GLAAD Accountability Project
The GLAAD Accountability Project monitors and documents individual public figures and groups using their platforms to spread misinformation and false rhetoric against LGBTQ people, youth, and allies. Some groups have misleading names inferring unwarranted expertise or credibility, when their main focus is advocating against LGBTQ people, and some claiming to be grassroots efforts have ties to national organizations with long histories opposing LGBTQ Americans.
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Recently updated profiles:
Douglas Napier
—Former sponsor of the “Day of Truth,” which was geared toward pushing an “ex-gay” message…
Stacy Swimp
—Claimed “The Homosexual Agenda is, by nature, anti Black and genocidal.” —Demands Christian parents remove…
Franklin Graham
—Tweeted “Pray for President Putin today,” just days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. —Praised Russian President…
Ralph Reed
—In claims that the independent Politifact deemed false, claimed “irrefutable evidence” is against same-sex parenting:…
Kevin Swanson
—Asked America to “repent that Dumbledore emerged as a homosexual mentor for Harry Potter.” In…
David Benham
—Former star of HGTV’s cancelled reality series Flip It Forward. —Cofounder and board member of…
Steve & Becky Riggle
—Called on Houston’s openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, to step down from office simply because…
Dave Welch
—Slurs former mayor of Houston: “We allowed a lesbian mayor to be elected because most…
Paul McHugh
—Said: “It may be an intrinsic problem of American psychiatry to fall into a craze…
Salvatore Cordileone
—Known as “father of Proposition 8” for his outsized role in that fight. —Says, “The…
Richard Cohen
—Advised beating a pillow and cuddling (or “touch therapy”) as ways to “cure” homosexuality. —His…
Anthony Verdugo
—Said in reaction to the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”: “It is a tragic…