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January 1, Major Conservative Group Just Dropped the ‘T’ — Backlash Against Radical Activism Explodes

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August 22, 2026

Wyatt Porter

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The nation’s largest gay conservative organization just made a major break with the radical transgender movement. And they’re not holding back about why.

Ross Hemminger, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, announced this week his group is officially removing the ‘T’ from its advocacy mission. After years of watching transgender activists push increasingly extreme policies on children, the organization has had enough.

“Fifty years ago next year, Log Cabin Republicans was founded on a simple conviction: that gay Americans who believe in limited government, individual liberty, and equality deserve equal protection under the law and a voice inside the Republican Party,” Hemminger wrote.

“From the start, Log Cabin Republicans grounded its advocacy in constitutional principles — equal protection, limited government, and individual freedom.”

The split comes nearly a decade after the group’s board voted in 2015 to add transgender issues to its mission. Back then, nobody imagined where the movement would end up.

“At the time, we did not believe that we would find ourselves where we are today,” Hemminger explained. “The transgender movement has ceased focusing on adults at all — nearly all of their efforts and those of their aligned special interest groups focus on minors.”

“They push schools to teach radical gender ideology; they want biological men in women’s sports regardless of the consequences; perhaps most offensively, they support gender reassignment treatments for minors, often without the knowledge or consent of the parents, knowing full well these treatments are mostly irreversible.”

Hemminger pointed to troubling polling data showing public support for gay Americans is declining for the first time in decades. The reason? Younger voters who didn’t live through the long fight for gay marriage now associate the entire gay community with radical transgender activism.

“Gay men and women are losing public support across the country, and support for gay marriage and other once-widely accepted rights is eroding,” he warned. The damage is being done by activists who “their view of the gay community is based on today’s radical transgender activists.”

“That is why, after significant discussion with our membership, our Board of Directors voted to refine Log Cabin Republicans’ national advocacy focus to concentrate specifically on issues of sexual orientation and conservative values — in other words, we are an LGB advocacy organization, as our founders envisioned and as our moral center calls us to be.”

The organization remains open to all conservative members and allies. But its advocacy will now focus squarely on issues rooted in constitutional principles — marriage, adoption, military service, and equal treatment under the law.

“Issues of sexual orientation — marriage, adoption, military service, nondiscrimination rooted in equal treatment, and religious liberty protections applied fairly — are grounded in constitutional clarity.”

“They align directly with the Republican commitment to limited government and equal protection under the law.”

“When we remain focused on those principles, we win.”

Wyatt Matters

This is what happens when common sense collides with radical ideology. Most Americans have no problem with adults living their lives as they see fit. But targeting kids with life-altering medical treatments? Forcing girls to compete against biological males? Hiding information from parents? That crosses a line. And now even gay conservatives are saying enough is enough. When you lose the people who should be your natural allies, maybe it’s time to look in the mirror and ask if you’ve gone too far.