Charlie Kirk and LGBTQ issues

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American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk stated several views on LGBTQ issues.

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"taken care of the way we used to take care of things in the 1950s and '60s". [1] On April 1, 2024, Kirk called for Trump to propose a nationwide ban of gender-affirming care for transgender people. [2] The same day, he called for the imprisonment of doctors who perform gender-affirming care and demanded "Nuremberg-style" trials for them. [3]

In mid-2024, Kirk asserted there is an "LGBTQ agenda". On the June 8, 2024, episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, he criticized YouTuber Ms. Rachel for a post that celebrated Pride Month by quoting the Bible verse "love thy neighbor", arguing that she was being selective. Kirk stated that Ms. Rachel "might want to crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser reference — part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18, is that thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned to death. Just saying. So, Ms. Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself. The chapter before affirms God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters." [4] [5] In the same podcast episode, Kirk called being gay an "error" and likened the LGBTQ pride movement to encouraging drug addicts. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Perry, Sophie (September 11, 2025). "Charlie Kirk's anti-LGBTQ+ controversies explored – including calls for violence". PinkNews . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ Media Matters Staff (April 1, 2024). "Charlie Kirk: 'We must ban trans-affirming care — the entire country. Donald Trump needs to run on this issue.'". Media Matters for America . Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Kirk: 'We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor'". Media Matters for America . April 1, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Kim (September 12, 2025). "Stephen King Apologizes for Claiming Charlie Kirk 'Advocated Stoning Gays': 'This Is What I Get for Reading' X Without 'Fact-Checking'". Variety . Archived from the original on September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ Ibrahim, Nur (September 16, 2025). "Charlie Kirk didn't say gay people should be stoned to death". Snopes . Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bollinger, Alex (June 12, 2024). "Donald Trump shares stage with rightwing activist who's discussing stoning gay people to death". LGBTQ Nation . Retrieved September 12, 2025.
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