Transgender athletes

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Kim Jones

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Kim Jones is an American anti-transgender activist, former All-American tennis player, and the co-founder and face of Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS). After her …

Cooper v. USA Power Lifting

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Cooper vs USA Powerlifting, also known as Cooper vs USAPL, is a Minnesota lawsuit concerning the participation of transgender women in the women’s division of …

James Cantor

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Dr. James M. Cantor is a Canadian-American psychologist based in Toronto, Canada who is best known for his academic work on pedophilia and his involvement …

Vernadette Broyles

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Vernadette Broyles Vernadette Broyles is an American attorney in Georgia, and the president, general counsel and founder of the Child and Parental Rights Campaign (CPRC), …

Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician and the Republican 46th governor of Florida since 2019. He was previously the representative of Florida’s 6th congressional district …

Candice Jackson

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Candice Jackson is a lawyer, former Trump administration staffer, and anti-trans activist. In association with Jackson Bone LLP (site now private) she worked with the …

Riley Gaines

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Riley Gaines is a former collegiate swimmer from Gallatin, Tennessee, who competed for the University of Kentucky’s NCAA swim team. She is best known for …

Lierre Keith

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Lierre Keith is the American founder and chairwoman of Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), an anti-transgender lobbying group best known for filing amicus briefs opposing transgender …

Amy E. Sousa

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Amy E. Sousa is an educator and anti-trans activist in Washington. Most of Sousa’s public-facing activism revolves around opposition to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals …

Tucker Carlson

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Tucker Carlson is an American conservative political commentator and media personality. He is best known for hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from November …

Alliance Defending Freedom

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The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly known as the Alliance Defense Fund, is a conservative fundamentalist Christian organization considered a hate group  by the Southern …

Andrew Bailey

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Andrew Bailey is the 44th Attorney General of Missouri. Appointed to office in January of 2023, Bailey has been active in using his office to …

Paul Hruz

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Paul Hruz is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and a member of The American College …

Faith & Freedom Coalition

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Faith & Freedom Coalition (FFC) is a conservative Christian non-profit dedicated to political advocacy. Their work consists of mass voter calling campaigning for prominent conservative …

Leor Sapir

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Leor Sapir is an Israeli academic and fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, an American conservative think tank. He is best known for …

Independent Women's Forum

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The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) is 501(c)(3) nonprofit and conservative anti-transgender think tank who describe themselves as promoting “a conservative alternative to feminist tenets,” while …

Family Policy Alliance

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Family Policy Alliance (FPA) is a conservative Christian nonprofit that acts as the lobbying arm of the group Focus on the Family. Oriented around promoting …

International Women’s Sports Summit

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The 2023 International Women’s Sports Summit, also known as the Sports Summit, took place in Denver, Colorado from July 21, 2023 to July 23, 2023. …

Independent Council on Women’s Sports

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The Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS) is an American anti-transgender advocacy organization that opposes transgender athletes participating in women’s sports. ICONS hosts an annual …

Parents’ Rights in Education

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Parents’ Rights in Education (PRIE) is a conservative parents advocacy organization and Southern Poverty Law Center designated hate group. Their advocacy is focused primarily on …

Women’s Declaration International

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Women’s Declaration International (WDI), formerly known as the Women’s Human Rights Campaign, is an anti-trans radical feminist organization based in the United Kingdom with chapters …

Parents Defending Education

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Parents Defending Education (PDE) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2021 that self-describes as a “national grassroots organization” who say they are “working to …

Bigger Picture Conference

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The Bigger Picture Conference and the Bigger Picture Continues were events hosted by Genspect, opposing gender affirming care and “gender ideology”. The original was hosted …