Trump attacked people with mental disabilities and trans Americans then promoted a violent purge
Online reactions ranged from shocked and horrified to expected.
September 30, 2024
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the purge
A pink purge?
As a young Republican, Eric Johnson, 35, helped get Mark Foley elected to the Florida state senate. Now he's the openly gay chief of staff for Democratic U.S. representative Robert Wexler of Florida and a star of the Sundance Channel's docu-series The Hill. And he's got a lot to say about the Foley scandal and gays in Congress.
November 7, 2006
Purging the gays McCarthy style
The scapegoating of gay people in light of the scandal surrounding disgraced former congressman Mark Foley is nothing new. It is a tactic honed in the dark days of the Cold War during the McCarthy-led "purge of the perverts."
October 25, 2006
'The Fruit Machine' Illuminates Canada's Gay Purge
The new documentary shares the horrifying recent history we need to know.
May 31, 2018
Antigay Purge Flares Up in Chechnya, Activists Say
The Russian republic's antigay crackdown has been going on for two years, but there has been a spike in detentions since December.
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January 11, 2019
Survivor of Chechen 'Gay Purge' Is Kidnapped by Father in Russia
Zelimkhan Akhmadov was put on a wanted list after he fled for his life.
July 16, 2018
Canada to Give $110 Million to 'Gay Purge' Victims
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology and an unprecedented promise of financial compensation.
November 28, 2017
LGBTQ+ publications are losing advertisers amid DEI purge
Even journalism is suffering as conservatives wage war on DEI.
September 2, 2025
Chechen Warlord Who Assisted in Antigay Purge Killed in Ukraine
His security operatives have been involved in interrogating detained LGBTQ+ people, according to human rights groups.
February 28, 2022
Chechen Man Reportedly Caught in Gay Purge Will Sue for Slander
Bekkhan Yusupov says he's not gay and assertions that he is destroyed his reputation.
February 6, 2019
Women Being Sexually Assaulted in Chechnya's Anti-LGBTQ Purge
Women are being raped with "electric shock sticks," activists say.
January 22, 2019
One Year Later, Chechnya's 'Gay Purge' Remains Uninvestigated
Human rights groups are still calling on Russia to act in response to reports of gay concentration camps.
April 6, 2018
Russian Christians 'purge' gay cruise waters
More than 200 Orthodox and right-wing Russians sailed an icon-bedecked ship down the Moscow River on Sunday to "cleanse" the waters after a gay cruise took the same route the night before.
June 27, 2007
Air Force veteran stripped of retirement under Trump's transgender purge
"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."
August 14, 2025
Trump Hires Bush-Era Official Who Led a Gay Purge
James Renne was a key player in a scandalous 2004 purge of gay employees in the Office of Special Counsel.
April 11, 2017
Archival Docs Illustrate Feds' 'Obsessive Effort' to Purge Gay Employees
While the federal government no longer discriminates against gay workers, it once went to great lengths to rid itself of them -- and a group is gathering historical materials related to that effort.
May 21, 2014
When they silence our science: The LGBTQ+ research purge & why it matters
Opinion: Research on trauma recovery for LGBTQ+ survivors of violence was silenced, impacting care, silencing experiences, and threatening future research.
June 25, 2025
LGBTQ+ History: When NOW Purged Lesbians From Its Feminist Movement
This the history of Betty Friedan, "feminine feminists" and the Lavender Menace.
October 29, 2023
Georgia School's LGBTQ+ Book Purge Violated Students' Rights: DOE
According to the Department of Education, the school system has entered into a resolution agreement to remedy the damage its prior actions had on students.
May 23, 2023
Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion
The Office of Personnel Management has become the enforcement arm of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
July 18, 2025
Transgender service members warn SCOTUS of ‘Un-American’ purge if Trump ban is reinstated
It would be “unprecedented and un-American,” lawyers argued.
May 2, 2025