What happened next was worthy of a Netflix movie or a reality TV show with elements of homophobia and transphobia tossed into the narrative
Ruling in a suit brought by Texas vacated guidance on gender-affirming care, pronouns, dress and bathroom protections for LGBTQ workers
She was called into the guidance counselor's office and told parents had said her nomination could have been part of a "mean-spirited joke"
Following the suspension, the extreme anti-LGBTQ account immediately returned to targeting teachers & a children’s hospital
Recently, Walsh has been helping lead a campaign against children’s hospitals providing gender-affirming care
The group rallied in front of the Minnesota state capitol caring signs with crossed out images of Pride flags and “CRT”
The conflict contains all the elements of a classic culture-war story, and national right-wing outlets have glommed on to it
Walsh, who has over a million Twitter followers which includes the anti-LGBTQ Libs of Tik-Tok, called gender-affirming surgery "mutilation"
Awake Illinois has repeatedly used hostile epithets against those they disagree with, labeling them “groomers,” “hateful,” and “perverts”
The groups also call on Twitter, TikTok and Meta-Facebook and Instagram, to do more to prevent coordinated campaigns of disinformation