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After the meeting, Carolyn took Tony to another “Christian therapy” session.

While this was all happening, Tony was down the hall, locked away in his bedroom, where he had painted the windows black to block out the outside world.

Rebecca also showed Carolyn information from hate-filled social media accounts like LibsofTikTok and Gays Against Groomers and even information taken directly from the notorious doxing and trolling website Kiwi Farms.Īt the end of their meeting, Carolyn told VICE News that the woman suggested she sue the Rainbow Youth Project for “damaging” her son. The woman, who introduced herself as Rebecca and was wearing a Moms for Liberty shirt, spent two hours sitting in Carolyn’s living room, telling her about evil books in school libraries and the horrors of drag shows, according to Carolyn. Over the next couple of months, Carolyn was bombarded with information and directed to posts from the group’s co-founder Tiffany Justice, all of which helped convince her to revoke permission for Tony’s counseling.Ī couple of weeks after Tony attempted to die by suicide, completely out of the blue, a member of the Austin chapter of Moms for Liberty knocked on Carolyn’s door. Later that day, Tony attempted to die by suicide.Ĭarolyn’s decision didn’t spring out of nowhere: Moms for Liberty, an organization that calls itself a “parental rights group,” had convinced Carolyn that the Rainbow Youth Project was trying to “convince Tony to have his private parts removed and changed.”Ĭarolyn first contacted Moms for Liberty after she heard about them on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News in February 2022, believing they could help her find a “cure” for her son’s homosexuality, she asked for advice on Twitter. Carolyn tells VICE News she’ll never forget how Tony responded to her ban: “Mom, you just killed me.” Then, two months later, out of nowhere, his mother revoked her permission. In late March, Carolyn gave her permission for Tony to start counseling with the group, and Tony felt that there was light at the end of the tunnel.

But he found some hope through the Rainbow Youth Project, an LGBTQ advocacy group whom he first contacted a month later, in February. He stopped playing baseball, locked himself away in his bedroom, and eventually started cutting and stabbing himself with pencils.

Tony’s mental health spiraled soon after being outed in January 2022.