Helped draft bills in Montana and other states targeting trans youth participation in school sports, using similar and interchangeable language in legislation, school board proposals and in opinion essays. Helped draft the 2020 Idaho transgender sports ban that set a model for other states the measure is on hold for legal challenges.
Represented “conversion therapy” practitioners in lawsuits, a practice discredited by mental health and medical professionals as harmful and ineffective. As early as 2010 began sending letters threatening libraries to ban books with LGBTQ inclusive content and characters. Supreme Court fighting the state’s ordinance protecting LGBTQ people from being discriminated against, losing its effort to legalize discrimination in 2018. Represented a baker in Colorado at the U.S. Argued in court for the criminalization of homosexuality in amicus briefs for the U.S.
Represented a college professor who refused to use students’ accurate pronouns, against policies supporting student rights to a discrimination-free learning environment. Flew in to testify in the Ohio legislature to spread misinformation about gender affirming care for youth, which is supported by every major medical association. Research shows using accurate pronouns and names reduces suicide risk for vulnerable youth. Represented a teacher who refused to use accurate pronouns and names of transgender students. The player was not transgender she had short hair. A softball player testified in front of Arizona lawmakers in support of a ban on transgender athletes, but did not disclose she was the daughter of ADF’s general counsel, and her testimony included the false claim that her team lost a tournament to team with a transgender player. Made false claims in filings against transgender students looking to participate in sports. Filing failed lawsuit to prevent transgender students from participating in sports. Despite testifying before state legislatures in support of the bills, ACP’s “experts” have been discredited as not qualified to be experts in court, including Dr. The coordination also extended to ADF drafting legislation for many states to ban transgender healthcare ACP members were recruited to testify in support of those bans in GA, AL, KY and OH. Because the ADF lacked scientific evidence to back up its claims that nondiscrimination protections put children at risk, the organization ordered custom white papers from ACP.
The ACP uses anti-LGBTQ junk science to back up many of its discriminatory talking points and to provide medical justification for interpreting Title IX to exclude gender-identity protections. For nearly a decade colluded with the American College of Pediatricians (ACP) to shore up anti-transgender policy efforts and legal arguments with junk science. Smith’s ADF attorney is Kristen Waggoner who also represented Colorado baker Jack Phillips who objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple. Smith seeks to discriminate against same-sex couples despite not actually having been asked to do any work on behalf of any LGBTQ clients. Representing Lori Smith, a graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples, at the United States Supreme Court. Farris also coordinated efforts to discredit the 2020 presidential election, in which LGBTQ voters were a deciding faction. It is listed as an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which also notes ADF’s efforts against abortion access and that its CEO, Michael Farris (pictured above), fought equal rights for women. The Alliance Defending Freedom is a so-called “legal alliance of Christian attorneys” with a history of funding and representing cases targeting LGBTQ people, youth and protections.
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