{"id":506074,"date":"2019-01-28T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/ginni-thomas\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","slug":"ginni-thomas","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/ginni-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginni Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Aggressively pushed<\/a> propaganda defending North Carolina\u2019s anti-trans \u201cbathroom bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Promoted<\/a> viciously anti-trans activist Stella Morabito, with both insisting that transgender rights are part of a politically correct propaganda tool that is manipulating the masses.<\/p>\n

\u2014Used<\/a> her Daily Caller <\/em>column to promote an author who claims trans rights are part of an agenda to transform America: \u201cTo [author Dr. Kim Holmes], the transgender issue uses a small number of \u2018victims\u2019 to demonstrate who can make laws. By expanding an administrative interpretation of \u2018civil rights,\u2019 without Congress, the federal state solidifies its capacity to dictate American law \u2013 even if it\u2019s public school bathroom policies. Most Republicans fail to step up and fight, he says, because they fear a popular culture that is against them and are exceedingly shallow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Included<\/a> \u201cthe emergence of transgender rights\u201d as one of the host of horribles that left-wing activists are supposedly imposing on America: \u201cSo help people connect the dots in America. There\u2019s so much going on. Whether it\u2019s suddenly the emergence of transgender rights, or the downing of statues or ESPN suddenly becoming left wing commentators instead of sports people, or the closing down of free speech on college campuses, or the censorship that\u2019s happening by media providers to conservative or pro-American voices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Promoted<\/a> Sam Sorbo, an anti-trans activist who claims that trans-inclusive public school policies \u201cbully\u201d other students.<\/p>\n

\u2014Founding member<\/a> of secretive far-right group Groundswell, which lobbies against LGBTQ rights.<\/p>\n

\u2014Worked<\/a> as White House liaison for the anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n

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