These 24 violent extremist & anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy groups pose a danger to LGBTQ+ people
Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
November 1, 2024
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Kim Davis is trying to get marriage equality overturned by the Supreme Court
Yes, Kim Davis is back. Again. A brief filed this week by her lawyers at Liberty Counsel argues that the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling should be overturned.
July 26, 2024
Two Pulse survivors are now 'ex-gays' running a conversion therapy organization
After experiencing firsthand the carnage that anti-LGBTQ+ attacks can cause, Luis Ruiz and Angel Colon are attacking what they've dubbed the "identity pandemic."
June 14, 2024
'Enemies of Equality' Report Draws Liberty Counsel's Ire
Freedom for All Americans charts the interlocking relationships of anti-LGBT groups, and Liberty Counsel protests, especially against conservative LGBT rights supporter Paul Singer.
July 12, 2016
Liberty Counsel Admits There Is No 'Bathroom Predator'
Anita Staver, the president of Liberty Counsel, claims Target's policy “put a bull's-eye on women.”
May 4, 2016
How a Wisconsin Town Rejected Fearmongering
The Mount Horeb, Wis., school board just passed protections for trans students, but there was drama — and compassion — that preceded that change.
December 11, 2015
Dear Liberty Counsel, Gay Does Not Equal Transgender
The anti-LGBT group's daily email to supporters bemoaned 'the gayification of the Pentagon' in response to Monday's news about the lifting of the trans military ban.
July 14, 2015
GOP’s New Hate Bill Not Hateful Enough for Liberty Counsel
The right-wing Liberty Counsel is now refusing to support a bill that protects all moral convictions regarding marriage — the group wants to it specifically demean same-sex marriage.
July 28, 2016
Liberty Counsel: 'Pedophiles' Behind Trans-Inclusive Policies
So says the hate group's chairman, Mat Staver — but he doesn't identify any individuals or groups.
May 9, 2016
Liberty Counsel Admits It's Behind Those 'Bathroom Bills'
The leader of the anti-LGBT legal nonprofit says he "certainly" wants "to push back" on the Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling.
April 14, 2016
Liberty Counsel Backs Student Who Penned Antigay Editorial
A right-wing legal group has taken up the cause of a Wisconsin high school student whose opinion piece opposing adoption by gays was pulled from the school paper.
January 26, 2012
Sorry Haters: LGBT Protections Can Stay at Va. Schools
A judge dismissed the right-wing legal group's lawsuit claiming that LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections in Fairfax County schools violated a student's right to privacy.
February 22, 2016
Liberty Counsel Founder: Hate Group Label Is Like Nazi Persecution of Jews
Mat Staver likened the designation to forcing Jews to wear the Star of David.
February 6, 2018
Liberty Counsel: The Vatican Is Lying
The right-wing law firm representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis claims the Vatican is trying to downplay the intimacy of Pope Francis's visit with Davis in Washington.
October 2, 2015
Kim Davis's Attorneys Don't Like Being Called 'Hate Group'
The attorneys who are defending the embattled antigay clerk are shaking in their boots over an accurate report by the largest and oldest newsgathering agency in the U.S.
October 21, 2015
Liberty Counsel Plans Lawsuit After Jersey Bans 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
The antigay organization hopes to overturn New Jersey legislation that outlaws reparative therapy for minors in the state.
August 20, 2013
Kim Davis's Lawyers Offer Free Legal Defense for N.C. Law
The Liberty Counsel offered its legal services to North Carolina—for free.
April 1, 2016
LISTEN: Mat Staver Calls Pro-Gay Sen. Rob Portman a 'Cockroach'
The chairman of the antigay Liberty Counsel is certain that pro-equality Republicans signal the end of days.
March 29, 2013
Hate Group Leader Objects to LGBTQ Inclusion in Anti-Lynching Bill
Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel claims the legislation opens a "back door" to antidiscrimination law.
January 9, 2019