QAnon supporters are adding to their baseless conspiracy theories the idea that people receiving COVID-19 vaccines “increases the probability of them identifying as homosexual or transgender at a later stage.”In a series of tweets, reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh posted screenshots from the right-wing social media platform Telegram, where many QAnon conspiracists have been communicating since being kicked off of mainstream platforms like Twitter and YouTube.
The images show the circulation of the disturbing myth that LGBTQ+ people are not "born this way," but rather created through vaccination. “Let’s assume [being LGBTQ+ is] genetic for a minute.