Tennessee Republican with Anti-LGBTQ+ History Sentenced in Campaign Finance Case
He once sponsored a bill that would have allowed people to discriminate based on “sincerely held” beliefs.
August 14, 2023
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WATCH: Stephen Colbert Dissects 'Don't Say Gay' Legislator
Colbert says Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield's bill is educational -- it will teach children 'there is absolutely no adult that they can trust.'
February 8, 2013
Tenn.'s 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Returns, Could Out Students to Parents
Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield tries again to get his "Don't Say Gay" bill passed into law.
January 30, 2013
Tennessee Republicans pass bill allowing marriage discrimination toward same-sex couples
Despite marriage equality being the law of the land with significant support, the GOP continues to try to legislate LGBTQ+ people out of society.
February 15, 2024
Tennessee bill would permit anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptee parents
Critics say the bill opens to the door to unsafe homes for LGBTQ+ children.
March 22, 2024
Army Secretary Nom: Trans People Are 'Evil' and Must Be 'Crushed'
Trump's nominee for Army secretary -- who will succeed Obama's out secretary, Eric Fanning -- compared trans people to ISIS and has worked to dismantle LGBT rights as a Tennessee senator.
April 20, 2017
Army Secretary Nom Who Called Trans People 'Evil' Drops Out
LGBT organizations sounded the alarm after nominee Mark Green was discovered to have compared transgender people to ISIS.
May 5, 2017
Tennessee's Straights-Only Marriage Option Won't Pass This Year
A bill that would establish an alternative marriage process for straight couples who didn't want to be associated with LGBTQ+ people is dead for now.
April 14, 2022
Army Secretary Nominee Claims He Isn't Anti-LGBT
But activists say all they've done to Mark Green is quote him.
April 25, 2017
Tenn.'s 'Don't Say Gay' Lawmaker Loses Primary
State senator Stacey Campfield, who had become an embarrassment to the Republican Party with his extremely antigay views, went down to defeat Thursday.
August 8, 2014
Thompson Quizzed on Civil Unions
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson told New Hampshire voters Monday that efforts in some states to recognize same-sex marriage are a ''judge-made controversy.''
October 30, 2007
Kellyanne Conway Scoffs at Taylor Swift's VMAs Push for LGBTQ Rights
If that weren't enough, the counselor to the White House also sang a few bars of Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" off-pitch.
August 28, 2019
Reading the Far Right: Is Alex Jones Acting, and Does Bill O'Reilly Have Conservative Cred?
Some in the wingnut media are not just skewing the news, they're making it.
April 24, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Defending Comey's Canning, Hating on Handmaids
Right-wingers are also lamenting the withdrawal of anti-LGBT Army secretary nominee Mark Green.
May 15, 2017
The Phobies: Worst Homophobes of 2017
There were many to choose from, but Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov gets the title of Phobie of the Year.
December 21, 2017
Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans Bills, Delays on Adoption
One bill would require the state attorney general to defend school districts' anti-transgender restroom restrictions.
April 30, 2019