QAnon Nuts Embrace “Vax Makes You Gay” Claims

Metro Weekly reports:

Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are reportedly embracing the idea that the COVID-19 vaccine can make people gay.

It’s a claim previously shared by conservative religious figures, including an ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Israel and an Islamic cleric in Iran, who told their followers not to accept a coronavirus vaccine because those who have it “become homosexuals.”

Shayan Sardarizadeh, a reporter for the BBC, tweeted screenshots this week showing QAnon supporters on messaging app Telegram endorsing the conspiracy theory.

Two of the biggest QAnon channels on Telegram, with 180,000 and 56,000 subscribers respectively, have endorsed the baseless conspiracy theory that vaccinating children increases the probablity of them identifying as homosexual or transgender at a later stage. pic.twitter.com/42O62TFTjm

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) February 10, 2021

Can’t say we’re surprised. https://t.co/oyo2HRoKsM

— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) February 12, 2021

QAnon followers are reportedly embracing the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines can make people gay or transgender: https://t.co/DALhR8Py7y pic.twitter.com/1sE1IHBbiW

— Metro Weekly (@metroweekly) February 12, 2021