{"id":66208,"date":"2018-03-22T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trump-white-house-to-host-anti-lgbtq-hate-group-at-todays-youth-outreach-event\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:25:24","slug":"trump-white-house-to-host-anti-lgbtq-hate-group-at-todays-youth-outreach-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trump-white-house-to-host-anti-lgbtq-hate-group-at-todays-youth-outreach-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump White House to host anti-LGBTQ hate group at today’s youth outreach event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump White House to host anti-LGBTQ hate group at today’s youth outreach event<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Alliance Defending Freedom recently argued<\/a> that laws to prevent the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy violate freedom of speech and religion <\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK – <\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today denounced the White House for their \u201cGeneration Next: A White House Forum<\/a>,\u201d which will include a panel on free speech<\/a> with Tyson Langhofer, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>, followed by President Trump being interviewed<\/a> by anti-LGBTQ activist Charlie Kirk, and another panel moderated<\/a> by Trump\u2019s anti-LGBTQ Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump has surrounded himself with anti-LGBTQ activists who have systematically targeted the transgender community and openly defended the vile and discredited practice of conversion therapy,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. <\/strong>\u201cFrom delivering countless speeches to fringe groups united around hatred towards LGBTQ Americans to bringing them through the White House gates, President Trump continues to lead a culture war against the LGBTQ community at every turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

To accurately report this event reporters have the responsibility to put those involved in full context for their readers, listeners, and viewers by including information on their anti-LGBTQ records. The Alliance Defending Freedom has a vast anti-LGBTQ record resulting in their designation<\/a> as an anti-LGBTQ hate group and recently argued<\/a> that laws to prevent the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy is a violation of free speech. Charlie Kirk has said<\/a> that requiring businesses to follow non-discrimination laws and serve LGBTQ people is \u201cexactly the same things\u201d as forcing a Jewish artist to paint neo-Nazi materials and that<\/a> validating transgender identity is \u201cnon-biological\u2019 and \u201charmful to society.\u201d Moderator Mercedes Schlapp believes<\/a> that LGBTQ people \u201cshove their liberal ideology in the face of others, in our schools and in the public square.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND: Charlie Kirk\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Record<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n