Human Rights Group Declares National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ Community

The Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans due to an unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year. The organization has been tracking the rise of anti-LGBTQ laws and compiled the information in an impact report that shows 115 bills were introduced in 2015 compared with more than 500 in 2023. The rise of anti-LGBTQ laws is resulting in violence against LGBTQ+ people, forcing families to uproot their lives and flee their homes in search of safer states, and triggering a tidal wave of increased homophobia and transphobia that puts the safety of each and every one of us at risk.