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GLAAD exposes 50 worst anti-LGBTQ statements from 2017 Values Voter Summit Speakers before President Trump\u2019s speech<\/b><\/p>\n

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President Trump becomes the first sitting president to address Family Research Council\u2019s Values Voters Summit<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>GLAAD, the world largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released research on anti-LGBTQ public statements from virtually every speaker at Family Research Council\u2019s (FRC) 2017 Values Voter Summit as part of a call<\/a> on media to put the host organization and the collection of activists and public officials speaking at the event into context by accurately reporting on their anti-LGBTQ records. It is up to responsible media not to normalize hate speech by holding Trump, and the anti-LGBTQ activists he aligns himself with, fully accountable for their words and actions.<\/p>\n

When President Trump speaks at the event on Friday, October 13\u2014just prior to Michele Bachmann who has\u00a0referred to homosexuality as \u201cpart of Satan<\/a>\u201d and the Benham Brothers\u2014who claim\u00a0hurricanes are a sign from God that we must repent for LGBTQ rights<\/a>\u2014he will become the first sitting president to appear at the conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Values Voter Summit is a convening of fringe groups united around discrimination against LGBTQ Americans and serves as a place for them to actively strategize on rolling back and erasing hard-fought LGBTQ progress,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cThough it is reprehensible that a sitting President would headline this gathering of hate and fearmongering, it is no longer surprising, as President Trump continues to lead a culture war against LGBTQ Americans and other marginalized groups at every turn.”<\/p>\n

From US Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has directly stated that\u00a0homosexuality should be illegal<\/a>, to John Stemberger, a Florida activist who insists that transgender people\u00a0have a \u201cmental disease<\/a>,\u201d the Values Voter Summit speaker roster embody and lead ideologies that go far beyond mainstream conservative voices. Trump\u2019s appearance at the event further strips credibility from this administration and solidifies his standing as the figurehead of the most anti-LGBTQ administration in recent history.<\/p>\n

The Values Voter Summit website describes the three day convening as a “forum to help inform and mobilize citizens across America to preserve the bedrock values of traditional marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life and limited government that make our nation strong,” and includes a verity on anti-LGBTQ panels and breakout sessions, including on the that explicitly targets transgender youth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more about the hateful anti-LGBTQ statements made by this year\u2019s Values Voter Summit speakers below, also included is information on the anti-LGBTQ panels that will be happening throughout the event. Other profiles on\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0and the anti-LGBTQ activists inside the Trump Administration through GLAAD\u2019s\u00a0Trump Accountability Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:\u00a0 Anti-LGBTQ Public Statements from 2017 Values Voter Summit Speakers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n