52% of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks targeted transgender and gender nonconforming people
There were 932 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents between May 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025 – equal to 2.5 incidents every day, according to GLAAD.
June 2, 2025
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When push comes to shove, Brigitte Macron’s swat was more a mirror than a meme
Opinion: The French president isn’t the only one being batted around in a world gone enraged and violent, writes John Casey.
May 28, 2025
Seattle police arrest 23 during anti-trans rally clashes in LGBTQ+ neighborhood
Far-right Christian group Mayday USA held a rally in a queer part of town. It didn't go well.
May 27, 2025
Texas officials demand answers after video shows Austin police slamming transgender woman to ground
The incident left her bloodied.
March 25, 2025
No, the Wisconsin school shooter wasn’t transgender
Every time a mass shooting happens, right-wing influencers falsely claim that the shooter is trans; rarely is that true.
December 17, 2024
Gay Dem who represents district of Wisconsin school shooting demands action, not just ‘thoughts and prayers’
Several were killed in the shooting and more are injured, some critically.
December 16, 2024
These 24 violent extremist & anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy groups pose a danger to LGBTQ+ people
Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
November 1, 2024
Michigan man sentenced to federal prison for threatening to kill 'LGBT freaks'
Randall Robert Berka II, 31, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for a comment he made on his YouTube account called "@killthefeds420."
October 23, 2024
Trump attacked people with mental disabilities and trans Americans then promoted a violent purge
Online reactions ranged from shocked and horrified to expected.
September 30, 2024
Judge says Birmingham can close gay club that was the scene of double homicide
The judge lifted his injunction on suspending the business license for The Quest Club, which police said they visited over 100 times in the past year.
September 23, 2024
'Jackass' star Steve-O cancels breast implants surgery after reality check from trans person
The Jackass star planned to get the surgery done as a joke, until he actually had a conversation with a transgender person.
September 16, 2024
Historic Alabama gay bar loses license after double-homicide
Birmingham police say they have been called to The Quest Club over a hundred times in the past year.
September 12, 2024
Black transgender woman gunned down in Chicago
Redd, also known as Barbie to her friends, is the 26th known trans or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence this year.
September 11, 2024
We don't need saving
How can we create a world where queer lives are valued and celebrated, rather than forgotten and erased?
August 12, 2024
Transgender teenage girl in critical condition after horrific stabbing attack at Florida airport
The girl escaped the attack and made it to nearby police for help.
July 23, 2024
The haunting true story of a gay man's murder that inspired Stephen King's 'It'
The murder of Charlie Howard rocked a small Maine town back in 1984. Forty years later, essayist Warren Carsten Andresen analyzes the media's impact in the days and weeks following the attack.
July 15, 2024
North Carolina GOP governor candidate Mark Robinson calls to 'kill' the left: 'Some folks need killing'
Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina running for governor, has called on conservatives to kill leftists.
July 8, 2024
Cameroon president's daughter comes out, reveals relationship with Brazilian model
LGBTQ+ relationships are criminalized in Cameroon, carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison.
July 3, 2024
A neighborhood approach to combating hate crimes in Los Angeles
“Because of our past conduct in law enforcement, and the government, there’s this built-in distrust of us, which to be frank, we’ve earned,” one police official said.
June 3, 2024
Black transgender woman Starr Brown shot to death in Memphis. Her coworker has confessed to the killing
Brown was gunned down and left to die in her car by a coworker, according to police.
May 9, 2024
Tennessee parents beg judge not to release school shooter’s journals publicly
Whereas media organizations are advocating for the public’s right to know, families of victims and others are urging the judge not to release Audrey Hale’s writings.
April 29, 2024