18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda | Southern Poverty Law Center

Contents:

• 18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA
• ANTI-GAY SIGN AT RE AID
• ANTI GAY MARRIAGE YARD SIGNS
• ANTIGAY

18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA

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ANTI-GAY SIGN AT RE AID

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ANTI GAY MARRIAGE YARD SIGNS

"In a predomately heterosexual society, 'know thyself' n be a challenge for many gay dividuals, " lead thor Netta Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex the Uned Kgdom, said a statement. Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals.

People nial about their own sexual orientatn, perhaps a nial fostered by thorarian and homophobic parents, may feel a threat om other gay and lbian dividuals. And 2010, proment anti-gay activist and -founr of nservative Fay Rearch Council Gee Rekers was reportedly spotted 2010 wh a male rt rented om Acrdg to news reports, the rt nfirmed Rekers is gay. A sign wh a homophobic slur outsi a Florida to repair shop has sparked backlash om the lol muny and social media sign, which appeared to have gone up over Memorial Day weekend outsi Rick’s Repair Shop Tallahassee, said, “Veterans get a day fags and child molters get a month why, ” appearg to refer to Pri Month June.

”Earlier this month, drivers Orlando, Florida, were met wh a vlent and homophobic msage on the road, where a digal traffic sign that appeared to be tampered wh displayed the msage “KILL ALL GAYS. Activists who long cried gay rights, often assailg them as a threat to nservative fay valu and procreatn, said they’ve found new alli, particularly their efforts to lim medil re and athletic opportuni for transgenr youth.

ANTIGAY

In the 1970s, Christian sger and anti-gay activist Ana Bryant lnched the “Save Our Children” mpaign to fight back agast a lol Da County, Florida, ordance that banned discrimatn based on sexual orientatn hog and employment. Even as some well-known anti-gay groups like Foc on the Fay morate their views, a hard re of smaller groups, most of them religly motivated, have ntued to pump out monizg propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual mori. The groups’ fluence reach far beyond what their size would suggt, bee the “facts” they dissemate about homosexualy are often amplified by certa policians, other groups and even news anizatns.

Lively first emerged as an anti-gay activist when he beme munitns director for the Oregon Cizens Alliance, which was backg that state’s notor Measure 9 vote 1992.

The book mak a seri of claims that virtually no ser historian agre wh: that Hler was gay, that “the Nazi Party was entirely ntrolled by aristic homosexuals, ” and that gays were pecially selected for the SS bee of their nate btaly.