A Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator and active-duty SEAL based in San Diego and former member of SEAL Team 6 who is under investigation for allegedly participating with or supporting extremist causes, including spouting anti-transgender rhetoric with Proud Boys at school board and city council meetings under the pseudonym “Ben Richards” with an organization called SoCal Parent Advocates.

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  Female athletes anxiously await Supreme Court decision to take up transgender participation in women’s sportsNovember 2, 2024
  Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, November 2, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Female… Read more: Female athletes anxiously await Supreme Court decision to take up transgender participation in women’s sports
• Oregon school district calls on Cruz to take down transgender adsOctober 25, 2024
  Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, The Hill, October 24, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary… Read more: Oregon school district calls on Cruz to take down transgender ads
• Transgender minors sue University of Missouri for refusing puberty blockers, hormonesNovember 16, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Missouri Independent, November 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender minors sue… Read more: Transgender minors sue University of Missouri for refusing puberty blockers, hormones
• Federal judge sides with DeSantis on transgender athletes, upholds ban on biological males on female teamsNovember 9, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, November 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Federal judge sides… Read more: Federal judge sides with DeSantis on transgender athletes, upholds ban on biological males on female teams
• Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom billOctober 27, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Court blocks Idaho’s… Read more: Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill
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  Idaho Bathroom Ban Temporarily Blocked By 9th Circuit Court Of AppealsOctober 26, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Idaho… Read more: Idaho Bathroom Ban Temporarily Blocked By 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals
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  Right-Wing “American College Of Pediatricians” Releases Trans Youth Conversion Therapy SiteOctober 20, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, October 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Right-Wing… Read more: Right-Wing “American College Of Pediatricians” Releases Trans Youth Conversion Therapy Site
• Transgender Jordan School District student speaks out as adults discuss school restroom useSeptember 27, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, Salt Lake Tribune, September 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender Jordan… Read more: Transgender Jordan School District student speaks out as adults discuss school restroom use
• Protesters march against Board of Education’s decision to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sportsSeptember 4, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, Alaska’s News Source, September 4, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary… Read more: Protesters march against Board of Education’s decision to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports
• Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica RoemAugust 30, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, Out South Florida, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender Republican… Read more: Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem
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  Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletesAugust 30, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content… Read more: Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletes
• Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-PilotAugust 29, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, The Virginian-Pilot, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Schools that don’t… Read more: Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot
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  White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sportsAugust 29, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary White… Read more: White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports
• Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, moreAugust 24, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, ESPN, August 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take… Read more: Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more
• VB School Board fails motion to adopt transgender policiesAugust 23, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, WVEC, August 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations… Read more: VB School Board fails motion to adopt transgender policies
• Central Bucks is proposing a policy to ban transgender athletes playing on teams aligned with their gender identitiesAugust 10, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary… Read more: Central Bucks is proposing a policy to ban transgender athletes playing on teams aligned with their gender identities
• Green Bay parents react to transgender athlete potentially joining girls’ sports teamAugust 10, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, WBAY, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Green Bay… Read more: Green Bay parents react to transgender athlete potentially joining girls’ sports team
• U.S. District Court temporarily blocks enforcement of Idaho transgender bathroom lawAugust 10, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Idaho Capital Sun, August 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary U.S. District… Read more: U.S. District Court temporarily blocks enforcement of Idaho transgender bathroom law
• Green Bay parents voice concerns about transgender athlete possibly on girls’ sports teamAugust 9, 2023
  Rating: Transphobic, Fox11online.com, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take… Read more: Green Bay parents voice concerns about transgender athlete possibly on girls’ sports team
• Ron DeSantis tries to erase trans people from Florida schools.August 8, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Slate, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Ron DeSantis tries to… Read more: Ron DeSantis tries to erase trans people from Florida schools.
• Federal judge allows Ohio school policy on transgender bathroom useAugust 8, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary… Read more: Federal judge allows Ohio school policy on transgender bathroom use
• Federal judge rejects challenge to Ohio school district’s transgender restroom policyAugust 7, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, ABC6OnYourSide.com, August 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Federal judge rejects challenge… Read more: Federal judge rejects challenge to Ohio school district’s transgender restroom policy
• Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restroomsAugust 6, 2023
  Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender… Read more: Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms
• Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronounsJuly 26, 2023
  Rating: Transneutral, Fox News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Some Virginia school districts rejecting… Read more: Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronouns
• Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader commentsJune 20, 2023
  Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio… Read more: Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments
• Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill That Would Ban Trans Women and Girls from Female SportsDecember 11, 2020
  Democratic Hawaii Rep. and former 2020 Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard introduced a bill into the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday that… Read more: Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill That Would Ban Trans Women and Girls from Female Sports
• Trans competition is discriminatory, say teens backed by anti-abortion lawyersJune 20, 2019
  Three high-school students in Connecticut have filed a federal discrimination complaint challenging the state’s policy of letting trans students compete… Read more: Trans competition is discriminatory, say teens backed by anti-abortion lawyers