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International Women’s Sports Summit, 2022

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ICONS’ first public action was a June 26-28 International Women’s Sports Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2022. The event consisted of three days of …

Cooper v. USA Power Lifting

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Cooper vs USA Powerlifting, also known as Cooper vs USAPL, is a Minnesota lawsuit concerning the participation of transgender women in the women’s division of …

Riley Gaines

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Riley Gaines is a former collegiate swimmer from Gallatin, Tennessee, who competed for the University of Kentucky’s NCAA swim team. She is best known for …

Tracy Shannon

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Tracy Shannon is a Texas anti-trans activist who has protested Drag Queen Story Hours at Libraries in her home state and across the country, successfully …

Tiffany Justice

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Tiffany Justice is an anti-trans activist in Indian River County, Florida. She is primarily known as one of three co-founders of Moms for Liberty, an …

Women's Liberation Front

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Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that opposes transgender rights and gender identity legislation through litigation and public activism. They identify themselves …

OutKick

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Outkick.com is a conservative anti-"woke" sports news site. Further resources About page for Outkick

Leadership Institute

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The Leadership Institute is a conservative nonprofit whose core mission is training conservative activists. Further resources Leadership Institute’s about page

Patrick Lappert

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Patrick Lappert is a plastic surgeon who provided expert testimony in opposition to transgender healthcare in multiple cases despite the fact that he has never …

Brandt et al vs. Rutlege et al

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Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al is a court case challenging the legality of an Arkansas state bill, Act 626, that seeks to restrict …

American College of Pediatricians

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The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a group of fringe medical professionals that is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law …

The Kelsey Coalition

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The Kelsey Coalition (TKC) is a mostly-defunct anti-trans activism group in the United States. Primarily active between 2019-2020, the organization operates under the umbrella of …

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is an American anti-transgender conservative think tank headquartered in New York City. It is best known for issuing policy …

Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics

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Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics (ReIME) is an anti-trans 501(c)(3) charity based in Dover, Delaware. Founded by Jane Wheeler, previously a human rights lawyer, the organization’s …

Moms For Liberty

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Moms for Liberty (M4L) is an anti-government and anti-LGBTQ+  activist organization classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center based in Brevard …

Partners for Ethical Care

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International Partners for Ethical Care (PEC) is a 501(c)(3) charity and anti-trans activism group in Chicago, Illinois. Operating under the umbrella of parental rights, the …

Gender Health Query

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Gender Health Query (GenderHQ) is an anti-trans activism group with a primarily digital footprint. As an organization, the group presents itself as a collection of …

MassResistance

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MassResistance is an anti-LGBTQ+ activist organization in Massachusetts with satellite groups in several other states. Originally founded under the banner of “parental rights” with the …

Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research

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The Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research (ICGDR) is a group in Providence, Rhode Island founded by Lisa Littman. Its membership suggests close ties to …

Do No Harm

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Do No Harm (DNH) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by Stanley Goldfarb and incorporated in Virginia. Originally founded to oppose diversity initiatives in the …

Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine

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The Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt political organization that promotes medical misinformation surrounding gender-affirming care. Many of those associated …

Institute for Research & Evaluation

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The Institute for Research & Evaluation (IRE) is an organization that is primarily dedicated to promoting abstinence-only sex education. Director Stan E. Weed of IRE …

Proud Boys

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The Proud Boys are a far-right militant group that is known for violent street fighting promoting common tropes found among the alt-right, including white nationalism, …

Gender Exploratory Therapy Association

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Gender Exploratory Therapy Association (GETA) is a non-profit organization that promotes gender exploratory therapy, an alternative to the affirming model of treatment that seeks to …

Crisis in the Classroom

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Crisis in the Classroom (CiiC) is the education-focused branch of Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s newsroom. Connected to over 70 news stations across the United States, CiiC …

Family Research Council

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Family Research Council (FRC) is an evangelical Christian lobbying group and Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group. Emerging as a central figure in anti-LGBTQ+ and …

Alliance Defending Freedom

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The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly known as the Alliance Defense Fund, is a conservative fundamentalist Christian organization considered a hate group  by the Southern …

4thWaveNow

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4th Wave Now (stylized 4thWaveNow) began as an anti-trans blog in the radical feminist tradition that became a community website. Focusing on the supposed medicalization …

Jamie Reed

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Jamie Reed is a former employee of the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She is most known for making unsubstantiated allegations …

Jeannette Cooper

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Jeannette Cooper is an anti-trans activist in Chicago, Illinois. She is the parent of a transgender child who lost custody and visitation rights after refusing …

Vernadette Broyles

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Vernadette Broyles Vernadette Broyles is an American attorney in Georgia, and the president, general counsel and founder of the Child and Parental Rights Campaign (CPRC), …

Prisha Mosley

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Prisha Mosley is an political detransitioner activist living in Michigan who has been used as a spokesperson for the restriction of gender-affirming care for trans …

Bridget Ziegler

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Bridget Ziegler is an anti-trans activist, business woman, and school board member in Sarasota County, Florida. She is one of the co-founders of Moms for …

Tina Descovich

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Tina Descovich is an anti-LGBTQ+ activist and local politician in Brevard County, Florida. Descovich is most known for being one of the co-founders of Moms …

David Arthur Kendall

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David Arthur Kendall is an anti-LGBTQ+ activist and convicted sex offender in Hancock, Maine. As an activist, Kendall’s life story of hardship and struggles with …

Lierre Keith

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Lierre Keith is the American founder and chairwoman of Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), an anti-transgender lobbying group best known for filing amicus briefs opposing transgender …

Madeleine Kearns

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Madeleine “Maddy” Kearns is a Scottish-American journalist working at National Review and as a contributor to The Spectator. She has been publishing with National Review …

Stanley Goldfarb

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Stanley Goldfarb is a conservative nephrologist who has begun building a career opposing transgender care through his organization, Do No Harm, which opposes critical race …

Walt Heyer

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Walt Heyer is California-born Christian detransition activist, one of a very small number of detransitioned people who politically oppose transgender rights. Heyer originally transitioned in …

J. Michael Bailey

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J. Michael Bailey (sometimes credited as simply “Michael Bailey”) is an American psychologist and professor in the department of psychology at Northwestern University, a private …

Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician and the Republican 46th governor of Florida since 2019. He was previously the representative of Florida’s 6th congressional district …

January Littlejohn

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January Littlejohn is an anti-trans activist who is best known for suing her child's Leon County, Florida middle school school for not informing her that …

Jesse Singal

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Jesse Singal is an American journalist and podcaster, most known for a 2018 article about detransitioners in The Atlantic which was heavily criticized by prominent …

Quentin Van Meter

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Dr. Quentin Van Meter is a pediatrician and anti-trans activist in Atlanta, Georgia, who is most known for his work as the ex-president for the …

Jill Glover

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Jill Glover is a committeewoman for the governing board of the Republican Party of Texas for senate district 12. She supports conversion therapy and opposes …

Jennifer Lahl

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Jennifer Lahl is an activist and documentarian based in Pleasant Hill, California. For much of her filmmaking career, Lahl has focused on the subject of …

Jeff Younger

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Jeff Younger is a failed political candidate in Dallas, Texas who ran for the Texas State House of Representatives in 2022 as a Republican. The …

Amy E. Sousa

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Amy E. Sousa is an educator and anti-trans activist in Washington. Most of Sousa’s public-facing activism revolves around opposition to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals …

Miriam Grossman

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Dr. Miriam R. Grossman is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, author, and anti-trans activist based in New Hampton, New York. She is a senior fellow …

Ray Blanchard

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Ray Blanchard is an American-Canadian sexologist who worked for many years at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). In the 1980s he came …

Kenneth Zucker

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Kenneth Zucker is an American psychologist and the Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Sexual Behavior (ASB), a sexology journal published by the International Academy of …

Abel Garcia

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Abel Garcia is an anti-trans activist in Texas, known for his vocal opposition to gender-affirming care for minors after his struggles with his gender identity. …

Tucker Carlson

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Tucker Carlson is an American conservative political commentator and media personality. He is best known for hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from November …

Ilya Shapiro

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Ilya Shapiro is a Canadian attorney and the director of constitutional studies at anti-transgender conservative think tank Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. He is best …

Faith & Freedom Coalition

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Faith & Freedom Coalition (FFC) is a conservative Christian non-profit dedicated to political advocacy. It is most known for hosting the annual Road to Majority …

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) is an extreme right evangelical Christian branch of the international Defense of Tradition, Family, …

Roger Hiatt

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Roger Hiatt is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has provided testimony in court in favor of bills that ban gender-affirming care to minors. He …

Kevin Whitt

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Kevin Whitt is an anti-LGBTQ+ activist in Texas, primarily known for identifying as an “ex-gay” drag queen. Whitt is a Christian convert whose life story …

Leor Sapir

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Leor Sapir is an Israeli academic and fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, an American conservative think tank. He is best known for …

Laura Perry Smalts

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Laura Perry Smalts is an anti-trans activist in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Smalts’ nearly decade-long struggle with her gender identity and conversion to Christianity have been …

Paul Hruz

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Paul Hruz is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and a member of The American College …

Matt Walsh

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Matt Walsh is an American conservative podcaster, anti-transgender activist, author, and self-described theocratic fascist from the Nashville, Tennessee area. He is best known as the …

André Van Mol

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André Van Mol is a family physician employed at Dignity Health Medical Group—North State, and co-chair of fringe conservative doctor’s group American College of Pediatricians’ …

Bethel Church

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Bethel Church is a non-denominational mega church in Redding, California.

South Dakota House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the United States government.

Andrew Bailey

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Andrew Bailey is the 44th Attorney General of Missouri. Appointed to office in January of 2023, Bailey has been active in using his office to …

Mark Regnerus

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Dr. Mark Regnerus is a sociologist and professor of sociology at the University of Texas, in Austin. His work is focused on sexual behavior, marriage …

Steven Hotze

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Steven F. Hotze is a conservative physician, political activist, and talk radio show host. He has been responsible for funding many anti-LGBTQ+ candidates across his …

Stephanie Winn

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Stephanie Winn is a therapist and anti-trans activist in Portland, Oregon. Winn describes her approach to therapy as being limited to adults and parents, but …

Advocates Protecting Children

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Advocates Protecting Children (APC) is a trans-exclusionary radical feminist Christian organization working to oppose “gender ideology” within institutions such as schools and churches. They share …

Andy Ngô

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Andy Ngô is an American conservative journalist and social media influencer. He is best known as the editor-at-large of conservative Canadian online news outlet The …

Margaret Clarke

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Margaret Clarke is an American attorney, Christian right activist, and the volunteer general counsel for anti-transgender conservative interest advocacy group Eagle Forum. She is one …

Michael Artigues

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Michael Artigues is a pediatrician, anti-transgender activist, and the current president of anti-transgender activist organization the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), not to be confused …

Marie Rogerson

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Marie Rogerson is a conservative politician and anti-LGBTQ+ activist in Florida. She is known primarily for her work as the executive director of Moms for …

Medical Institute for Sexual Health

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The Medical Institute for Sexual Health (MISH) is an abstinence education group in Dallas, Texas. Founded by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr. in the early 1990s, …

International Perspectives Conference

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The International Perspectives Conference is an upcoming event from the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine taking place from October 9, 2023, until October 12, 2023 …

Independent Women's Forum

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The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) is 501(c)(3) nonprofit and conservative anti-transgender think tank who describe themselves as promoting “a conservative alternative to feminist tenets,” despite …