Tagged: Anti-Trans
OREGON GROUP USING TRANSPHOBIC PANIC AROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR COMEBACK
by MARY BELL | CORY ELIA | October 19, 2023
Over the last few weeks, a sleepy middle school in Oregon became the latest target of an anti-trans harassment campaign. On Sept Sept 27 a local right-wing provocateur, Ben Edtl posted a video X, formerly Twitter. The brief video, filmed in the middle school’s hallway, showed one student attacking another. Edtl primed his audience with […]
OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL GETS BOMB THREAT AFTER ANTI-TRANS OUTRAGE CAMPAIGN
by ABNER HÄUGE | September 29, 2023
Right wing grifters got another school targeted with a bomb threat, this time in Oregon.
NAZIS HECKLE DRAG EVENT-GOERS & GOLFERS IN FLORENCE, OR
by JAMES CROXTON | May 5, 2023
Neo-Nazis showed up at a golf course to protest a drag show in Oregon last weekend.
CHARLIE KIRK SAYS ANTIRACISM IS APOSTASY AT AWAKEN CHURCH
by KATE BURNS | April 19, 2023
Charlie Kirk debuted new talking points like saying antiracism is anti-Christian at Awaken Chruch speaking gigs earlier this month.
FASCISTS NO-SHOW AT VANCOUVER, WA DRAG EVENT
by ROBERT SANDS | March 28, 2023
A photo of the sun shining through the clouds over Heathen Brewery where over a hundred people with umbrellas crowd around the outside of the building. The caption reads “We’re open and grateful for the support of our community!”
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON BREWERY VANDALIZED AFTER ANNOUNCING DRAG SHOW
by ROBERT SANDS | March 15, 2023
A brewery in the Portland suburb of Vancouver had its windows smashed. Although culprits are unknown, they’ve been targeted for announcing a drag show.
LEXIT & CHURCH NETWORK STAGE ANTI-TRANS PROTEST AT O.C. CHILDRENS’ HOSPITAL
by KELLY STUART | ABNER HÄUGE | February 14, 2023
Proud Boys-affiliated groups & religious bigots protested an O.C. hospital for providing gender-affirming care last weekend.
SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS BRIGADE SCHOOL BOARD, CITY COUNCIL
by LCRW STAFF | February 11, 2023
San Diego public meetings were recently flooded by out-of-town extremists.
ROKU CHANNELS WANT TO REDPILL VIEWERS ABOUT QANON, VACCINES & THE JEWS
by JOE ORELLANA | ELI KNÉSÓL | JAMES CROXTON | ROBERT SANDS | January 17, 2023
Two conspiracy theorists are putting antisemitic, QAnon & antivaxx content on Roku.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PHOENIX SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE IS REGISTERED AGENT FOR III% GROUP, LED ANTI-LGBTQ CAMPAIGN
by ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | June 10, 2022
A far-right takeover is happening throughout the country at the local level. In Florida, at least half a dozen former and current members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys have secured official positions with the Miami-Dade Republican Party. Across the country, white nationalist propagandist Vincent James Foxx relocated from California to the small Idaho town of […]
WHITE NATIONALIST AZ GOP POLITICIANS SPREAD DANGEROUS LIES IN WAKE OF MASSACRES
by ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | May 27, 2022
Another week, another senseless, violent tragedy in the so-called Greatest Country in the World. Dozens dead. A white supremacist terror attack targeting a Black community in Buffalo, New York. And a classroom of Fourth Graders violently ripped away from their families in Uvalde, Texas. Countless lives affected. It hurts to even process. Yet, somehow, the […]