Peter LaBarbera

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. [ Read more → ]

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.” [ Read more → ]

REEDVILLE, Va. -- A number of self-described "Christian, family values" groups banded together Thursday demanding that Fox News discontinue guest appearances by "homosexual agitator" Wayne Besen on the O'Reilly Factor talk show, saying Besen is "demonizing conservative organizations and individuals." [ Read more → ]

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. [ Read more → ]

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: [ Read more → ]

LGBT activist and blogger Alvin McEwen this week uncovered a "secret" Facebook group -- whose memberships reads like a "who's who" of anti-gay activists -- aimed at promoting and disseminating anti-gay information through websites, including Youtube, Twitter and Facebook. [ Read more → ]

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.” [ Read more → ]

Over the years, I have joked about and done my best to expose the wanton homophobia of “Porno Pete” LaBarbera, head of the hate group Americans for Truth. And today, he stooped to a level which even shocks me -- he decided to post on his site a picture of an STD – anal warts – close up. [ Read more → ]

On last week’s edition of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality Radio Hour, a self-described “former homosexual” called for the arrest of author Dan Savage for his campaign to end suicide among LGBT youth, and today host Peter LaBarbera and guest Patrick Wooden reminisced about when violence against gay and transgender people was considered “normal.” [ Read more → ]

Today, Patrick Wooden stood by his previous claims, going as far as to say that gay men regularly shove objects such as cellphones, baseball bats and animals up their anuses and that he personally knows a gay person who “literally died in diapers” because he “literally lost control of himself.” [ Read more → ]

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.” [ Read more → ]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- About a dozen African American pastors joined anti-gay extremists on Tuesday in condemning the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for using its “hate group” label to describe faith-based organizations that demonize the LGBT community, characterizing it as part of an orchestrated liberal plot. [ Read more → ]

Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality joined Janet Mefferd on Tuesday for an hour of attacking LGBT rights and urgently praying for gays and lesbians to be freed from Satan’s captivity. [ Read more → ]

It was bound to happen. I was hoping that it wouldn't but in hindsight, I shouldn't have been surprised. Someone from the religious right is now blaming gay men for the Penn State tragedy, where Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant coach is charged... [ Read more → ]

I have given up on trying to influence either Brown or Lively, both with whom I have had extensive interaction. But, watching and listening, are well-intended, good Christian people trying to discern the truth in this dialogue. All one needs do is pay attention to the tone of the message. [ Read more → ]

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Christian school in suburban Chicago was vandalized on Saturday in advance of a scheduled appearance by ant-gay activist and hate group leader, Scott Lively. [ Read more → ]

Anti-Gay activist Pete LaBarbera, President of the one-man anti-gay operation "Americans For Truth About Homosexuality" (AFTAH), who earned himself a place on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of hate groups, is incensed that LGBTQ advocacy group AllOut.org is demanding PayPal sever its relationship with what it calls an anti-gay hate group. [ Read more → ]

The HRC on Thursday announced that its members and supporters have sent 200,000 emails calling on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) and the state's legislative leaders to denounce Republican State Rep. Sally Kern’s recent homophobic remarks... [ Read more → ]

Oklahoma Republican state legislator Sally Kern has repeated her claim that homosexuality is “more dangerous” than terrorist attacks while lamenting that young people are “bombarded” with the message that “homosexuality is normal and natural.” [ Read more → ]

While there is a lot of noise being made over the NOM's pledge to "protect marriage," a passage in that pledge is escaping some much deserved scrutiny. Presidential candidates who signed the pledge have promised to "Appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters." [ Read more → ]