More than 900 anti-LGBTQ incidents recorded over last year: GLAAD
- Between May 2024 and May 2025, GLAAD documented 932 incidents of anti-LGBTQ harassment, threats, and assaults throughout the United States.
- There has been a noticeable rise in incidents targeting transgender individuals, officials at local and regional levels, as well as educational staff, while occurrences aimed at drag performers have declined.
- GLAAD collects data through self-reports, media, social media, law enforcement, and partner organizations, validating incidents via its Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker.
- The report notes 485 incidents targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming people, marking a 14% rise, while incidents against drag performers dropped 55% to 83 cases.
- The data suggests persistent anti-LGBTQ extremism amid growing political rhetoric, prompting calls for collective action to enhance community safety and acceptance.
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Graphic Truth: Same-sex marriage around the world
LGBTQ+ rights remain far from equal around the world. As of 2025, only 38 of the 195 countries globally recognize same-sex marriage. While some nations are changing course — Liechtenstein and Thailand both legalized same-sex marriage this year — others are moving in the opposite direction, enacting discriminatory laws that target LGBTQ+ communities. In the United States, state-level lawmakers in Oklahoma are pushing to restrict transgender right…
More than 900 anti-LGBTQ incidents recorded over last year: GLAAD
The LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD on Monday said it tracked nearly 1,000 incidents over the last year specifically targeting LGBTQ people in the U.S., a statistic the group said was worrying but that also represented a more than 20 percent decline over the previous year. Between May 1, 2024, and May 1, 2025, GLAAD’s ALERT Desk,…
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