Image: Sequeerity observing a Proud Boy anti-LGBT protest. From Tess Owen’s “The Far Right Has Made Security a Huge Issue For Pride.”
2023
ABC News: Threats against the LGBTQIA+ community intensifying: Department of Homeland Security.
Alejandra Caraballo: We are now at 134 anti-LGBTQ proposed state bills.
Jordan Fischer: Maryland man threatened to ‘slaughter’ LGBTQ+ people after Covenant School shooting, DOJ says.
Luke Fountain: Klan litters Charlottesville with anti-LGBT flyers.
Kimberly Kindy: Tennessee leads charge in passing laws targeting LGBTQ rights
Justine McDaniel: Shooter Who Wanted to Rid Town of LGBTQ People Gets 18 Years.
Tess Owen:
- Target Is Removing Pride Products Because the Far-Right Is Threatening Staff: The retail giant is latest U.S. corporation to face a transphobic backlash.
- The Far Right Has Made Security a Huge Issue For Pride: Faced with the threat of anti-LGTBQ violence, some Pride organizers have turned to queer-led private security to help with safety.
2022
Kathleen Belew (Twitter thread): To those asking why Patriot Front would target Pride: to the white power movement and some of the militant right, a host of social issues (abortion, gay rights, interracial contact, immigration, secularism) are all a problem for the same reason.
Thomas Lecaque: Not Only is the Right Unapologetic For Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric — It’s Doubling Down.
Media Matters for America: After Twitter lifted Libs of TikTok’s suspension, the viral anti-LGBTQ account immediately returned to targeting educators and a children’s hospital.
David Neiwert:
- Patriot Front discovers Coeur d’Alene not the best place to bring fascist violence to Pride events.
- Once again, a gay-hating evangelical threatens neighbors, Pride parade, bringing police response.
Tess Owen:
- Swastikas Fly at Disney as Neo-Nazis Appear to Join Anti-Grooming Protests: Disney has been at the center of a right-wing-led culture war for several months over its response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Has a New Intern: Far-Right Shitposter Milo Yiannopoulos. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s waging a war on LGBTQ rights, has hired Milo Yiannopoulos, an “ex-gay,” far-right blogger.
- The GOP Paved the Way for the Far-Right to Terrorize Pride This Year: Pride Month events around the country are stepping up security alongside a wave of attacks and violent threats from the far-right.
- The Far-Right Is Using Monkeypox to Peddle Anti-LGBTQ ‘Grooming’ Conspiracies.
- Gay New York Councilman’s Home Targeted by Anti-LGTBQ Mob.
Thomas Peipert & Jesse Bedayn: Gunman kills 5 at gay club, is subdued by patrons.
Liam Stack: Druggings, Deaths and Robberies Put New York’s Gay Community on Edge.
Odette Yousef: 31 members of the white nationalist Patriot Front arrested near an Idaho Pride event.