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The Right's Vikings Cheerleader Meltdown Is Really About Their Demand for a Queer-Free World

Fox News hosts are joking about military intervention to stop male cheerleaders. The panic reveals what conservatives really want: LGBTQ people to disappear.

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Parker Molloy
Aug 19, 2025
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You know things have gotten weird when Fox News hosts are begging the Secretary of Defense to intervene in... cheerleading. But that's where we are now, with Will Cain suggesting on Saturday Night With Jimmy Failla that maybe Pete Hegseth — Minneapolis native, Vikings superfan, and guy currently in charge of America's military — could do something about…

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