"I am making this announcement during Pride Month – a time we recognize how far LGBTQ folks have come and how far we have to go"
"I'd say to any queer kid - any Black or Brown or Asian kid in art school - keep talking & keep fighting for what you...
OAN reportedly relies on subscriber fees, also known as carriage fees, rather than advertising as a prime revenue source
'No attack is too low'
"I’m still a conservative Republican. That’s rare, I know, but you can be gay and Republican. You can be gay and conservative."
"These proposals, which have dark echoes of Russia’s anti-gay “propaganda law”, will further stigmatize LGBTQI people."
A spokesperson at Human Rights Watch, said equating sexual and gender diversity with paedophilia hurt LGBTQ people and put them in danger.
"It has been used on too many young people in our community to make them feel like there is something wrong with who they are."
Putorti stressed he's a gay man of faith saying "I do think that being gay gives a different perspective in leadership which is important.”
The Twitterchat encourages support for LGBTQ young people finding and defining their own freedom of self-expression.