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PROUD BOYS & OTHER BIGOTS WAGE LOW-EFFORT INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN AT RIVERSIDE DRAG STORY HOUR
by ABNER HÄUGE | January 16, 2023
Proud Boys stickered and banner dropped but a Riverside Drag Story Hour still happened.
PHOENIX THREE PERCENTER WINS HIS SCHOOL BOARD RACE, GETS NAME DROPPED IN Epps’ J6 DEPOSITION
by ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | January 13, 2023
A recently-elected AZ school board member was mentioned in Ray Epps J6 deposition.
COVID DENIAL IN SOUTHERN OREGON: HOW NAZI SYMPATHIZERS & “PATRIOTS” TOOK OVER JACKSON COUNTY GOP
by LCRW STAFF | January 2, 2023
A network including neo-nazis and conspiracy theories embedded itself in Jackson County, OR’s GOP.
THE TURNING POINT NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: A WEEKEND AT AMFEST
by ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | December 31, 2022
This year’s AmFest’s rallying cry was dehumanizing trans people. Also, Nazis attended but we were barred.
OLD NICK’S DRAG EVENT SUCCESSFUL DESPITE NATION-WIDE HATE-MONGERING, LOCAL INTIMIDATION
by JAMES CROXTON | MARY BELL | December 11, 2022
This year, the far right launched an intensified effort across the United States to intimidate, attack, and ultimately stifle the LGTBQIA+ community. Family-friendly drag queen storytime events were some of the most frequent targets, with attacks in California, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona among other places.. On Oct. 31, a donut shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma […]
“A NEW CHURCH for RACISTS”: INSIDE the CHURCH of ARYANITY
by SOCAL RESEARCH CLUB | November 16, 2022
A neo-Nazi cult recently emerged and already has tendrils in some of the most influential white nationalist groups in the country. Headquartered in Madisonville, Kentucky, the Church of Aryanity has recruited a small but dedicated base of racists, antisemites and accelerationists across the U.S. and Canada. They’re indoctrinating young men into “The Order” and training […]
ANTI-TRANS ACTIVIST WENT FROM “L.A. DEE DA” to STOKING HATE
by SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL | November 4, 2022
For the last several years, former LA Weekly contributor Belissa Cohen has gone mostly unnoticed as an anti-trans voice in Los Angeles. Cohen has appeared at anti-trans protests undercover then used footage she took to appear on anti-trans outlets. She’s a spokesperson for “LGB Fight Back.” The organization regularly spreads baseless conspiracy theories that trans […]
ARIZONA LGBTQ+ & DRAG COMMUNITIES ARE BEING TERRORIZED. NOBODY’S LISTENING.
by ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | November 2, 2022
Drag Story Hour AZ organizers were under too much pressure. On October 8th 2022, Drag Story Hour Arizona (DSH-AZ) was scheduled to participate in a free event and fundraiser at the Tucson Children’s Museum. Previous DSH-AZ events and other LGBTQ+ spaces were put under siege by bigots. This time was too much, and they knew […]
ABORTION “ABOLITIONISTS” — THE FRINGE of the “PRO-LIFE” CROWD SELLING a MURDEROUS DOCTRINE
by LCRW STAFF | September 21, 2022
Last month, the New York Times’ podcast The Daily produced an episode about the anti-abortion ideology of Jeff Durbin and his Apologia Church in Mesa, Arizona. Durbin, a bearded, hipster-dressing pastor, believes that abortions should be punishable by the death penalty. He’s part of a growing network of self-identified “abortion abolitionists.” Yes, you read that […]
VIOLENTLY TRANSPHOBIC, ANTI-VAX DENTIST HAS SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY FRAUGHT WITH MURDER FANTASIES
by CHICAGO FREE MEDIA | September 15, 2022
An Arkansas dentist has left a disturbing social media trail including violent threats against trans people, healthcare providers and politicians. 33-year-old Aaron L. Bratton, who has styled himself as “The Mustachioed DDS,” works at a dental clinic in Atkins, AR—a town of 3000 situated 66 miles northwest of Little Rock. He has been employed at […]