{"id":2487476,"date":"2025-09-17T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-armed-queers-group-under-scrutiny-in-kirk-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:04:28","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-armed-queers-group-under-scrutiny-in-kirk-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-armed-queers-group-under-scrutiny-in-kirk-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about the &#8216;Armed Queers&#8217; group under scrutiny in Kirk investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-we-know-about-the-armed-queers-group-under-scrutiny-in-kirk-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2487476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the &#8220;Armed Queers of Salt Lake City&#8221; (AQSLC), a transgender-led, leftist gun group under federal investigation amid the probe into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Authorities are examining whether AQSLC had prior knowledge of or involvement in the actions of alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, who reportedly killed Kirk citing Kirk&#8217;s hateful views. AQSLC promotes Marxist-Leninist militancy, holds firearms training sessions, and advocates for a socialist society with goals of trans liberation and dismantling existing nonprofit structures, endorsing writings by Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.<\/p>\n<p>The group is affiliated with the National Network on Cuba and has engaged in revolutionary training trips to Cuba. Founded by Ermiya Fanaeian, a transgender woman of color and former University of Utah diversity director, AQSLC split from the Pink Pistols-an LGBT gun rights association-due to political differences. Fanaeian has openly supported political violence as a means for social change.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is expanding its investigation to determine if the Kirk assassination was part of a broader conspiracy,potentially involving networks linked to far-left and antifascist groups. AQSLC&#8217;s ties and activities, including lectures promoting armed resistance and connections with radical groups like the John Brown Gun Club, have raised concerns.These allied groups have been implicated in violent actions, such as attacks on ICE facilities in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Following increased scrutiny and the widening investigation, AQSLC deleted much of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Student Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">social media presence<\/a>.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-clerks-office-sent-out-2200-duplicate-ballots\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Clerk&#039;s Office Sent Out 2,200 Duplicate Ballots\">article highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> between radical left-wing militancy and conservative activism, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >law enforcement actively pursuing leads<\/a> on political violence and extremist networks related to the assassination. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">What we know about the &lsquo;Armed Queers&rsquo; group under scrutiny in Charlie Kirk investigation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2229564\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An armed collective of leftist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LGBT<\/a> activists in Salt Lake City is reportedly under federal investigation, as authorities probe far-left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Utah<\/a> groups and others operating online for potential foreknowledge of or involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&rsquo;s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/14\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-assassination-investigation-widens-to-probe-pro-trans-online-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Post<\/em> that investigators are looking into the Armed Queers of Salt Lake City (AQSLC) to see whether it had helped alleged assassin Tyler Robinson or at least was aware of the assassination plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3809442\/how-ccp-propaganda-machine-uses-western-elites-legitimacy\/\">How the CCP&#8217;s propaganda machine uses Western elites to bolster its legitimacy&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3809918\/patel-clashes-hirono-fbi-fitness-standards-women-pullups\/\">Patel clashes with Hirono over FBI fitness standards for women: &lsquo;One pullup is not harsh&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3809364\/terrorism-charges-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-case-dropped\/\">Terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing case dropped<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kirk was killed while speaking about mass shootings perpetrated by transgender people, and over the weekend, it was revealed that Robinson is in a domestic relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3806732\/alleged-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-lived-with-transgender-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a transgender partner<\/a>, further fueling speculations over the shooter&rsquo;s motive. Prosecutors said on Tuesday that Robinson told his romantic partner that he&rsquo;d killed Kirk because he viewed the conservative activist as hateful.<\/p>\n<p>AQSLC, a transgender-led gun group championing Marxist-Leninist militancy, hosts monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/voz.us\/uploads\/files\/2025\/09\/15\/ArmedQueersSLC_InstagramArchive.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;training sessions&rdquo;<\/a> at the shooting range to coach &ldquo;effective organizers in the struggle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeX50S-ej605hH9OXpKqB3qsGutqQjBAYSxRSKo022Ng58B_A\/viewform?fbclid=PAAaZCNaNS5yW7RcnqcV7cpdnmuo44AARVUbU2b340lqNiX_KARuTycNvjYFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">membership sign-up form<\/a>, AQSLC seeks to establish a socialist society, achieve &ldquo;trans liberation from the gender binary and biological essentialism,&rdquo; and dismantle the so-called &ldquo;bourgeois non-profit industrial complex,&rdquo; replacing it with a revolutionary regime.<\/p>\n<p>Its recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fvsdjOSer0fm1_-PGYjdNig00nOql7EXMpp9Tvxdi6w\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reading list<\/a> includes books by Karl Marx, author of the <em>Communist Manifesto<\/em>; Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin; Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin; and Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3807276\/trump-left-wing-groups-already-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP SAYS LEFT-WING GROUPS &lsquo;ALREADY&rsquo; UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER KIRK ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AQSLC <a href=\"https:\/\/nnoc.org\/member-orgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">belongs<\/a> to the National Network on Cuba, a coalition working to take Cuba off the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/state-sponsors-of-terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state sponsors of terrorism list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, AQSLC leadership traveled to Cuba as members of the network&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nnoc.org\/brigades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May Day brigade<\/a>, which brainstorms ways to &ldquo;become better armed&rdquo; and &ldquo;counter Washington&rsquo;s lies&hellip;against the revolution.&rdquo; In a since-deleted YouTube video discussing the trip, AQSLC organizers shared plans to replicate the revolution in America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were there in Cuba to learn of the successes of the revolution and bring it back home with us,&rdquo; an AQSLC organizer said in the video, titled &ldquo;Cuba Report Back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ermiya Fanaeian, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyutahchronicle.com\/2019\/10\/01\/i-experienced-sorority-recruitment-and-rejection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a transgender woman of color<\/a> and formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250713145312\/https:\/\/magazine.utah.edu\/issues\/fall-2021\/i-am-u-thriving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a diversity director<\/a> at the University of Utah, founded AQSLC after parting ways with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkpistols.org\/about-the-pink-pistols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pink Pistols<\/a>, an LGBT organization advocating in support of firearm safety and bearing arms as a means of self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkpistols.org\/2025\/09\/16\/offical-statement-on-the-charlie-kirk-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a statement<\/a> responding to Kirk&rsquo;s death, Pink Pistols said Fanaeian had renamed her chapter to AQSLC after &ldquo;violating our rule that we are a single-issue organization devoted solely to the safe, legal, and responsible use of firearms by the queer community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From that point forward, she no longer represented Pink Pistols,&rdquo; the statement said, &ldquo;and the Salt Lake City chapter was formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkpistols.org\/find-a-local-chapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listed as defunct<\/a> on our website, where it remains.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fanaeian has publicly advocated for political violence. In <a href=\"https:\/\/kmyu.tv\/news\/local\/utahns-under-40-are-half-the-population-but-only-a-third-of-its-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an interview<\/a> with a Utah TV station, she said, &ldquo;I absolutely agree that sometimes violence, really riots, and those kinds of loud rebellions must take place for tangible change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3803895\/trump-go-after-organizations-foment-political-violence-experts-weigh-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP RESOLVES TO GO AFTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOMENT &lsquo;POLITICAL VIOLENCE.&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UtfVfl0Hdtk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an appearance<\/a> on Fox News, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino indicated that the agency is widening the scope of its investigation to see whether Kirk&rsquo;s killing was part of &ldquo;a larger effort.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The assassin could have been &ldquo;aided and abetted&rsquo;&rsquo; by an &ldquo;extended network,&rdquo; Bongino said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll also be dropping a lot of paper, a lot of subpoenas out there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many social media figures started pointing fingers at AQSLC following news that the Trump administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeting far-left agitators<\/a> in search of possible accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>Amid scrutiny, AQSLC immediately deleted its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armedqueersslc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Armed-Queers-Salt-Lake-City-100066829597535\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> pages, though the group&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArmedQueersSLC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X account<\/a> was still active until Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some of AQSLC&rsquo;s past activities and affiliations are raising eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>AQSLC held a lecture on &ldquo;queer resistance&rdquo; at the University of Utah, approximately 45 miles away from the scene of Kirk&rsquo;s assassination on Utah Valley University&rsquo;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>A flyer promoting the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240105194918\/https:\/\/getinvolved.utah.edu\/event\/9422605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 event<\/a> depicted an activist holding an AK-47 rifle with her finger on the trigger in violation of a fundamental firearm safety rule. &ldquo;AGITATE&rdquo; appeared at the top of the promotional material. AQSLC&rsquo;s seminar was sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyutahchronicle.com\/2023\/08\/31\/hargis-mecha-bsu-community\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hargis-mecha-bsu-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an antifascist student club<\/a> formed to combat the school&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/university-of-utah-sponsors-lecture-by-armed-queers-socialist-militia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Americans for Freedom chapter<\/a>. Young America&rsquo;s Foundation, the latter&rsquo;s parent organization, is similar to Kirk&rsquo;s conservative student group Turning Point USA.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, AQSLC hosted educational workshops on &ldquo;protecting oppressed people&rsquo;s movements&rdquo; with the Texas-based <a href=\"https:\/\/efjbgc.noblogs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elm Fork branch<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterextremism.com\/supremacy\/john-brown-gun-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Brown Gun Club<\/a>, an antifascist cohort inspired by a radical pre-Civil War abolitionist.<\/p>\n<p>JBGC&rsquo;s satellite Elm Fork chapter has ties to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3466426\/meet-the-antifa-cell-terrorism-attempted-murder-ambush-at-texas-ice-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Texas antifa cell<\/a> accused of ambushing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> detention center in Alvarado, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>During a coordinated Independence Day attack, multiple gunmen positioned from various vantage points opened fire on federal officers they lured outside the facility, injuring a local police officer who had responded to calls for help. More than a dozen suspected cell members, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3470089\/antifa-tracker-far-left-activists-who-face-federal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some<\/a> identifying as transgender, are facing federal and state-level charges, including attempted murder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3498063\/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorism<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3495821\/could-antifa-co-conspirators-federal-rico-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organized crime<\/a>, over the targeted attack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3499558\/antifa-inc-left-wing-movement-ideology-criminal-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ANTIFA INC: HOW AN IDEOLOGY BECAME AN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alleged ringleader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Song-booking-page.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benjamin Hanil Song<\/a>, codename &ldquo;Delete,&rdquo; is a former Marine reservist with documented connections to the JBGC Elm Fork chapter. Archived <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1943168668558377358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video footage<\/a> shows Song, charged with furnishing four firearms used in the Alvarado plot, providing weapons training to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1945647577728221362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antifa militants<\/a> in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Song was named as a co-defendant in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keranews.org\/news\/2023-09-13\/christian-nationalist-group-sues-left-wing-gun-club-after-fight-outside-fort-worth-drag-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lawsuit<\/a> against JBGC Elm Fork brought by <a href=\"https:\/\/newcolumbiamovement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian counterprotesters<\/a> who disrupt Texas-area drag shows, after a violent altercation between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p>Self-styled as <a href=\"https:\/\/efjbgc.noblogs.org\/post\/2022\/11\/21\/on-community-defense-pt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;community defense,&rdquo;<\/a> the Elm Fork offshoot acted as armed security at transgender activism events around north Texas, such as &ldquo;Transgender Storytime&rdquo; and drag performances. TPUSA was <a href=\"https:\/\/efjbgc.noblogs.org\/post\/2022\/11\/20\/on-community-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a> as one of JBGC Elm Fork&rsquo;s political opponents &ldquo;spinning&rdquo; coverage of these storytime sessions &ldquo;to see the manifestation of their yearning for terrorism come to light.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like AQSLC, the radical-left gun rights group has called for its followers to overthrow the &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; government.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/efjbgc.noblogs.org\/post\/2022\/08\/09\/we-are-the-insurrectionist-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a blog post<\/a> on the JBGC Elm Fork website, an organizer wrote, &ldquo;Without us, this state is nothing. We outnumber them. We are the only ones giving them power. We can take just as quickly as we can give. And we will take just as quickly as we gave.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There will never be a right time to take our liberation back,&rdquo; the declaration said of an uprising. &ldquo;The only time is now. We have nothing to lose but our chains. We are the insurrectionist generation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that JBGC Elm Fork has been disbanded since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>AQSLC and Fanaeian were contacted for comment. The FBI declined to answer the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&rsquo;s inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we know about &#8216;Armed Queers&#8217; in Kirk probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2487477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP25148515182056.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41327,63503,63504,51050,33971],"class_list":["post-2487476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-activist-groups","tag-armed-queers","tag-kirk-investigation","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-social-movements"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP25148515182056.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487480,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487476\/revisions\/2487480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}