WATCH LIVE: Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Jeff Mateer Must Not Be Confirmed

Today, HRC and other civil rights organizations and advocates are rallying against Jeff Mateer at the U.S. Capitol. Mateer, nominated for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, has referred to transgender children as part of “Satan's plan,” supports the dangerous and debunked practice of so-called “conversion therapy,” and has claimed that marriage equality will lead to bestiality.