Vernadette Broyles is an American lawyer and anti-transgender extremist. Broyles has stated the transgender rights movement poses an “existential threat to our culture.”
Broyles is affiliated with SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Alliance Defending Freedom and founded Child & Parental Rights Campaign.
Background
Vernadette R. Ramirez was born February 28, 1965, attended Ayer High School, earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1987, then a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1995.
Spouse Kevin Eric Broyles (born 1970) is also a lawyer. Eric Broyles and Joanne B. Brown ran Georgia Adoption & Family Law Practice, as Broyles & Brown LLC. Vernadette Broyles’ law firm adopted Eric Broyles’ Joseph Project 2000 as a pro bono client.
Their children are anti-trans activist Caleb Broyles and Elicia Broyles.
Anti-trans activism
Broyles founded the non-profit Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc. (CPR-C) “to defend the civil rights of children and of parents against harms caused by the sexualization of children and gender identity ideology and to educate school systems and the public regarding such harms.”
Broyles represents anti-trans activist Jamie Reed in a case involving medical records of trans and gender diverse youth at a St. Louis clinic where Reed worked.
In December 2024, Broyles appeared on a panel on “parental rights” hosted by The Heritage Foundation.
References
Staff report (December 3, 2024). The American Family in the Crosshairs: How Do Parents Fight Back? Heritage Foundation https://www.heritage.org/gender/event/the-american-family-the-crosshairs-how-do-parents-fight-back
Urquhart, Evan (September 6, 2023). Vernadette Broyles Represents Family of Sage Blair in Suit Against VA School. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/vernadette-broyles-represents-family-of-sage-blair-in-suit-against-va-school
Munz, Michele (February 19, 2023). Choice of lawyers for whistleblower at St. Louis transgender clinic taints her motive, critics say. St. Louis Post-Dispatch https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/choice-of-lawyers-for-whistleblower-at-st-louis-transgender-clinic-taints-her-motive-critics-say/article_7b36198a-af0d-57cf-a06c-f45952b3b307.html
Pauly, Madison (March 8, 2023). Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country. Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/
Feldhahn, Shaunti Christine (1998). Y2K: the millennium bug: a balanced Christian response. ISBN 978-1576734704
Media
Kris Vallotton (January 24, 2025). The War on Gender and Identity || Cultural Catalysts with Vernadette Broyles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRh0MFvKj0M
Allie Beth Stuckey (December 4, 2024). Former Gender Clinic Employee Blows Whistle on Medical Abuse | Guest: Jamie Reed | Ep 1109. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Clw4j_FX8
The Heritage Foundation (December 3, 2024). The American Family in the Crosshairs: How Do Parents Fight Back? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkLN79luPJw
FAIR for All (Oct 10, 2024). Exploring the Consequences of Introducing Gender Ideology to Young Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM3WfGVsxGc
Gender: A Wider Lens (June 28, 2024). The Tragic Consequences of Secret Social Transition w/Vernadette Broyles | Ep 170. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LCYZ66BsM
Tony Perkins (February 2, 2024). Vernadette Broyles Explains Response to LGBT Activists’ Encroachment on Parental Rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt6sX34bf0Q
Genspect (November 29, 2023). How institutions are hurting children and DEPRIVING Parents of their Rights – Vernadette R Broyles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1yKTZG38nA
Zoledziowski, Anya (March 21, 2023). ‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War.’ VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/leaked-emails-reveal-an-anti-trans-holy-war/
Parents’ Rights In Education (July 13, 2021). Defending Parents’ Rights, Vernadette Broyles, Esq. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xcp6efYss
Eagle Forum (March 5, 2020). Vernadette Broyles – The Transgender Threat To Our Kids and Our Culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u8SVTmyKb8
Resources
Adoption Family Law (adoptionfamilylaw.com) [archive]
Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc. (childparentrights.org)
- Vernadette R. Broyles, Esq.
- childparentrights.org/team/vernadette-broyles
Vulnerable Child Protection Act (justiceforchildren.info)
Federalist Society (fedsoc.org)
- Vernadette Ramírez Broyles
- fedsoc.org/contributors/vernadette-broyles
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