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Hate group leader Peter LaBarbera detained at Canadian airport
REGINA, Saskatchewan — The leader of a U.S.-based anti-gay group was detained by Canadian Border Services officials on Thursday at the Regina, Saskatchewan airport.
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U.S. conservatives form global coalition to encourage anti-gay laws abroad
WASHINGTON — Two longtime opponents of the U.S. gay-rights movement on Friday announced formation of a coalition that will seek to persuade more countries around the world to follow Russia’s example in passing laws that restrict gay rights.
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U.S., British anti-gay activists spread homophobic messages at Jamaica conference
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two prominent U.S. and British anti-gay activists attended a conference in Jamaica over the weekend to urge their counterparts and the Jamaican government to retain that country’s colonial era law banning homosexual activity.
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Meet Janet Mefferd, the go-to radio host for anti-LGBT hate mongers
Janet Mefferd has become one of talk radio’s most relentless purveyors of homophobia, using her eponymous program to provide a platform to fringe anti-LGBT activists and to spout her own bigoted, occasionally conspiracy-minded views.
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Anti-gay activists gather outside HRC headquarters to denounce Pride Month
WASHINGTON — A group of leading anti-gay activists led by Peter LaBarbera, president of The Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), held a press conference in front of the Human Rights Campaign’s national headquarters on Tuesday to denounce LGBT Pride month.
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Peter LaBarbera finds it ‘reassuring’ when gays are affected by STIs, violence
Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality spoke to “Coach” Dave Daubenmire last week, telling Daubenmire that he finds it “reassuring” that the gay community is impacted by STIs and violence as it confirms to him that “God believes [homosexuality] is an abomination.”
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Anti-gay group warns parents to remove kids from classrooms led by LGBT teachers
CAROL STREAM, Ill. — The anti-gay Christian group Illinois Family Institute has launched another campaign against LGBT Americans, telling parents to remove their children from classrooms led by any teacher who is gay or lesbian, or is a faculty sponsor of a gay-straight alliance, or who has utilized LGBT-inclusive textbooks, or offers a “safe” haven for LGBT students in their classrooms.
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LaBarbera censors ‘Glee’ kiss, posts inflammatory article deriding gay ‘pigs’
Peter LaBarbara’s and the Religious Right’s long war against Glee has not gained traction outside of the frantic rants of conservative activists, so he has decided to take matters into his own hands and censor a picture of Glee characters Blaine and Kurt kissing:
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NC Amendment One activist warns gays live in the ‘Playground of Satan’
Radio host Steve Noble appeared on Americans for Truth about Homosexuality Radio Hour with Peter LaBarbera, where LaBarbera likened gays and lesbians to murderers and drug addicts and Noble alleged that gays and lesbians are living in “the playground of Satan.”
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NC pastor who argued against hate group designation says gay men need diapers
Patrick Wooden, one of the chief organizers for the North Carolina amendment to ban same-sex marriage, claims that by the time gay men reach their middle ages they “have to wear a diaper or a butt plug just to be able to contain their bowels” because of “what happens to the male anus.”