Homophobia
Negative attitudes and discrimination toward homosexuality and LGBT people
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Ironheart
Scheduled to star in the Disney+ series Ironheart, further expanding the character's presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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| 2025 |
Ironheart
Riri Williams is set to star in her own self-titled Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries.
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| March 2025 |
Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
Meta updated its hate speech policies to allow 'allegations of mental illness or abnormality' based on sexual orientation or gender identity, which The Advocate criticized as potentially enabling hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
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| March 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Multiple states under Trump's presidency introduce and advance bills restricting transgender youth's access to gender-affirming healthcare and participation in school sports, representing a coordinated national movement against LGBTQ rights.
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| February 18 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Kansas state legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 63, banning gender-affirming care for minors, with existing treatments to cease by December 31, 2025.
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| February 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Gallup Poll found 58% of Americans supported allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military, a decrease from 66% in 2021, primarily due to decreased Republican support.
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| February 5 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
The State Department announced a ban on transgender athletes entering the United States for competing in women's sports, introducing a tracking marker 'SWS25' for visa applicants suspected of such intent.
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| February 5 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Trump signed an executive order titled 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports', directing federal agencies and state attorneys general to prohibit transgender girls and women from participating in women's sports.
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| January 29 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14190 titled 'Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling', which appears to target LGBTQ-related content in educational settings.
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| January 28 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Trump signed Executive Order 14187, which prohibited federal funding and support for gender-affirming care for minors, describing such care as 'chemical and surgical mutilation'. The order directed federal agencies to review and restrict insurance coverage and grants related to gender-affirming procedures.
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| January 28 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Donald Trump ordered a comprehensive freeze on federal funding grants, loans, and aid, targeting organizations perceived as promoting what he termed 'Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies'.
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| January 27 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Trump signed an executive order reinstating the transgender military ban, arguing that being transgender conflicts with military service standards. The order explicitly states that transgender individuals 'cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service' and that being transgender contradicts 'a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle'.
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| January 20 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
President Donald Trump signs Executive Order 14168, which defines sex as a strict male-female binary, mandates federal agencies to use 'sex' instead of 'gender', and prohibits gender self-identification on official documents. The order also bars transgender people from government-funded single-sex facilities and halts federal funding for gender-affirming care.
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| January 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
The Trump administration resumes power and begins implementing policies targeting LGBTQ rights, marking a significant escalation in anti-LGBTQ legislative efforts across the United States.
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| January 2025 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
New York Times/Ipsos poll showed 71% of Americans believed no trans person under 18 should have access to gender-affirming care and 79% supported banning transgender athletes from women's sports.
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| 2024 |
Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
Peru passed a short-lived insurance law categorizing transgender identities as a mental disorder, legally classifying transgender status as a mental health condition.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa expresses anti-transgender sentiments, subsequently apologizes, and resigns from his position.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Democratic politicians Sherrod Brown and Colin Allred partially concede to Republican positions on transgender issues.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Republican Party spends over $215 million on anti-trans advertisements during the presidential election campaign, targeting transgender healthcare, social participation, and sports involvement.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, with anti-trans advertisements playing a controversial role in campaign messaging.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Disney removed storylines, episodes, and lines of dialogue involving transgender characters from shows set to air following Donald Trump's election.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Trump committed to pushing for a nationwide prohibition on hormonal and surgical gender-affirming interventions for minors in all 50 states.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Trump proposed removing federal funding (including Medicare and Medicaid) from hospitals and healthcare providers offering transitional hormones or surgical interventions.
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| 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump proposed an executive order to halt federal agency promotion of sex or gender transition for all ages, and pledged to seek Congressional legislation recognizing only two genders determined at birth.
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| 2024 | Jonathan Bailey wins Astra TV Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie |
| 2024 | Jonathan Bailey wins Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television |
| 2024 | Fellow Travelers wins GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series |
| 2024 | Fellow Travelers wins Peabody Awards in the Entertainment category |
| December 2024 |
Gay panic defense
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the UK issued updated guidance on 'deception as to sex' in sexual assault cases, suggesting that non-disclosure about one's birth sex could potentially impact consent and lead to criminal charges.
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| October 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Multiple polls conducted in October 2024 reveal voter sentiments about transgender issues in the presidential election, with most voters ranking transgender issues as the least important among 22 key issues, and a majority believing politicians should focus less on these topics.
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| October 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Human Rights Campaign poll found only 5% of voters concerned about gender-affirming care, with 61% saying they will not support candidates who support banning such care.
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| October 17 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files the first lawsuit in the US against a doctor for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to 21 minors after treatments were banned in Texas.
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| September 2024 |
Suicide among LGBTQ people
A multi-year study published in September revealed that anti-trans laws restricting transgender care led to an increase in suicide attempts by 7 to 72% among transgender youth within one to two years of law enactment.
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| August 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Folx Health poll finds 90% of transgender Americans fear the election will impact their access to gender-affirming care.
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| August 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the permanent injunction on Florida's gender-affirming care restrictions pending appeal.
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| July 23 2024 |
Gay panic defense
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill banning the gay and trans panic defense into law.
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| July 18 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
A three-judge panel on the Sixth Circuit reinstated Tennessee's drag performance law, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.
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| June 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Gallup Poll revealed over 60% of U.S. adults oppose banning gender-affirming care for minors, but only 44% believe changing one's gender is morally acceptable.
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| June 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
A judge permanently blocked Florida's law restricting gender-affirming care.
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| June 27 2024 |
Gay panic defense
Michigan legislature passed a ban on the gay and trans panic defense.
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| June 25 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed a shield law designating the state a 'sanctuary state' for gender-affirming care and abortion providers.
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| May 2024 |
Gay panic defense
Minnesota passed an omnibus justice bill implementing a law banning the gay and trans panic defense, effective August 1, 2024.
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| May 21 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a law banning transgender health care for minors and requiring school staff to inform parents about children's name and pronoun preferences.
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| April 25 2024 |
LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory
British actor Laurence Fox was ordered to pay £180,000 in damages for libelling Simon Blake and Crystal as 'paedophiles' on X (formerly Twitter). The judge described his comments as 'distinctively homophobic', 'gross, groundless and indefensible'.
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| April 23 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed a shield law designating Maine a 'sanctuary state' for gender-affirming care, enshrining WPATH Standards of Care into state law.
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| March 22 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a law criminalizing transgender healthcare for minors.
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| February 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
American Psychological Association approves a policy statement supporting unobstructed access to healthcare for transgender, gender-diverse, and nonbinary individuals, and opposing state bans on such care.
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| February 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
YouGov survey found majority support for protecting transgender people from hate crimes and discrimination, while also supporting some restrictive policies like banning transgender women from women's sports.
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| February 27 2024 |
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors took effect after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a previous block.
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