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Robert 'Froggy' Kennedy Jr. ribbits lies, conspiracy theories, and gibberish, garbling our public health
Opinion: Throughout his bizarre life, and especially at Thursday's Senate Finance Committee hearing, Kennedy has proved that he is the proverbial "Toad of Toad Hall," writes John Casey.
September 6, 2025
Poppers Cause AIDS, the Environment Makes Boys Trans, Says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A member of the famous Kennedy dynasty, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., continues to peddle falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
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June 20, 2023
20 savage reactions to Robert F Kennedy Jr. being picked to run Health & Human Services
We're really starting to wonder who has the brain worm here?
November 15, 2024
Lawmakers call out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘unconscionable’ apathy on eve of LGBTQ+ 988 Lifeline shutdown
“It’s heartbreaking, scary, and deeply harmful,” Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, who said the Department of Health and Human Services should keep the successful suicide prevention program intact, told The Advocate.
July 16, 2025
BREAKING: Trump picks anti-trans, anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services
RFK Jr. is an anti-trans conspiracy theorist and vaccine denialist who has been repudiated by his famous family.
November 14, 2024
The Supreme Court Justices' Secret Deal on LGBTQ+ Rights and Its Impact Today
A secret deal between Justices John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy still has implications today.
March 30, 2023
3 Reasons This Antigay Lawyer Thinks He'll Win
One of the lawyers representing the anti-LGBT side is set on winning votes from justices Kennedy, Roberts and Breyer. Here's why.
April 29, 2015
Trans Latina woman fighting to shut down ICE facilities honored with human rights award
Arely Westley, this year's recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, tells The Advocate about this "crucial moment" in time for queer and immigrant communities.
March 31, 2024
RFK Jr. attacks gender-affirming care for minors while admitting he has brain worms. Really.
In a very real development, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is attacking transgender youth’s access to health care while admitting that a parasite has eaten part of his brain.
May 8, 2024
Supreme Court Post-Gaming: What's Kennedy Thinking?
Duke University law and political science professor Neil Siegel was at the Supreme Court hearing. He tells us why he expects Justice Roberts isn't our friend and Justice Kennedy will save the day.
April 29, 2015
Obama, Kennedy Include Gays in Endorsement Remarks
Senators Edward Kennedy and Barack Obama both included gays and lesbians in their speeches during the event Monday at which Kennedy endorsed Obama in his presidential bid. Obama's inclusion of LGBT people came while he was discussing the legacy of hope that both John and Robert Kennedy inspired in people: "And it lives on in those Americans -- young and old, rich and poor, black and white, Latino and Asian and Native American, gay and straight -- who are tired of a politics that divides us and want to recapture the sense of common purpose that we had when John Kennedy was president of the United States of America."
January 30, 2008
Trump’s health department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans website featuring right-wing influencer (exclusive)
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “are starting their tenure at HHS by attacking trans people, harming their access to health, and promoting unscientific rhetoric about sex as a so-called immutable characteristic,” former HHS official Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
February 19, 2025
JFK appointed the 'best and brightest,' as Trump nominates the buffonish, befuddled, and brain-wormed
If Trump’s election was the apocalypse, this week has been a never-ending April Fools, writes John Casey.
November 17, 2024
Tig Notaro reveals why she’s no longer friends with Cheryl Hines
The comedian explained what really happened in a new interview.
October 16, 2025
Mike Johnson, RFK Jr. attack trans people in wake of Minneapolis school shooting
They are doing so even though the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men.
August 29, 2025
RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing
“I never said that,” he claimed. The record says otherwise.
January 29, 2025
Texas's anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general sues Tylenol company over autism claims
This lawsuit comes a month after RFK Jr.'s updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.
October 28, 2025
Five years after COVID began, Biden's health adviser warns of the new dangers to public health
One of the world’s top health experts used to sleep with one eye open. Now, he says he’s been sleeping with all three eyes open.
March 10, 2025
Lesbian Sen. Tammy Baldwin's Republican opponent attacks her partner in campaign ads
The ads accuse her of a conflict of interest but appear to be targeting her for being LGBTQ+.
October 29, 2024