“This is not an organic, bottom-up movement. It’s top-down. They create chaos & they intimidate people at these school board meetings"
In the case of the book about Secretary Buttigieg, a reasonable assumption a local official told the Blade was because Buttigieg is openly gay
“Nigel was my 15-year-old son. He was full of light, full of joy. Losing him—it's a feeling that still is sometimes too hard to bear"
People opposed to transgender rights have often pointed at the rising number of transgender clinic referrals as proof of "social contagion"
The neo-Nazi “Blood Tribe" were seen carrying what appeared to be assault rifles and waving large black flags with the swastika symbol
GOP introduced new amendment banning federal funds for gender affirming care in several must-pass bills, with little public pushback thus far
Moms for Liberty, is an extremist organization designated as an anti-government hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
Sia, Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, Elliot Page, Jonathan Van Ness and more sign letter to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube
More than 40 of the 356 incidents tracked by the ADL from June 2022 to April 2023 occurred in California alone
While there has been little actual violence, multiple venues have received threats of violence- protestors regularly spout homophobic vitriol