RFK Jr.'s Bigoted Anti-LGBTQ+ Views

We can’t trust RFK Jr. to protect the LGBTQ+ community. He’s allied himself with extremists like Moms for Liberty and shares Donald Trump’s bigoted views. RFK Jr. spreads dangerous and debunked conspiracy theories, opposes providing health care for trans children and teens, and would ban trans youth from playing sports in schools and universities. 

• RFK Jr. has spread a conspiracy theory saying that chemicals in water make children gay and transgender.
• RFK Jr. opposes health care for trans youth, calling puberty blockers “castration drugs.”
• RFK Jr. supports banning trans youth from playing school sports.
• RFK Jr. supports blocking LGBTQ+ topics from being taught in schools.
• RFK Jr. has allied himself with the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group Moms for Liberty
• RFK Jr. is supported by an extreme right-wing party that was founded by segregationists and opposes marriage equality.

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• RFK Jr. and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, both oppose gender-affirming healthcare and hormone therapy for trans youth. RFK Jr. has called puberty blockers “castration drugs” and referred to sex-change procedures as “surgical mutilation.” 
• RFK Jr. has repeated a conspiracy theory dozens of times that “chemicals in water” could be “making children gay or transgender,” which has no basis in science. YouTube removed the video of Kennedy discussing this topic on right-wing agitator Jordan Peterson’s podcast because it was medical misinformation.
• RFK Jr. supports banning trans youth from playing sports in schools and universities.
• RFK Jr. says that teachers should not present topics that are “contrary to [parents’] values,” including LGBTQ+ topics.
• RFK Jr. has allied himself with the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group Moms for Liberty, even booking himself to speak at their convention.
• RFK Jr. got on the California ballot with the support of the extreme right-wing American Independent Party, which was founded to support segregationist candidate George Wallace and was on record as opposing marriage equality as recently as 2021.
• RFK Jr.’s Black voter engagement director referred to another conservative activist as “an open flaming Feminine closet Gay.”