Year in Review: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate & Extremism Incidents, 2022 - 2023

[Behind the Aegis]

Introduction
Between June 2022 and April 2023, ADL and GLAAD documented at least 356 anti-LGBTQ+ extremist and non-extremist incidents motivated by hate across the United States. From demonstrations aiming to intimidate organizers and attendees at drag shows, to bomb threats against hospitals that offer health care for LGBTQ+ people to a mass shooting that took the lives of five people in Colorado, incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and extremism are an important part of a larger story about the heightened threats facing the LGBTQ+ community in the United States today.

Key Findings
From June 2022 to April 2023, ADL and GLAAD tracked at least 356 incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and extremism in the United States.

Of the 356 total incidents, there were 305 incidents of harassment, 40 incidents of vandalism and 11 incidents of assault.

Nearly half of all incidents (49%) were perpetrated wholly or substantially by individuals associated with extremist groups.

Incidents were documented across 46 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, with California, Florida, New York and Texas seeing the highest total number of incidents.

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[vercetti2021]

1. Reason I carry

If push comes to shove and I have to pick between me and the person that wants to kill me. I will pick me anytime.

[LostOne4Ever]

2. This should be major news

The main stream media is complicit in this!