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CBS News
26-06-2025
- CBS News
Neighbors not intimidated after pride flags torn down in Boston; "I will not be going anywhere"
Neighbors in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood said they won't be intimidated after two of their pride flags were torn down by a vandal this week. The vandalism happened sometime on Tuesday and there's no leads on who did it. One of the flags has since been replaced. Two pride flags torn down A neighbor with a Ring camera didn't have any footage but did show their solidarity by promising to buy a flag of their own. "It's good to be in a neighborhood that your actual neighbors are otherwise supportive," said the Jamaica Plain resident whose flag was torn down. They also see what's going on beyond their neighborhood. "There's a lot of anger growing towards people who are more progressive," said a Jamaica Plain resident. "I genuinely think it's a trend, it's 'cool' to hate people who are different," said another. GLAAD: People cautious about pride due to fear According to GLADD, there was 208 incidents last year where pride flags or other symbols were targeted. That's actually down from 2023 but Sarah Moore of GLAAD credits some of that to fear. "People are taking a more cautious approach to pride," said Moore. "Sometimes, people choose to do more internal or private facing work rather than this kind of like public facing support in terms of putting out pride flags or other kinds of support like that." People in Jamaica Plain said if the person in this case was trying to send a message, it didn't work. "Bigots empower bigots but unfortunately for them, I will not be going anywhere," said the Jamaica Plain resident whose flag was torn down. The police are not involved in the vandalism case because the victims said they chose not to file a report.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Trans people, local governments and educators face rising anti-LGBTQ hate, GLAAD report finds
There were 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents across the United States over the past year — from hate speech and bomb threats to fatal violence — with more than half of these acts targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people, according to a new report from the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD. The report found a year-over-year increase in incidents targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people, state and local governments, and educators and librarians. It also found a decrease in incidents targeting drag performers and pride symbols. 'This really goes toward showing these kinds of shifting tides in hate and what extremists like to focus on at the moment,' Sarah Moore, an analyst of anti-LGBTQ extremism at GLAAD, told NBC News. 'They really are kind of beholden to the new cycle of the day.' This is the third year GLAAD has published an annual report based on its Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker. The 932 incidents tracked in this latest report occurred between May 1, 2024, and May 1, 2025. This is a 20% drop from last year's 1,173 incidents and an 80% increase from the 521 incidents tracked in its inaugural report in 2023. GLAAD defines anti-LGBTQ incidents as both criminal and noncriminal 'acts of harassment, threats, vandalism, and assault motivated by anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism.' Incidents are tracked through self-reports, media reports, social media posts and data sharing from partner organizations and law enforcement and then validated by a team at GLAAD. Moore cautions that the incidents tracked in the report are 'just a drop in the bucket in terms of what is actually happening when it comes to anti-LGBTQ hate.' 'This is more of a snapshot of what the lived experience of LGBTQ people is, as opposed to being an exact accurate representation of every incident of hate in the U.S.,' she said. One of the most surprising findings from this year's report, Moore said, was the sharp decrease in incidents targeting drag performers, which dropped to 83 tracked incidents from 185 the year prior. 'This really goes to show the resilience of the drag community, and that we've seen them take all of these amazing steps toward protecting their own personal safety, protecting the safety of their audiences and working with community security organizations,' she said. Coinciding with this decrease in anti-drag incidents is an increase in incidents targeting local and state governments and educators and librarians. 'We saw a number of our incidents, actually, going after city council officials, going after political candidates who are either LGBTQ or who support the community, going after legislators at the state level who are trying to protect or enshrine LGBTQ rights and going after educators and librarians that are offering safe spaces for LGBTQ youth in their classrooms and in their libraries as well,' Moore said. Anti-LGBTQ incidents take place more frequently in June, according to the past two years of reporting by GLAAD's Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker. 'That is most likely attributed to the fact that June is Pride Month, and that's when we're going to have the biggest number of LGBTQ events and the most visible events,' Moore said. 'This June, for example, D.C. is holding WorldPride, which is going to be a really massive event and really massive showing of support for the LGBTQ community in the U.S. and globally.' When asked if GLAAD has safety tips for those planning to attend Pride Month events this year, Moore noted that one of the hallmarks of the LGBTQ community is its 'resilience and strength.' 'This hate, unfortunately, is not new to us. We have been dealing with persecution, with oppression, with these acts of hate against our community for centuries,' she said, adding that the first Pride marches were protests held on the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. 'So I think just really carrying on those legacies of pride as a form of protest, pride as a form of resistance, pride as a refusal to allow others to define us and to legislate our bodies and tell us that we have to be kept in private spaces and not display our true authentic selves to the rest of the world.' This article was originally published on
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
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, an online tracker of anti-LGBTQ extremism in the U.S., recorded 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in 49 states and Washington, D.C., the equivalent of 2.5 incidents each day. Violent attacks over the past year have resulted in 84 injuries and 10 deaths, the group said Monday. 'We know that there is this massive amount of hate and violence that LGBTQ people in the U.S. are experiencing on a daily basis, and we know that this is kind of different, sort of, depending on the different activities that people are engaging in or the different identities that people hold within the community,' said Sarah Moore, an anti-LGBTQ extremism analyst at GLAAD who heads the ALERT Desk initiative. More than half of all incidents last year targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming people, for instance, up 14 percent from the previous year. 'This goes along with the really intense conversations that we're having right now around trans rights,' said Moore. President Trump since returning to office in January has issued a flurry of executive orders targeting transgender Americans, including one proclaiming the U.S. recognizes only two sexes, male and female. Others aim to bar trans people from serving openly in the military, end federal support for gender-affirming care for minors and ban transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. More than 580 bills targeting LGBTQ rights were introduced this year in state legislatures, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, and a disproportionate amount would impact transgender people. According to Monday's report, at least 181 anti-LGBTQ incidents recorded over the last year targeted state and local governments, including state elected officials and city council members, an increase of 57 percent over last year. Incidents targeting students, teachers and libraries rose 10 percent. Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD's president and CEO, said the data reflects speech and policy shifts targeting LGBTQ people in the U.S. 'This year, rollbacks in LGBTQ visibility and challenges to our rights are coupled with a sharp rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and disinformation across social media and political campaigns. The result is a divisive cultural climate that comes at a cost,' she said in a statement. 'Awareness, collective action, and urgency can turn the tide,' Ellis said. Monday's report, released on the second day of Pride, found that attacks targeting drag performers sank over the last year, dropping 55 percent from the previous year in the first year-over-year decline since GLAAD launched the ALERT Desk in 2022. The group attributed the decrease to 'the resilience and tenacity of the drag community' and better safety resources for drag performers. Qommittee, a national network of drag artists, released its first 'Drag Defense Handbook' last week to help performers fight against threats of violence and harassment and state laws against drag. Incidents targeting Pride flags and symbols also declined 25 percent from data collected between 2023 and 2024, according to the ALERT Desk. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
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, an online tracker of anti-LGBTQ extremism in the U.S., recorded 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in 49 states and Washington, D.C., the equivalent of 2.5 incidents each day. Violent attacks over the past year have resulted in 84 injuries and 10 deaths, the group said Monday. 'We know that there is this massive amount of hate and violence that LGBTQ people in the U.S. are experiencing on a daily basis, and we know that this is kind of different, sort of, depending on the different activities that people are engaging in or the different identities that people hold within the community,' said Sarah Moore, an anti-LGBTQ extremism analyst at GLAAD who heads the ALERT Desk initiative. More than half of all incidents last year targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming people, for instance, up 14 percent from the previous year. 'This goes along with the really intense conversations that we're having right now around trans rights,' said Moore. President Trump since returning to office in January has issued a flurry of executive orders targeting transgender Americans, including one proclaiming the U.S. recognizes only two sexes, male and female. Others aim to bar trans people from serving openly in the military, end federal support for gender-affirming care for minors and ban transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. More than 580 bills targeting LGBTQ rights were introduced this year in state legislatures, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, and a disproportionate amount would impact transgender people. According to Monday's report, at least 181 anti-LGBTQ incidents recorded over the last year targeted state and local governments, including state elected officials and city council members, an increase of 57 percent over last year. Incidents targeting students, teachers and libraries rose 10 percent. Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD's president and CEO, said the data reflects speech and policy shifts targeting LGBTQ people in the U.S. 'This year, rollbacks in LGBTQ visibility and challenges to our rights are coupled with a sharp rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and disinformation across social media and political campaigns. The result is a divisive cultural climate that comes at a cost,' she said in a statement. 'Awareness, collective action, and urgency can turn the tide,' Ellis said. Monday's report, released on the second day of Pride, found that attacks targeting drag performers sank over the last year, dropping 55 percent from the previous year in the first year-over-year decline since GLAAD launched the ALERT Desk in 2022. The group attributed the decrease to 'the resilience and tenacity of the drag community' and better safety resources for drag performers. Qommittee, a national network of drag artists, released its first 'Drag Defense Handbook' last week to help performers fight against threats of violence and harassment and state laws against drag. Incidents targeting Pride flags and symbols also declined 25 percent from data collected between 2023 and 2024, according to the ALERT Desk.
NBC News
02-06-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Trans people, local governments and educators face rising anti-LGBTQ hate, GLAAD report finds
There were 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents across the United States over the past year — from hate speech and bomb threats to fatal violence — with more than half of these acts targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people, according to a new report from the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD. The report found a year-over-year increase in incidents targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people, state and local governments, and educators and librarians. It also found a decrease in incidents targeting drag performers and pride symbols. 'This really goes toward showing these kinds of shifting tides in hate and what extremists like to focus on at the moment,' Sarah Moore, an analyst of anti-LGBTQ extremism at GLAAD, told NBC News. 'They really are kind of beholden to the new cycle of the day.' This is the third year GLAAD has published an annual report based on its Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker. The 932 incidents tracked in this latest report occurred between May 1, 2024, and May 1, 2025. This is a 20% drop from last year's 1,173 incidents and an 80% increase from the 521 incidents tracked in its inaugural report in 2023. GLAAD defines anti-LGBTQ incidents as both criminal and noncriminal 'acts of harassment, threats, vandalism, and assault motivated by anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism.' Incidents are tracked through self-reports, media reports, social media posts and data sharing from partner organizations and law enforcement and then validated by a team at GLAAD. Moore cautions that the incidents tracked in the report are 'just a drop in the bucket in terms of what is actually happening when it comes to anti-LGBTQ hate.' 'This is more of a snapshot of what the lived experience of LGBTQ people is, as opposed to being an exact accurate representation of every incident of hate in the U.S.,' she said. One of the most surprising findings from this year's report, Moore said, was the sharp decrease in incidents targeting drag performers, which dropped to 83 tracked incidents from 185 the year prior. 'This really goes to show the resilience of the drag community, and that we've seen them take all of these amazing steps toward protecting their own personal safety, protecting the safety of their audiences and working with community security organizations,' she said. Coinciding with this decrease in anti-drag incidents is an increase in incidents targeting local and state governments and educators and librarians. 'We saw a number of our incidents, actually, going after city council officials, going after political candidates who are either LGBTQ or who support the community, going after legislators at the state level who are trying to protect or enshrine LGBTQ rights and going after educators and librarians that are offering safe spaces for LGBTQ youth in their classrooms and in their libraries as well,' Moore said. Anti-LGBTQ incidents take place more frequently in June, according to the past two years of reporting by GLAAD's Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker. 'That is most likely attributed to the fact that June is Pride Month, and that's when we're going to have the biggest number of LGBTQ events and the most visible events,' Moore said. 'This June, for example, D.C. is holding WorldPride, which is going to be a really massive event and really massive showing of support for the LGBTQ community in the U.S. and globally.' When asked if GLAAD has safety tips for those planning to attend Pride Month events this year, Moore noted that one of the hallmarks of the LGBTQ community is its 'resilience and strength.' 'This hate, unfortunately, is not new to us. We have been dealing with persecution, with oppression, with these acts of hate against our community for centuries,' she said, adding that the first Pride marches were protests held on the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. 'So I think just really carrying on those legacies of pride as a form of protest, pride as a form of resistance, pride as a refusal to allow others to define us and to legislate our bodies and tell us that we have to be kept in private spaces and not display our true authentic selves to the rest of the world.'
