Anti-LGBTQ groups continue to peddle pseudo-science, spew demonizing rhetoric and further attack the LGBTQ community through legislation under the guise of “religious liberty.” Key momentsĪnti-LGBTQ groups marked several victories at the federal level.

Alongside this legislative push, especially of anti-trans legislation, we also saw an extreme increase of fatal violence against trans and gender-non-conforming individuals numbered into the 50s. While the number of anti-LGBTQ hate groups listed by the SPLC in 2021 remained flat at 65, the movement had one of its most successful years peddling anti-LGBTQ legislation as hundreds of bills were introduced across the United States.