According to the Human Rights Campaign, there’s been more legislation passed targeting LGBTQ+ individuals in 2023 than there has been in the past five years combined.
It can be easy to think of Pride month as merely a celebration. And with the cheering crowds, colorful costumes, and rainbow flags it certainlyBut advocates say it’s important to remember the origins of the annual event— especially this year.
What followed were six days of protests and violent clashes that would eventually be known as the Stonewall Riots.— Cathryn Oakley, director of legal policy, Human Rights Campaign "State legislatures are taking a hard turn the other direction," Oakley said. "And what they are doing is unfortunately passing law, after law, after law, that is making it increasingly untenable to be an LGBTQ person."Tennessee is at the forefront of such legislation, having passed 19 such laws since 2015.would ban gender-affirming care for trans individuals under 18."I am a trans person, and I am terrified,""We should all be afraid. This is a litmus test.
Westchester resident MJ Karger was recently faced with the decision of where she wanted to retire. Initially she had considered Florida. But not anymore."It, to me, is a dangerous place to live," Karger said. "And and it does not feel safe.""There are other places in the world that I will not travel with him because I know how unsafe [they are]. And honestly, that's what Florida feels like right now. It's really unsafe to be.. an out gay person.
Cathryn Oakley with the Human Rights Campaign says the notion of trying to move to a friendlier state is something anecdotally she hears often.
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