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15 rumors about gender-affirming care, examined
1+ week, 1+ day ago (132+ words) Snopes 15 rumors about gender-affirming care, examined As trans people became a political target, rumors about the medical support they receive have multiplied. Snopes has investigated many of them. Published Sept. 5, 2026 During the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the rights…...
Did Justice Department 'extort' Connecticut hospital to stop offering gender-affirming care for kids?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (711+ words) A rumor spread online in August 2026 that U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Justice extorted Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, to force it into ending gender-affirming care for minors. For example, one Facebook post said the tactics the DOJ…...
Video doesn't show Tucson church worshipping Pride flag, despite claims
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (595+ words) In late June 2026, people alleged a video showed a Tucson, Arizona, church congregation worshipping a Pride flag. That clip features parishioners raising their hands in the air and singing a "Hallelujah" hymn. During the song, they face in the direction…...
SAVE America Act doesn't include anti-trans provisions. Why do Trump, White House keep claiming it does?
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (435+ words) Many of the posts said the SAVE America Act contained the following five provisions: THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! 1. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!). 2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IN ORDER TO VOTE. 3. NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR…...
Watch out for claim photo shows James Peterson, man lobotomized for being gay in 1948
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (355+ words) This image was generated using artificial intelligence and there's no evidence that a man named James Peterson was actually lobotomized for being gay. However, lobotomies to "treat" homosexuality did happen in the 1950s. In early 2026, an image circulated online that supposedly…...
ADL dropped extremist label for Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk's death
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (368+ words) When we first looked into the claim on Sept. 30, the ADL still had the Glossary of Extremism and Hate available on its site, though a search for TPUSA in the glossary yielded no results. We reached out to the ADL…...
What to know about claim FBI plans to categorize trans people as 'Nihilistic Violent Extremists"
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (509+ words) On Sept. 18, 2025, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein published a Substack article saying that the FBI was getting ready for a "new war on trans people" (archived). In the report's first paragraph, he claimed that two unnamed national security officials told him…...