Trending
- GLAAD and The Black List Announce The 2024 GLAAD List
- ‘Southern Charm’ Sets Season 10 Premiere Date; Ryan Albert Joins Cast and Rodrigo Reyes Returns
- Deep in the Heart of Texas, Queer Black Love is Brought to the Stage
- SPOILER ALERT: A Winner Has Been Crowned in First-Ever “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All-Stars”
- The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for “One of Them Days,” “Get Millie Black,” and “Bad Sisters,” new music from Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, Soccer Mommy, and more!
- GLAAD FIRST LOOK: Final Episode of MSNBC Film’s “My Generation” Centers Families of Trans Youth
- Cathy Renna to Receive the Barbara Way Hunter Trailblazer Award at the 2024 PRSA-NY Big Apple Awards
- Caribbean Pride Power: A Kaleidoscope of Queer Identity and Community Shines at the 36th Annual NewFest: The New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Choose from the complete list of GLAAD Accountability Profiles:
Ben Shapiro
Podcaster/Commentator
—Argued homosexuality should remain in the DSM as a mental illness.
—Targeted LGBTQ-inclusive holiday movies, falsely claiming that some cable channels are for “religious families” and inferring that LGBTQ people are not people of faith. 47% of LGBTQ people identify as religious and majorities of all faiths support protections for LGBTQ Americans.
—In an interview, said he thinks “homosexual activity is a sin” and equated sexual orientation with his desire to “sleep with many women.”
—In response to the Supreme Court ruling that legalized marriage equality, tweeted, “Words don’t mean anything. Laws don’t mean anything. The law is, apparently, whatever Obama says it is.” He also tweeted, “Let’s just skip all the suspense: SCOTUS should just declare a Constitutional right to whatever the hell they feel like that day,” and “Same sex marriage will never affect you. By “you,” of course, we don’t mean your business, church, school, or raising of your children.”
—Said in a speech: “A man and a woman do a better job of raising a child than two men or two women.” Research using government tracking data shows children raised by same-sex couples do as well, if not better in some areas, than children raised by different-sex couples.
—Said: “This is not a country that discriminates against homosexuals” and that “there is a vastly minute amount of discrimination against gays in this country.” The Southern Poverty Law Center, using FBI hate crimes data, notes that LGBTQs are far more likely to be victimized by violent hate crime. FBI data for 2019 shows 16.7% of hate crimes victims were targeted for their sexual orientation; 2.7% were targeted because of their gender identity.
—Said being transgender is mental illness: “It is a psychological disorder. So that’s not an insult to people who suffer from psychological disorders…you are not doing a service to people who are suffering from a mental disorder to humor them by suggesting that their mental disorder is reflected in objective reality.” The American Psychological Association does not define being transgender as a mental illness.
—Said: “You can’t magically change your gender. You can’t magically change your sex. You can’t magically change your age.”
—Described trans actor Elliot Page’s coming out announcement as “awkward,” “creepy,” “disgusting” and “pathetic.
The GLAAD Accountability Project catalogs anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discriminatory actions of politicians, commentators, organization heads, religious leaders, and legal figures, who have used their platforms, influence and power to spread misinformation and harm LGBTQ people.
Related Posts
JD Vance
—Said Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. “…Did Donald Trump lose the election?…
Donald Trump
Post-Presidency 10.13.2024 The Trump campaign spent $65 million on anti-transgender campaign ads. One ad pictured…
Eric Hovde
—Claimed without evidence that the suicide rate of transgender youth, the highest in the United States,…
Mike Rogers
—Opposed expanded protections and rights for LGBTQ people throughout his 14 years in Congress. Rogers…
Share this
Join GLAAD and take action for acceptance.
Our Picks
GLAAD and The Black List Announce The 2024 GLAAD List
GLAAD FIRST LOOK: Final Episode of MSNBC Film’s “My Generation” Centers Families of Trans Youth
Trump’s Anti-Trans Ad Fails Politically Among Likely Voters
Moms for Liberty-Related Candidates on the Ballot, Despite Waning Support of Disgraced Group
Topics
Follow Us
Don't Miss
Moms for Liberty-Related Candidates on the Ballot, Despite Waning Support of Disgraced Group
The disgraced, discredited, and voter-rejected book-banning extremist group Moms for Liberty (M4L) is still looking…
Downtown Dallas Landmark, Local Media and More Shine a Light on Spirit Day
WATCH: Laverne Cox Unpacks Anti-LGBTQ Legislation, Spotlights Transphobic Lawmakers in Powerful #SpiritDay Segment of “The Daily Show”
GLAAD’s Nick Adams and Tony Morrison Make 2024’s Out100