{"id":923354,"date":"2024-11-15T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&p=923354"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:32:02","slug":"pete-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/pete-hegseth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Baselessly said<\/a> transgender soldiers are \u201cnot deployable\u201d because they are \u201creliant on chemicals\u201d and suggested that women should not serve in certain combat roles. There is no evidence of this.<\/p>\n

\u2014Baselessly said<\/a> \u201cbeing transgendered [sic] in the military causes complications and differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Supported the Trump administration ban on transgender people from military service, stating that those with gender dysphoria should be expelled from the military and their healthcare eliminated<\/a>. No evidence was ever produced demonstrating a need for the ban. 41 retired generals and admirals said the former president\u2019s ban compromised military integrity<\/a>. Service Chiefs<\/a> of all five military branches testified that transgender-inclusive service was successful.<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposed<\/a> the New York Times<\/em>\u2019s decision to announce same-sex marriages writing that it was a path to incest and bestiality: \u201cAt what point does the paper deem a \u2018relationship\u2019 unfit for publication? What if we \u2018loved\u2019 our sister and wanted to marry her? Or maybe two women at the same time? A 13-year-old? The family dog?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014As publisher of the conservative magazine The Princeton Tory, he railed<\/a> against efforts to promote diversity on campus and what he described as the immoral \u201chomosexual lifestyle.\u201d\u00a0 He wrote that the Tory\u2019s \u201cargument [that the homosexual lifestyle is \u2018abnormal and immoral\u2019] is not that such-and-such is a bad person because they\u2019re gay. It\u2019s the lifestyle of homosexuality that we consider immoral.\u201d He wrote that he was \u201cnot encouraged\u201d by the \u201ceducational principles \u2026 guiding our generation,\u201d and cited\u00a0 \u201cencouragement and support\u201d for \u201chomosexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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