285 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures already this year and it's still January
This follows a year in which more than 550 were introduced and more than 80 passed into law.
JANUARY 18, 2024
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25 Congressional Dems to LGBT People: We're With You
“I know you’re hearing a lot of hateful rhetoric about our LGBT families,” says Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego. “Please, hang in there.”
MAY 17, 2016
Senate hate crimes hearing devolves when Republican tells Arab American witness to ‘hide your head in a bag’
Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy made the outrageous remark during a heated exchange.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Streaming Giants Spotify and Apple Music Under Fire for Hosting Child's Transphobic Track
GLAAD condemned major music platforms for featuring a controversial song, spotlighting broader digital content moderation issues amid a surge in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Fox Employee Group Condemns Fox News' Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric
"Hateful words and generalizations about sexual orientation and gender identity have a direct impact on people's lives," says a message from Fox Pride.
APRIL 14, 2022
The Fatal Connection Between Hate Speech and LGBT Gun Suicides
The convergence of intolerance and lax gun control leads to devastating consequences.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Spotify Removes Offensive Imagery But Keeps Transphobic Song Despite Outcry
GLAAD raised the alarm while Apple Music remains unchanged amid this hate speech controversy.
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Police Arrest Transgender Lawmaker's Supporters at Montana State House
Republicans in Montana are attracting the same scrutiny that Tennessee GOP lawmakers over protests in the Tennessee capitol.
APRIL 25, 2023
A simple question for Trump and the GOP — ‘Do you see me as a human?’ — has an unsettling answer
It took one nonbinary student to distill all the hateful anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and ads into the most consequential question for us in this election, John Casey writes.
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Hate Crimes Spiked 226% in Counties Where Trump Held Rallies
That doesn't mean his rhetoric caused the jump, but it's hard to discount a "Trump effect," researchers say.
MARCH 29, 2019
Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Way Up on Twitter Since Elon Musk's Takeover: Study
A new study found that since Elon Musk acquired the social media platform, use of the false and hateful 'groomer' slur has increased exponentially on Twitter.
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Meta disables far-right Republican's Instagram after months of antigay, slur-filled posts
“It is unfortunate that it took Meta months, and multiple high-profile posts with anti-LGBTQ slurs and hate, to finally make good on fully enforcing its own hate speech policies for accounts like this,” GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate, responding to Valentina Gomez's account being disabled.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
How Queer Commentator Matt Bernstein Fights Online Bigotry
They've recently used their Instagram account to stand up to the violent misogyny of Andrew Tate.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ+ 'Libs of TikTok' Exposed, Conservatives Are Extremely Mad
Experts have correlated it to an increase in hateful rhetoric.
APRIL 20, 2022
Citing Homophobia, Women's March Founder Tells Leaders to Resign
Teresa Shook says the march's current leaders have allowed "anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment and hateful, racist rhetoric" into the movement.
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Ellen Page Draws Line From Antigay Pence to Jussie Smollett Attack
Appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the out actress implored people to "connect the dots" between hateful rhetoric and violence against marginalized people.
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
What LGBTQ+ people should know about Meta’s new rules
Exploring the consequences of rolling back Instagram and Facebook’s content moderation policies.
JANUARY 7, 2025
More Than 400 Hate Incidents Reported Since Trump's Election
SPLC reports an astounding number of hate-related incidents of physical and verbal harrassment fueled by Trump's election.
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
High-Profile Democrats to Steer Clear of Embattled Women's March
High profile Dems are staying away from the organization whose leadership has been accused of endorsing anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
JANUARY 16, 2019
GLAAD urges action over Meta’s ongoing neglect of moderating anti-trans hate
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group is criticizing Meta for continuing to allow anti-trans content on its platforms without effective moderation.
MARCH 18, 2024