Samantha Riedel in Them informs us:
"In a sweeping new report, researchers at the Southern Poverty Law Center say they have identified a network of more than 60 organizations pushing anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation, as well as 100 of their most common sources of “junk” science.
SPLC published the report, titled Combating Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Through Accessible Informative Narratives (CAPTAIN), on Tuesday this week. The anti-hate watchdog group said the CAPTAIN report is intended to document an extensive network of right-wing propaganda and pseudoscience, all of which is aimed at rolling back the clock for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. and abroad."
The CAPTAIN report is in six sections.
Anti-trans groups include:
- 4thWaveNow
- Women’s Liberation Front
- Transgender Trend
- American College of Pediatricians
- Transition Justice Project
More:
"The report especially highlights harmful work from the Heritage Foundation, a decades-old anti-LGBTQ+ group that veered sharply into trans issues (and voter suppression) after losing the battle against gay marriage. In 2017, SPLC first broke the news that Heritage Foundation leaders had chosen trans rights as a 'wedge issue' through which they could weaken the broader LGBTQ+ rights movement by 'separating the T from the LGB.' The CAPTAIN report especially raises the alarm about one of Heritage’s latest projects: Project 2025, a 900-page plan for Republican governance after the 2024 U.S. elections which involves reshaping the federal government and enacting sweeping regressive legislation. SPLC called Project 2025 'a significant node in the anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience network' that needs to be monitored over the next year."
Also: "The CAPTAIN report also references the trove of anti-trans emails obtained by Mother Jones earlier this year, which exposed coordinated efforts between Republican politicians and far-right lobbyists to push anti-trans laws."
Please read the article
"A New Report Exposes the Network of Extremist Groups Behind the Anti-Trans PR Machine: Researchers stressed that anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation is part of a larger reactionary conservative movement. Samantha Riedel, them, December 15, 2023
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