Thursday, March 23, 2023

Under Fire: New MAP Report Details Eight Tactics to Erase LGBTQ People from Schools and Public Life


So far this year, 45 states have introduced a collective total of at least 580 anti-LGBTQ bills, surpassing the previous record. There have been more than 160 anti-LGBTQ school-specific bills introduced in the first two months of 2023.  


This latest MAP report focuses specifically on ways anti-LGBTQ activists are working to completely erase LGBTQ people, and especially LGBTQ youth, from public life. In school settings their tactics include making it illegal to talk about LGBTQ people or support LGBTQ students, banning books that mention LGBTQ issues, preventing transgender youth from playing sports with their friends, and more. Efforts to limit visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ people more broadly include banning books at public libraries and bans on drag performances.