{"id":923350,"date":"2024-11-18T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&p=923350"},"modified":"2024-11-18T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:02:54","slug":"matt-gaetz","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/matt-gaetz\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Voted against the Equality Act<\/a>, which would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposed the Respect for Marriage Act,<\/a> which protects same-sex marriage rights<\/p>\n

\u2014Voted<\/a> against a bill that would have protected the right to contraception<\/p>\n

\u2014Referred<\/a> to the LGBTQ community as \u201cdegenerate\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014At the Republican National Convention, stated<\/a>: \u201cUnder Trump, we prospered, we were richer, inflation was low, and there were two genders\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Falsely accused<\/a> LGBTQ people of seeking to \u201cindoctrinate\u201d children in schools<\/p>\n

\u2014Defended<\/a> Florida’s so-called \u201cDon’t Say Gay\/LGBTQ\u201d law prohibiting LGBTQ material in classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u2014Backed<\/a> legislation to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports<\/p>\n

\u2014Celebrated<\/a> Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military during his first term<\/p>\n

\u2014Supported<\/a> Trump’s false claims about schools performing gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent<\/p>\n

\u2014Claimed<\/a> to support the rights of transgender people but opposed the Equality Act’s protections for transgender individuals<\/p>\n

\u2014Baselessly argued<\/a> that relying on self-identification for gender identity-based protections could be exploited by \u201cbad actors\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Introduced<\/a> the \u201cParents’ Right to Know Act\u201d to allow parents access to their children’s school medical and counseling records, and described his opposition to LGBTQ content in schools as a matter of \u201cparental rights\u201d<\/p>\n

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