‘Homosexuals Are Overrepresented …’ Before and during Pride Month (June 2023), an old and fully discredited canard about LGBTQ+ people and child abuse was promulgated by a handful of newly-created accounts on social media and established disinformation purveyors.
Target Caves to Weaponized Narratives, ‘Pulls’ Pride Items After "more than a decade ... celebrating Pride Month," Target issued a statement indicating it was "removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive A February 22 2022 letter attributed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appeared to direct the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to consider gender affirming care as "abusive."
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Amendment Outing LGBT Kids Discourse around two controversial bills in Florida -- known colloquially as "Don't Say Gay" bills -- intensified amid claims a proposed amendment would require schools to "out" students.
‘The History of Left-Handedness’ A years-old Washington Post chart about left-handedness over time frequently appeared in discourse about a perceived spike in transgender youth.
Did JK Rowling Respond to ‘No One Should Live in a Closet’ Tattoo with ‘Yes They Should’? After author JK Rowling aired transphobic sentiments on Twitter, a screenshot of a purported anti-LGBTQ comment was attributed to her.
NikkieTutorials (Nikkie de Jager) Comes Out as Transgender Nikkie de Jager (known to "beautube" fans as Nikkie Tutorials) revealed that she is transgender and said that others had influenced her decision to disclose that information.
Is Chick-fil-A Funding Anti-Gay Violence in Uganda? A persistent rumor about the fast food chain appeared in a virally popular October 2019 tweet.
Did Reykjavik Ensure That Pride Flags Were Prominently Flown to Greet Mike Pence? A viral tweet claims that Iceland's biggest firms and companies honored the United States' vice president with a rainbow display.
Boy Scouts Lose 425,000 Members After Announcing Name Change-Truth! & Unproven! It's true that the Mormon church ended its sponsorship of the Boy Scouts of America after the group changed its name, but it's not clear that all 425,000 Mormon scouts will quit.
