State Department cuts ties with Armed Queers-affiliated NGO



The FBI has been investigating whether trans-activist groups and other radicals had foreknowledge of the Charlie Kirk assassination plot. A law enforcement source confirmed to the New York Post that one of the radical leftist groups that investigators have been looking at is Armed Queers Salt Lake City.

This scrutiny of Armed Queers has evidently rattled some cages, prompting the State Department to take decisive action.

The radical group

Armed Queers SLC is a radical socialist outfit that stated in its now-deleted Instagram group that it was a "revolutionary LGBTQ organization dedicated to the defense, and success" of supposedly oppressed peoples.

'We are taking aggressive action.'

A membership form for the socialist group identifies six principles, including "the armed and militant protection of queer and trans communities" and "trans liberation from the gender binary and biological essentialism."

The group told Voyage Utah in a July 2024 interview, "We have organized, educated, and agitated within LGBTQ, anti-imperialist, and labor movements towards a socialist future."

In addition to referring to training sessions in Cuba for its members "as a part of a yearly May Day Brigade," the group has shared various radical sentiments and quotations on social media in recent weeks.

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For example, in a post titled "Black August," the group shared a quote from George L. Jackson, a Marxist thug who was convicted of armed robbery and accused of murdering a prison guard, that read, "Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done; discover your humanity and your love in revolution."

Following Kirk's assassination, allegedly by a leftist with a trans-identifying boyfriend, Armed Queers began scrubbing and deleting its social media profiles.

The radical

Ermiya Fanaeian is a male pretending to be a female who as of last year indicated that he was an "active organizer" of Armed Queers and a student at the University of Utah. Where Armed Queers is concerned, Fanaeian is, however, apparently far more than just an organizer.

The LGBT gun rights group Pink Pistols confirmed on Monday that Fanaeian — who was among the LGBT activists who supported Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign in 2019 and at one point allegedly appeared on stage with the senator — was a University of Utah student who ran the Salt Lake City Pink Pistols chapter from 2020 to 2021.

"While initially welcomed, she began using the Pink Pistols name to promote broader political issues, 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," Pink Pistols said in a statement. "In 2021, her group and Pink Pistols parted ways, and she renamed her organization Armed Queers of Salt Lake City."

It turns out that Pink Pistols is not the only organization that has distanced itself from Fanaeian.

Blaze News has reached out to Sen. Warren's office for comment.

The NGO

Utah Global Diplomacy is an NGO that has hosted international exchange programs of the State Department to welcome foreign nationals to Utah for short-term professional and cultural experiences. The outfit is supposedly guided by the idea that citizens have a responsibility to "help shape U.S. foreign relations 'one hand-shake at a time.'"

The famous analyst DataRepublican highlighted on Monday that Fanaeian, who indicated in a now-deleted 2019 student profile that he was "originally from Iran," was recognized by the nonprofit organization Utah Global Diplomacy in September 2022 with its 7 for 17 award.

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Although Utah Global Diplomacy scrubbed the relevant award page and as of Wednesday had password-protected its entire site, an archived UGD page still refers to the radical's receipt of the award, as does an Aug. 25, 2022, post on Instagram.

The award "recognizes young Utahns working to achieve the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while exemplifying Utah Global Diplomacy’s core values of respect, social responsibility, and open dialogue," says an archived page. "Each 7 for 17 award winner must demonstrate a commitment to meeting one (or multiple) of the 17 United National Sustainable Development Goals through novel, innovative, or unique means."

The radical's bio on the archived award page states:

Ermiya Fanaeian is a Trans liberation and Feminist political organizer whose work has included organizing around the abortion struggle, working with the ACLU to secure the rights of Trans youth in the education system, organizing to criminalize conversion therapy in the state of Utah, working on electoral campaigns, and creating research studying the conditions of gender oppressed people at the hands of state institutions.

DataRepublican noted, "SLC Armed Queers is not 'adjacent' to the honor that Ermiya Fanaeian got from Utah Global Diplomacy. Utah Global Diplomacy specifically awarded her for her work with trans people, of which SLC Armed Queers is key. This may be why they scrubbed their pages."

Blaze News has reached out to Utah Global Diplomacy for comment.

The breakup

A State Department source confirmed to Blaze News that any ties to Utah Global Diplomacy, "which existed indirectly via an external implementor, are being completely severed and dismantled."

This could prove greatly consequential for the NGO, as the bulk of its funding takes the form of government grants.

"We are taking aggressive action to ensure that any implementor that has any relationship whatsoever with this radical organization is completely cut off from any State Department engagement," said the source.

Secretary Marco Rubio revealed this week that the State Department has also been revoking visas of individuals who have celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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'Did they know?' FBI investigating whether pro-trans radicals knew in advance about Charlie Kirk assassination plot



The FBI is looking into whether online trans-activist groups had foreknowledge of the Charlie Kirk assassination plot — and is taking deadly seriously those alleged social media posts that appeared online prior to Sept. 10 discussing Kirk's slaying at the Utah Valley University Turning Point USA event.

Bongino told Fox News on Monday both that "there appear to have been multiple warning signs" of suspected assassin Tyler Robinson's intention to kill Charlie Kirk and that some people may have known in advance.

"Did they know? Were they sure of this? Or did they hear this and just write it off?" said Bongino. "That's what we're going to have to find out, and that's what we're investigating now."

A number of social media accounts belonging to trans-identifying/LGBT-associated individuals apparently discussed Kirk's assassination, specifically referencing the date it would ultimately take place — days and weeks ahead of the slaying.

'Lets just say something big will happen tomorrow.'

The Washington Free Beacon obtained screenshots of now-deleted posts that the FBI is now reportedly reviewing, including a Sept. 3 post in which a user with the handle @TallyHallAlbum allegedly wrote, "itd be funny if someone like charlie kirk got shot on september 10th LMAO."

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A user with the handle @altulige allegedly wrote on Aug. 6, "September 10th will be a very interesting day," then noted on the day of the assassination, "I plead the fifth" — a follow-up post the Beacon indicated was reposted by an account named "churbum75m (SAW TYLER JUNE 30)," which apparently followed the alleged social media account of Robinson's trans-identifying boyfriend, Lance Twiggs.

Churbum75m allegedly posted just minutes after Kirk died, "WE F**KING DID IT."

Just days before the assassination, the user of an account that is also reportedly under investigation — @fujoshincel, apparently a reference to a genre of homosexual anime — allegedly wrote, "You guys ... I have something BIG coming soon. Just be sure to check the news, you'll know it when you see it [winking emoji]."

A supposed nonbinary-identifying user with the handle @NajraGalvz allegedly wrote a day ahead of the assassination, "Charlie kirk is coming to my college tomorrow i rlly hope someone evaporates him literally," then allegedly noted in a subsequent message, "Lets just say something big will happen tomorrow."

The engravings on the suspected assassin's ammunition suggest an immersion in leftist subcultures online.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) stated last week that one of Robinson's family members told investigators that he had become more political in recent years. In an interview on Sunday, Cox indicated Robinson was captive to a "leftist ideology."

Several reports have confirmed that Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected assassin, lived with a trans-identifying roommate. The two men were apparently engaged in a homosexual relationship.

FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News on Monday that Robinson allegedly told another individual in a text message exchange that "he had an opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for."

The suspected assassin's male lover, who claims to be transitioning to a female, reportedly "had no idea" that his boyfriend allegedly planned the attack. The trans-identifying boyfriend has not been accused of any criminal activity in connection with Kirk's slaying.

A law enforcement source confirmed to the New York Post that as part of the probe into whether groups or individuals aided with the assassination or at least knew about it in advance, federal investigators are taking a look at Armed Queers Salt Lake City — a radical socialist outfit that has deleted some of its social media accounts in an apparent effort to hide its online footprint — as well as some groups on the gaming community Steam.

Blaze News has reached out to Armed Queers as well as to Steam for comment.

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The Armed Queers SLC group stated in the bio for its now-deleted Instagram group that it was a "revolutionary LGBTQ organization dedicated to the defense, and success" of supposedly oppressed peoples.

'We have organized, educated, and agitated within LGBTQ, anti-imperialist, and labor movements towards a socialist future.'

A membership form for the socialist group identifies six principles, including "the armed and militant protection of queer and trans communities" and "trans liberation from the gender binary and biological essentialism."

An archived version of the Instagram page reveals that the group shared various radical sentiments and quotations.

For instance, in a post titled "Black August," the group shared a quote from George L. Jackson, a Marxist thug who was convicted of armed robbery and accused of murdering a prison guard, which read, "Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done; discover your humanity and your love in revolution."

Past posts also include mention of the group sending its members for training in Cuba "as a part of a yearly May Day Brigade," as well as mention of firearms training for members.

The group told Voyage Utah in a July 2024 interview, "We have organized, educated, and agitated within LGBTQ, anti-imperialist, and labor movements towards a socialist future."

When pressed for comment, the FBI referred Blaze News to public remarks made by Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, noting the bureau did not have any further comment at this time.

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