Kerri Kupec
—Hired as Fox News Washington editor in April 2021, with statement noting her work with anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom
—Falsely compared marriage equality to polygamy and child predation
—Former Legal Counsel and Communications Director for Alliance Defending Freedom, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, that has advocated for so-called conversion therapy, fought against LGBTQ rights in every major court battle, and lobbies worldwide against equality
—Condemned Yelp! for supporting trans students, saying, “Big business shouldn’t be advocating for boys to share the girls’ locker rooms and showers—and vice versa—in our public schools.”
—Claimed transgender support “renders sex meaningless” and that money and politics are reasons the Obama administration took a favorable stand.
—Tweeted an article claiming that being transgender is “opening the Pandora’s box of metaphysical subjectivism,” and that men transition in order to take advantage of women.
—Against all available evidence, argued that North Carolina’s infamous HB2 was “good for business” and “absolutely not” anti-transgender.
The GLAAD Accountability Project catalogs anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discriminatory actions of politicians, commentators, organization heads, religious leaders, and legal figures, who have used their platforms, influence and power to spread misinformation and harm LGBTQ people.