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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designates the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) as a hate group that opposes LGBTQ rights and promotes anti-LGBTQ junk science. ACPeds is a fringe organization that claims to be the premier U.S. association of pediatricians, but has no official affiliation with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
- ACPeds and The Anti-Lgbtq+ Hate Movement
- The Request from ADF: Help Undermine LGBTQ+ Protections in Title IX
- Activism Without Oversight? ACPeds Policy Statements and Amicus Briefs
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools that receive federal funding. Restricting the interpretation of “sex-based discrimination” to apply only to straight, cisgender students has been one of the anti-LGBTQ+ movement’s longstanding goals. As trans visibility ha...
In 2017, Hatewatch reportedon ADF’s “stable” of purported “expert” witnesses, including Dr. Paul Hruz and Dr. Allan Josephson, who were called to help defend discrimination against transgender students. Although both hold medical degrees, Hruz and Josephson were at odds with their professional organizations’ official positions on gender-affirming c...
Not long after ACPeds issued its public affirmation of “sex-segregated bathrooms,” in August 2016, the group issued a policy statement titled “Gender Dysphoria in Children” and an accompanying blog post claiming that “gender ideology harms children.” Neither the policy statement nor the blog post mention Title IX. However, they use language about b...
Mar 1, 2012 · Along with NARTH, a deceptively named pediatricians’ group is a second primary source used vilify gay people. American College of Pediatricians Defames Gays and Lesbians in the Name of Protecting Children | Southern Poverty Law Center
Jun 27, 2023 · American College of Pediatricians. Updated: June 27, 2023. The Southern Poverty Law Center has categorized the American College of Pediatricians (ACP) as an anti-LGBTQ hate group. ACP was founded in 2002 when a few people among the 60,000-plus members of the respected mainstream American Academy of Pediatrics broke away to protest a policy ...
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The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a socially conservative advocacy group of pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States, founded in 2002. The group's primary focus is advocating against abortion rights and against rights for gay, queer, and transgender people.
- 2002; 21 years ago
- slightly more than 700
- Gerry Boccarossa and Joseph Zanga
- 47-0886878
May 8, 2017 · The Southern Poverty Law Center has repeatedly labeled the ACP as an anti-LGBT hate group that promotes false claims and misleading scientific reports.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court today to hold the FDA accountable for failing to protect the health of women and young girls in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. READ MORE.
