos en las tiendas Target en 2023. Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” Tweets stated on June 11, 2023 in una publicación en Twitter Una iglesia fue “quemada por un rayo en Boston, EE. UU. durante una ceremonia de boda gay. Este 5 de mayo de 2023, sin sobrevivientes entre los participantes”. Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.” Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.” Roger Marshall stated on June 11, 2023 in a tweet Displaying the progress pride flag between two American flags during a White House pride event was “in breach of US Flag Code.” TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2023 in a TikTok post A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors. Load more
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
TikTok posts 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".
Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show confrontation over LGBTQ+ representation.
Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook. Video shows a van “‘Queer testing’ kids without parental approval … (that) involves clothing removal.”
Gays Against Groomers stated on July 20, 2023 in an Instagram Post “There is no such thing as a trans kid.”
Instagram posts stated on July 9, 2023 in an Instagram reel Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients.
Fox News Channel stated on July 5, 2023 in a chyron Gender Queer on NEA Summer Reading List for Kids.
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2023 in a Facebook post A video shows Disney is opening pediatric transgender clinics.
Sid Miller stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook post Garth Brooks played to a “half-empty arena” in Illinois.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook Fotos muestran ropa con motivos satánicos en las tiendas Target en 2023.
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
Tweets stated on June 11, 2023 in una publicación en Twitter Una iglesia fue “quemada por un rayo en Boston, EE. UU. durante una ceremonia de boda gay. Este 5 de mayo de 2023, sin sobrevivientes entre los participantes”.
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
Roger Marshall stated on June 11, 2023 in a tweet Displaying the progress pride flag between two American flags during a White House pride event was “in breach of US Flag Code.”
TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2023 in a TikTok post A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors.
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