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Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a post “Venus Williams forfeits match against trans woman,” saying, “I’m not playing a man.” Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting. X posts stated on March 14, 2024 in a post “Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.” Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns. Tommy Tuberville stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.” Instagram posts stated on January 13, 2024 in an Instagram post An activist spoke about LGBTQ+ issues at a Plano, Texas, city council meeting. X posts stated on January 16, 2024 in in a post “New proposed bill in Maine says the state can take custody of a kid if the parents oppose” gender-affirming care Ron DeSantis stated on December 15, 2023 in a Concord, New Hampshire Town Hall U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.” Instagram posts stated on January 2, 2024 in an Instagram post In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.” Ron DeSantis stated on December 6, 2023 in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.” Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate." “Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.” X posts stated on December 26, 2023 in una publicación en X "El Papa acaba de inventar La Cruz LGBT”. Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2023 in a video Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students Robin Vos stated on October 12, 2023 in Assembly floor speech “Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition. Barbara Dittrich stated on October 4, 2023 in Public hearing There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools. Instagram posts stated on September 24, 2023 in a video Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder." TikTok posts stated on September 13, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok “El estado de California podría quitarte a tus hijos si no aceptas cambiarles el sexo". Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.” Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show confrontation over LGBTQ+ representation. Load more
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a post “Venus Williams forfeits match against trans woman,” saying, “I’m not playing a man.”
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting.
X posts stated on March 14, 2024 in a post “Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.”
Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
Tommy Tuberville stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
Instagram posts stated on January 13, 2024 in an Instagram post An activist spoke about LGBTQ+ issues at a Plano, Texas, city council meeting.
X posts stated on January 16, 2024 in in a post “New proposed bill in Maine says the state can take custody of a kid if the parents oppose” gender-affirming care
Ron DeSantis stated on December 15, 2023 in a Concord, New Hampshire Town Hall U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”
Instagram posts stated on January 2, 2024 in an Instagram post In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”
Ron DeSantis stated on December 6, 2023 in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”
Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate." “Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
X posts stated on December 26, 2023 in una publicación en X "El Papa acaba de inventar La Cruz LGBT”.
Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2023 in a video Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students
Robin Vos stated on October 12, 2023 in Assembly floor speech “Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.
Barbara Dittrich stated on October 4, 2023 in Public hearing There are "about a half a dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.
Instagram posts stated on September 24, 2023 in a video Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
TikTok posts stated on September 13, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok “El estado de California podría quitarte a tus hijos si no aceptas cambiarles el sexo".
Randi Weingarten stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show confrontation over LGBTQ+ representation.
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