WORDS BY HOPE PISONI, SAM DONNDELINGER AND NICO DIALESANDRO, UNCLOSETED MEDIA

Following the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) co-founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, there’s been significant posthumous discussion about who he was and what he left behind.

President Trump and the Republican Party have described him as a martyr, making his funeral into a 200,000-person event comparable to those of deceased presidents, while calling for retribution against the “radical left” and trans people, despite the fact that the man who killed him is cisgender and his political affiliation is unclear.

Some liberals have mourned Kirk, casting him as a champion of civil dialogue. Meanwhile, critics of his often hateful beliefs have faced repercussions, with retaliatory firings of educators, writers and reporters.

In the midst of it all, TPUSA, which has become the dominant force of campus conservatism, claiming to have over 800 college chapters and over 1,000 high school clubs across the U.S., is now under the leadership of Kirk’s widow. And the group says they’re experiencing a surge of new interest and attention.

Given the volume of discussion about Kirk and his legacy surrounding LGBTQIA+ issues, Uncloseted Media decided to assemble the receipts. Here’s a track record of Kirk and TPUSA’s actions and statements on the queer community.

Oct. 4, 2016

TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk publishes a manifesto that outlines the group’s vision and political strategy, where he complains that “personal and overall freedom” are being lost in “exchange for ‘micro’ freedoms like taxpayer-funded contraception and gay marriage.”