LGBTQ Scorecard true 0% 20 Checks mostly-true 0% 29 Checks Half True 0% 36 Checks mostly-false 0% 46 Checks false 0% 129 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 36 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for LGBTQ Facebook posts stated on June 10, 2025 in Facebook posts: “BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton announces her refusal to celebrate Pride Month in June.” June 25, 2025 Social Media stated on June 22, 2025 in a video: Video shows a woman wearing a rainbow hijab and a bomb vest who filmed her visit to Iran. June 24, 2025 X posts stated on June 14, 2025 in an X post: Video shows the New York Mets “showed a Pride flag instead of the American flag” during the national anthem. June 17, 2025 X posts stated on June 2, 2025 in an X post: Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.” June 6, 2025 X posts stated on April 30, 2025 in captions and posts: A video clip shows Michelle Obama describing herself as “a Black man.” May 2, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2025 in a post: President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.” By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025 TikTok posts stated on March 23, 2025 in a video: Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr. By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025 Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview: On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’" By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025 Brooke Rollins stated on March 7, 2025 in an X post: A $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.” By Grace Abels • March 19, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2025 in a post: “Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.” By Grace Abels • February 17, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk shocks the world by blocking Pride on X forever: ‘Children must come first.’” February 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.” By Loreben Tuquero • January 31, 2025 X posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a post: “Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.” By Grace Abels • January 29, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2025 in a Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: Michael Jordan calls for ban on pride flag in sports and US school system.” By Loreben Tuquero • January 27, 2025 Facebook posts stated on December 30, 2024 in a video: Queen Consort Camilla revealed that she was "born a man.” By Grace Abels • January 2, 2025 Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a post: “Men’s swimming team refuses to compete against Lia Thomas, calling her a 'cheat'” By Grace Abels • December 18, 2024 Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow. December 17, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts: “Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.” December 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in a Threads post: “Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.” December 12, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Reba McEntire states drag queens shouldn’t be around kids.” December 5, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? 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It’s highly unlikely, experts say By Grace Abels • October 25, 2024 Prop 1 would not undermine parental consent for minors’ gender-affirming care, experts say By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 18, 2024 Latest promises about LGBTQ Donald Trump Sign law recognizing two genders, assigned at birth Trump passes executive order declaring “two sexes” and requests proposed legislation | January 22, 2025 Donald Trump Outlaw gender-related surgery for minors Trump’s executive order threatens access to gender-affirming care, but doesn’t ‘outlaw’ it. | February 28, 2025 Donald Trump Ban trans women from participating in women’s sports Executive order threatens Title IX funding, but formal regulations have yet to come | February 28, 2025 Donald Trump Reinstate the military’s transgender ban Judge blocks Defense Department policy banning transgender troops | March 19, 2025 Donald Trump Mandate that any child identity changes have parental consent Joe Biden Enact the Equality Act President Joe Biden failed to enact the Equality Act | November 27, 2024 Barack Obama Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to end Sept. 20 | July 22, 2011 Barack Obama Support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) SCOTUS ruling means last vestige of DOMA falls | June 29, 2015 Barack Obama Push for Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation Obama signs hate crimes bill | October 28, 2009 Barack Obama Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity Facing congressional opposition, Obama leaves office without ENDA enacted | December 12, 2016 Barack Obama Urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws Obama has promoted marriage equality, adoption rights | June 29, 2015 Latest promises about LGBTQ
Donald Trump Sign law recognizing two genders, assigned at birth Trump passes executive order declaring “two sexes” and requests proposed legislation | January 22, 2025
Donald Trump Outlaw gender-related surgery for minors Trump’s executive order threatens access to gender-affirming care, but doesn’t ‘outlaw’ it. | February 28, 2025
Donald Trump Ban trans women from participating in women’s sports Executive order threatens Title IX funding, but formal regulations have yet to come | February 28, 2025
Donald Trump Reinstate the military’s transgender ban Judge blocks Defense Department policy banning transgender troops | March 19, 2025
Joe Biden Enact the Equality Act President Joe Biden failed to enact the Equality Act | November 27, 2024
Barack Obama Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to end Sept. 20 | July 22, 2011
Barack Obama Support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) SCOTUS ruling means last vestige of DOMA falls | June 29, 2015
Barack Obama Push for Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation Obama signs hate crimes bill | October 28, 2009
Barack Obama Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity Facing congressional opposition, Obama leaves office without ENDA enacted | December 12, 2016
Barack Obama Urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws Obama has promoted marriage equality, adoption rights | June 29, 2015
