From left: Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Mark LevinA Fox Corp. LGBTQ+ employee group has condemned the homophobic and transphobic rhetoric coming from the Fox News Channel.“Fox Pride denounces statements made regarding sexual orientation and gender identity on FOX News in the past week,” reads a message posted April 5 to the group’s company-wide Slack channel. “While the internal support and resources Fox Corp.
offers to LGBTQ+ employees are amazing and supportive, the public facing messaging and rhetoric is the opposite. We find it disheartening and a step backward in the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community.”Fox Corp.
is the parent company of Fox News, Fox Sports, Fox TV, Fox Entertainment, and other Fox brands. The message was first reported by FTV Live, a website covering TV news.
Its story is behind a paywall, but the Daily Beast has coverage as well.The conservative Fox News Channel features a variety of hosts, contributors, and guests who regularly spout anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, such as Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, and more.