Gay rats, trans penguins, tops and bottoms, oh my! Right-wing media outlets have never shied away from attacking LGBTQ people by spreading bigotry and misinformation -- but in 2019, the right-wing outrage was often just plain ridiculous.

Here is Media Matters’ roundup of 2019’s most outlandish right-wing media meltdowns about LGBTQ people:

1. OANN’s Liz Wheeler: “Don’t let the transgender penguins fool you”

Liz Wheeler, host at the Trump propagandist TV news channel One America News Network (OANN), claimed in September that what she called “transgender penguins” at the Sea Life London Aquarium could lead to the destruction of gender, traditional marriage, and “the family unit.” She argued that the destruction of family would force people to rely on the government for support, which she claimed is the “goal of liberals in the first place.”