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Gays Against
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"Gays
Against Groomers (GAG) is an American
far-right and anti-LGBT organization known
for campaigning against gender-affirming
care for minors, protesting school
curriculum content with LGBT themes, and
criticizing Drag Queen Story Hour events. |
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GAG began in June 2022 as
a Twitter account created by Jaimee Michell,
who had previously been employed by
right-wing communications firms Arsenal
Media and X Strategies and posted similar
content on her personal account. The account
is known for posting anti-trans rhetoric and
has been compared to Libs of TikTok. Michell
filed incorporation papers for GAG in
September 2022. GAG has been banned from
multiple social media and payment platforms
for violating rules on hate speech; the
group has been promoted by right-wing media
outlets such as Fox News, One America News
Network (OANN), and InfoWars. |
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According to GLAAD and the
ADL, GAG uses the slur "groomer" along with
ambiguous messaging to perpetuate the LGBT
grooming conspiracy theory. GAG helped
organize an anti-LGBTQ rally in Florida that
was attended by other far-right and
anti-LGBTQ organizations such as
Moms for Liberty and the Proud Boys." |
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Gays Against
Groomers Is
Not A
Grassroots
Organization:
Report |
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"A new
report pulls
aside the
curtain and
reveals the
background
of those
working to
spread
anti-LGBTQ+
hatred using
the hate
account Gays
Against
Groomers.
The founder
of Gays
Against
Groomers,
Jaimee
Michell, and
her partners
are former
ultra-MAGA
Trump
followers
who spread
anti-transgender
propaganda
with QAnon
conspiracy
theories and
links to
extremist
militias,
according to
a Media
Matters for
America
investigation
published
last week.
In response
to
accusations
that it
spreads
homophobia
and
transphobia,
GAG claims
that, as a
“coalition
of gay
people,” it
and its
members
cannot
possibly
spread
anti-LGBTQ+
propaganda.
Furthermore,
they claim
that any
attack on
the group is
homophobic." |
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Feb. 21,
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Extremists
And Trump
Operatives
Run Gays
Against
Groomers,
According To
A New Report |
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"The more we
learn about
the people
behind “Gays
Against
Groomers,”
the more it
feels like
their real
name should
be “Gays
Who’re
Grifting.” A
new
investigative
report this
week from
media
watchdog
group Media
Matters for
America has
revealed
that Gays
Against
Groomers
founder
Jaimee
Michell and
her partners
are former
Trump
acolytes
employed by
conservative
communications
companies
using QAnon
conspiracies
and ties to
extremist
militias to
spread
anti-transgender
propaganda.
When accused
of peddling
homophobia
and
transphobia,
researchers
wrote, GAG
frequently
claims “that
as a
‘coalition
of gay
people’ it
and its
members are
incapable of
spreading
anti-LGBTQ
propaganda.”
But far from
being a
“grassroots
organization”
(as they
claim on
their
official
merchandise
page, where
t-shirts are
currently on
sale for
$30), GAG is
the project
of several
right-wingers
who stand to
politically
and
financially
profit from
anti-trans
rhetoric." |
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Feb. 9, 2023 |
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‘Gays
Against
Groomers’
Going After
Former
Illinois
Activist |
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"“Gays
Against
Groomers”
(GAG) has
taken aim at
a former
Champaign
resident who
dared to
challenge
their
claims.
Noah, whose
last name is
being
withheld out
of safety
concerns,
had posted a
TikTok video
pushing back
against a
call by the
group to go
after The
Trevor
Project. In
response,
GAG went
after him.
GAG has
risen to
prominence
along with
other
anti-LGBTQ
groups such
as Moms for
Liberty (MfL)
within the
past couple
of years.
And like MfL,
GAG has been
particularly
focused on
drag queens
and
transgender
people’s
access to
affirming
care. [...]
According to
the “About”
page on
their
website,
they claim
that the
LGBTQ rights
movement has
been
“hijacked”
by “radical
activists”
pushing an
extreme
agenda.
Which they
say include
drag queen
story hours
and
inclusive
education.
GAG also
claims that
the majority
of gay
people
support
them." |
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Nov. 22,
2022 |
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Google Bans
Anti-Trans
Hate Group
Gays Against
Groomers |
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"Technology
companies
have been
under
pressure for
months to
stop
enabling the
spread of
anti-transgender
hate and
targeting
LGBTQ+
people by
online
trolls. As a
result of
terms of
service
violations,
a popular
anti-trans
hate group
was banned
from a major
internet
service for
the second
time this
week. Gays
Against
Groomers,
founded by
Florida
political
operative
Jaimee
Michell who
identifies
as gay, was
banned from
using
Google's
subscriber
services
late Tuesday
evening, the
group said
on social
media.
Shortly
after
Michell
appeared on
Tucker
Carlson's
Fox News
program to
complain to
the
far-right
pundit about
the news
that Venmo
and PayPal
had banned
the group,
Gays Against
Groomers
took to
Twitter.
Although
Michell and
Carlson
discussed
being banned
from
utilizing
the platform
to collect
funds for
use in its
hate
campaigns,
Gays Against
Groomers
tweeted
about now
being banned
from Google
as well." |
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Sep. 21,
2022 |
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This Gay
Conservative
Twitter
Account Is
The Latest
Trying To
Use Drag To
Stir Outrage |
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"On
Wednesday,
the Daily
Dot
published a
report on
“Gays
Against
Groomers,”
or GAG. It’s
a Twitter
account that
is basically
a Great
Value
version of
the
notoriously
toxic Libs
of TikTok,
except it’s
run by a
lesbian,
Jaimee
Mitchell.
She is
apparently a
creative
designer at
a right-wing
marketing
firm, one
who
(surprise!)
follows open
white
supremacists
and has
promoted
antisemitic
conspiracy
theories on
her personal
account." |
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