Conservative film crew continues to try and trick trans activists into appearing in mysterious documentary, Miss Nevada USA says

• Eli Erlick accused Matt Walsh last week of trying to trick trans activists into appearing in a documentary.
• Miss Nevada USA Kataluna Enriquez told Insider on Monday that she was recruited for the documentary too.

A film crew with ties to a conservative podcaster, that was accused last week of trying to lure trans activists into appearing in a documentary, is continuing to set up interviews with others in the community, Insider has learned.

Last week, trans activist Eli Erlick posted a Twitter thread explaining how she had been recruited to take part in a documentary being produced by a mysterious group called the Gender Unity Project.

After doing some digging into the documentary, Erlick learned that the producer she had been speaking with, Makenna Lynn, appeared to work for conservative podcaster Matt Walsh. Neither Walsh nor Lynn responded to Insider's requests for comment.

Walsh has frequently spoken negatively about the trans community, saying people shouldn't be able to choose their own gender pronouns and that parents who are supportive of their children transitioning are committing a "deranged" form of "child abuse."

Erlick and another woman who was approached by Lynn told Insider last week that they believe the aim of the documentary was to take their words out of context to embarrass them and their cause.

On Monday, Insider learned of yet another trans activist who had been targeted by this operation, current Miss Nevada USA Kataluna Enriquez.

Enriquez made history last year by becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant.

She said she was also contacted by Lynn, who emailed her in early February, asking her to take part in a documentary "exploring the real lives of people in the LGBTQIA+ communities," according to an email thread viewed by Insider.

Lynn wrote that it would be a "dream" and "such an honor" to have Enriquez take part in the film because she is "such an important figure in the trans community."

Enriquez agreed to be interviewed for the documentary, which they scheduled to take place on February 15 in Los Angeles. The last time they spoke was February 12, meaning that Lynn continued to try and recruit people for the project even after its' connections to Walsh were exposed last week.

Enriquez said after doing some more research on the Gender Unity Project over the weekend, she came across the news stories on how it had been connected to Walsh and decided against taking part in the project. She says she hasn't heard from Lynn since emailing her on Sunday to say she was no longer interested in the project.

When asked how it felt to be deceived about Lynn's connections to Walsh, Enriquez said she felt hurt and misled.

"When you do interviews, especially in the trans community, oftentimes people want to learn and you have to be vulnerable enough to share that part of you and what you've been through for people to understand," she said.

"And if someone is just going to play that and twist your words when you're trying to educate and give a piece of you to someone, that's really hurtful and I think it's sick to be honest," she added.