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Sam Levin

This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights ‘satanic’. He could now undo healthcare for millions

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Dr Steven Hotze, president of Conservative Republicans of Texas, speaks outside the supreme court in Washington on 15 April 2015. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP

Steven Hotze, a Republican donor from Texas, has spent decades fighting against LGBTQ+ rights, with campaigns seeking to roll back protections for people he has deemed “termites”, “morally degenerate” and “satanic”.

The Houston-area physician is not well-known in mainstream politics, and his efforts targeting queer and trans people have generally been local, with limited impact.

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