The SPLC designated the AFA a "hate group," a label it also gave to several AFA allies, including the Family Research Council and
Americans for Truth About Homosexuality.
LaBarbera, president of
Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, was inveighing against gays and lesbians at a press conference in April, shortly before the Millennium March on Washington.
Published by
Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, the bimonthly report is dedicated to "exposing and opposing the `gay' agenda," according to LaBarbera, the organization's president.
According to Peter LaBarbera, president of
Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, Dirkhising was raped and killed by two gay men.