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52% of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks targeted transgender and gender nonconforming people
Transgender and gender non-conforming people were the targets of over half the incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, vandalism, threats, and assault reported in the past year, a new report has found. Keep up with the latest in + news and politics. There were 932 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents between May 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025 – equal to 2.5 incidents every day, according to the third annual report from the ALERT Desk, GLAAD's Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker. Violent attacks accounted for 84 injuries and 10 deaths. Trans and gender non-conforming people were the targets of 485 (52 percent) of the 932 incidents, marking a 14 percent increase from last year's data. These cases of assault and harassment coincide with Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders, the report notes, as well as his $212 million ad campaign attacking trans people during the 2024 election. '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" GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. "The result is a divisive cultural climate that comes at a cost." State and local government, including elected officials and city council members, were the targets of 181 incidents, up 57 percent from 2023-2024. Students, teachers, professors, administrative staff, and librarians were the targets of 270 incidents – mostly at school board meetings – up 10 percent from last year. In contrast, 83 incidents targeted drag performers and venues, including 16 bomb threats and four assaults, marking a 55 percent decrease from 2023-2024. Pride flags and other LGBTQ+ symbols were the targets of 208 incidents, down 25 percent from the previous year. "Data from GLAAD's ALERT Desk shows the need for an urgent response," Ellis continued. "90 percent of non-LGBTQ Americans believe that the LGBTQ community deserves to live free from violence and discrimination. It's only through awareness, collective action, and community that we can turn the tide toward greater safety and acceptance.'
NBC News
21-05-2025
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LGBTQ people and young women are astrology's biggest fans, U.S. survey finds
About half of LGBTQ Americans, or 54%, consult astrology or a horoscope at least yearly, which is about twice the portion of U.S. adults overall, at 28%, according to a new report. The report, published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday, is based on a nationally representative survey of 9,593 U.S. adults conducted last year. LGBTQ adults were also three times as likely to consult tarot cards than non-LGBTQ adults (33% vs. 9%), and four times as likely to say they rely 'at least a little' on what they learn from astrology and tarot to make major life decisions (21% vs. 5%), the survey found. LGBTQ women were more likely than LGBTQ men to consult astrology and tarot at least once a year, at 63% and 40%, respectively. Younger U.S. women, generally, were more likely to report believing in and consulting astrology, the report found. Nearly half (43%) of younger women, those ages 18 to 49, said they believe in astrology and consult astrology, compared with 27% of women 50 and older, 20% of men ages 18 to 49, and 15% of men 50 or older. The results might not surprise some members of the queer community, whose interest in astrology has been well-documented on social media and in dozens of books and articles. In fact, Netflix on Wednesday released the full cast of the upcoming second season of 'The Ultimatum: Queer Love,' a popular reality show about queer couples in which one member of the couple has given the other an ultimatum to get married, and each cast member's personal information includes their astrological sign. Pew Research Center noted in its report that 'there is limited academic research on the topic' of why LGBTQ people are more interested in astrology, but that 'media publications focused on LGBTQ+ issues have described the prevalence of New Age practices in the LGBTQ+ community.' Some queer people who grew up in unsupportive religious communities have also written about how astrology provided them with a daily practice similar to religion. Some religious adults were more likely to consult astrology, the report found. Those who were among the most likely to say they consult it at least annually were Hispanic Catholics (39%), Black Protestants (33%) and adults who say their religion is 'nothing in particular' (35%). White evangelicals and atheists were among the groups most likely to say they never consult astrology, horoscopes, tarot cards or fortune tellers, the report found.
