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Speaker Mike Johnson’s Obsession With Gay Sex

He's endorsed conversion therapy, pushed to criminalize gay sex, condemned same-sex marriage, and likened being queer to pedophilia and bestiality.

Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Ruling for Antigay Web Designer

The court's conservative majority seemed to sympathize with a designer who argues she has a legal right to turn away same-sex couples who seek wedding websites.

Amy Coney Barrett Has Ties to Right-Wing Group in LGBTQ+ Rights Case

The Supreme Court justice will hear a case from a client represented by the anti-LGBTQ+ Alliance Defending Freedom, where Barrett has been part of a lecture program.

Churches, Photographer Sue Over Virginia's LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Law

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (pictured) says he looks forward to defending the law in court.

Anti-LGBTQ Group's Effort to Imprison Trans Women With Men Is on Hold

The Alliance Defending Freedom is biding its time, hoping a Supreme Court ruling will enable further anti-trans discrimination.

Is a Consumer Protection Exec Quietly Dismantling LGBTQ Protections?

Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau want answers after discovering a bureau official once worked for an antigay hate group.

'Christian' Foundation Is Huge Funder of Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups

The National Christian Foundation has given millions to the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Family Research Council.

Arizona DMV Funneled $900K to Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group

The state's "In God We Trust" license plates fund the Alliance Defending Freedom, which works to abolish women's rights, marriage equality, and trans existence.

New Justice Department Spokeswoman Comes From Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group

Kerri Kupec of Alliance Defending Freedom, which has represented homophobes at the Supreme Court, joins the DOJ.

Billboard Calls Out Anti-LGBTQ Group's Defense of Conversion Therapy

The new billboard from the No Gays Allowed Campaign takes the Alliance Defending Freedom to task for its support of the discredited and harmful practice.

Antigay Hate Group VP to Fox's Laura Ingraham: We're the Victims

Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defending Freedom painted his group as oppressed, even though they've worked for decades to strip women and LGBTQ people of their rights.

Anti-LGBTQ Coalition Campaigns Against Adoption by Same-Sex Couples

The Keep Kids First campaign argues for faith-based adoption agencies' right to discriminate.

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.

The Hate Group Hijacking Courts to Undermine Equality

The Alliance Defending Freedom, which argued for a Colorado baker's antigay policy in the Supreme Court, has a long record of homophobic and transphobic activism.

Former Aussie P.M.: Marriage Equality Fight Is a Boon to Conservatives

Speaking to the anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom, Tony Abbott said the vote on same-sex marriage has mobilized defenders of "the Judeo-Christian ethic."

Judge: Business Turning Away Same-Sex Couples Is Like Saying 'Whites Only'

A federal judge made the ruling in a case brought by a wedding video company seeking the right to refuse service to same-sex couples.

White Nationalist Site Joins Anti-LGBT Groups in Campaign Against Southern Poverty Law Center

VDARE.com, a site carrying racist and anti-Semitic articles, joins those objecting to the SPLC's listing of "hate groups."

Reading the Far Right: Don't Call Us Haters

The extreme-right media, which we read so you don't have to, object to the "hate group" label for certain organizations, even when it fits.

Far-Right Legal Orgs Object to 'Hate Group' Label, But It Fits

The Southern Poverty Law Center is standing by its designation of the Alliance Defending Freedom and Liberty Counsel as "hate groups." 

Florist Who Refused to Serve Gay Wedding Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court

Barronelle Stutzman says state court rulings that she violated antidiscrimination law fail to recognize her freedom of speech and religion.