Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
2024 July
2024-07-01 False posts claimed an EU-Nigeria trade pact forced Nigeria to legalize same-sex relationships. A 2024 investigation by Deutsche Welle showed that American far-right Christian groups have been influencing and fueling anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Africa, including Nigeria, for decades - pushing homophobic misinformation and lobbying for anti-gay legislation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqv53ej2d33o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqv53ej2d33o
2024 September
2024-09-07 At a Wisconsin rally, Trump falsely claimed children were going to school and coming home with sex changes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries
2025 September
2025-09-13 Laura Loomer posted, “How much you want to bet we are going to find out there is a Trans terror cell that groomed Tyler Robinson and possibly even provided him with the gun to kill Charlie? It seems like this was very pre-meditated”. On the same day in a separate post, Loomer responded to News Wire “It’s time to designate the transgender movement as a terrorist movement.” The next day the Scoop sent out a Poll “Should we ban transgenders from purchasing firearms?”
https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/kirk-murder-suspect-lived-with-trans-partner-utah-governor/