Morning Briefing: Transgender Community Facing Increasing Number Anti-LGBTIQ Incidents
There are an increasing number of anti-LGBTIQ incidents targeting 'transgender and gender-nonconforming people, state and local governments, and educators and librarians,' according to a new report.
Morning Briefing: There are an increasing number of anti-LGBTIQ incidents targeting 'transgender and gender-nonconforming people, state and local governments, and educators and librarians,' according to a new report published by GLAAD.
From 2024 to 2025, the report identified 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in U.S., and found that “52% of all incidents were also specifically targeting transgender and gender non-conforming people.” Also, the report found anti-LGBTQ violence “resulted in 84 injuries and 10 deaths.”
During 2024, there were “over 2,600 incidents of violence targeting local officials in 96 countries around the world,” and these incidents included “violence targeting a wide range of public servants, including governors, mayors, village heads, local councilors, election workers, and other officials,” according to a new report by Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED).
The report found that incidents of violence targeting government officials in the U.S. “remained few and far between despite the highly contentious political environment,” however, “local officials nonetheless often felt they were in the crosshairs” and this caused “chilling effect” among “hundreds of local administrators across the country in a highly charged political climate.”
Jeremy Brokaw has been identified by local law enforcement as the individual that allegedly distributed “antisemitic flyers in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood,” and Brokaw has been issued more than 160 traffic citations that carry a $300 fine per violation.
In Portsmouth, Ohio, the city council voted against a “proposed resolution to declare Portsmouth welcoming to LGBTQ+ residents,” and the proposal was reportedly defeated after “residents expressed confusion over what the resolution did and misinformation on social media and the mayor’s and city solicitor’s imprecise statements about the legality of the resolution added to the confusion.”
Radical Reports is tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacists, and violent extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month.
The Naples Pride Festival is reportedly “expected to draw protesters, an increase in police, and continued legal challenges despite being promoted as a family-friendly event,” and anti-LGBTIQ activists are promising to “block the park.”
In Utah, residents of the cities of Providence and North Logan reportedly found “anti-gay and white supremacist messages in front of homes with pro-LGBTQ+ displays,” and local law enforcement is reportedly investigating the incidents.
If you have any tips on LGBTIQ groups or events that have been targeted online, or any intel on far right anti-LGBTIQ groups actions during Pride Month, please reach out via email or Signal.
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