This new annual report from ADL & GLAAD documents extremist and non-extremist incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in the United States.
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Full ReportOur online and offline lives have fluid boundaries. What happens online doesn’t stay there.
Today, those spouting hateful anti-transgender rhetoric online are creating an ecosystem where shared ideas, themes, and language echoes. This hateful rhetoric goes from fringe to mainstream— and boomerangs between online and offline speech — in part because of social media’s immense power, amplification of “engaging” content, and sophisticated…
They were ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives – or extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to protect the health and welfare of everyone.
In what has become an annual tradition, as the year comes to a close ADL pauses each December to take stock of the moments and people who shaped the last 12 months – for better, or for worse – with a Top 10 list.
For 2020, we compiled two Top 10 lists: One looking back on the moments of hurt and hate that…
In this case, ADL joined with 16 other Jewish organizations urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA) as an appropriate “constitutional exercise of Congress’s authority to enact reasonable personal jurisdiction statutes and a critical tool for combating terrorism.” The case was brought by families of American victims of PLO terrorism challenging the “pay for slay” practice in which Palestinian…
New York, NY, December 19, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the House Republican leadership’s report concluding their investigation into the alarming surge of antisemitism since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. The committee’s investigation found that several universities failed to stop antisemitism on their campuses, likely violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additionally, the report found that several American…
Remarks as delivered June 27th, 2024 Thank you- I join you all here this morning on behalf of ADL, the oldest anti-hate organization in the United States, alongside my good friend Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, and our partners - Assembly members Brian Cunningham, Nily Rozic, Grace Lee, Jennifer Rajkumar and Pastor Johnnie Green. In addition. We are very grateful to Dr. Hazel Dukes of the NY NAACP, an icon of the civil rights movement for lending her strong words of…
In this case, ADL joined with Agudath Israel of America, the Orthodox Union, and One Israel Fund urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit involving a lawsuit filed by families of dozens of U.S. servicemembers who were killed or injured by Hezbollah attacks. The lawsuit, relying on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), seeks compensation from the Jammal Trust Bank (JTB), which provided financing to…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has recently filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC. and Netchoice, LLC. v. Paxton. These cases concern two state statutes enacted in 2021 to regulate large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter). Florida’s S.B. 7072 and Texas’ H.B. 20 each include provisions restricting social media companies’ ability to moderate harmful content on their…
B.P.J. is a transgender girl in middle school who challenged her exclusion from participating in school sports by West Virginia's anti-transgender sports ban. A district court found that Title IX does not protect a transgender student’s right to participate in school sports consistent with the student’s gender identity. In a brief led by the National Women’s Law Center, ADL joined 51 organizations committed to gender justice to support B.P.J.’s appeal of…
Commemorated each year in the month of June, LGBTQ+ Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQ+ Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marked the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQ+ Americans. Today, LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties,…
In August 2022, Indiana passed a law banning abortion in the state under almost all circumstances. ADL joined a large interfaith coalition in this amicus brief, drafted by Americans United for the Separation of State, opposing the abortion ban, asserting that it “runs roughshod” over religious pluralism protected by the Indiana Constitution. The brief contends that Indiana’s new law, reflecting the intent of those legislators supporting it, “imposes one…
On March 1st, the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) kicked off a four-day conference in Washington, D.C. – and anti-transgender hate was at the top of the agenda.
The conference featured an array of speakers including prominent Republican politicians and policymakers as well as right-wing pundits. They were joined by conspiracy theorists like Jack Posobiec, purveyors of COVID disinformation like Dr. Robert Malone and anti-LGBTQ+ extremists like Chaya Raichik…
In Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison (1977), the Supreme Court held that an employer is required to allow a religious accommodation for an employee under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unless doing so would constitute an “undue hardship” for the business. However, the Court defined an “undue hardship” as anything that imposes “more than a de minimis cost” for the employer — a very low standard that has made it difficult over the years…
This is the first time the Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the key law that has been interpreted to provide near-total protection from liability to internet platforms for harm caused by user-generated content. The case, brought by the family of an American murdered by ISIS, alleges that YouTube knowingly hosted and recommended terrorist content, thus aiding and abetting terrorism. The lower court would not even let the case…
Lonnie Billard, a former drama teacher and substitute teacher at Charlotte Catholic High School, was fired after posting on Facebook that he was planning to marry a man. ADL joined 47 organizations committed to gender justice and LGBTQ+ rights in an amicus brief supporting Mr. Billard. The brief, filed before the Fourth Circuit, was led by the National Women’s Law Center. It points out that Title VII provides necessary workplace civil rights protections for nearly one million employees…
Engage in a discussion with young people about the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs and the larger context of anti-LGBTQ+ hate.
CSSC condemns the horrific attack at Club Q in CO. While we are still awaiting confirmation of motive, the attack has the hallmarks of hate-fueled violence.
Organizations to increase joint efforts to monitor, expose and disrupt hate against the LGBTQ+ communityNew York, NY, November 17, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today announced a new partnership to counter anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and hate in the United States. The two organizations are joining together to sharpen their focus on hate and extremism targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which has experienced thousands of hate crimes in…
This case involves a challenge to Indiana’s 2022 sports ban targeting transgender girls and young women. The ACLU brought the case on behalf of A.M., a 10-year-old transgender girl who was forced to leave her elementary school softball team as a result of the ban. A.M. won a preliminary injunction finding that the ban likely violates Title IX, and Indiana appealed. ADL joined 58 other organizations in an amicus brief led by the National Women’s Law Center in support of A.M. The…
This case, directly relevant to ADL’s Democracy Initiatives, involves a claim by the North Carolina General Assembly that under the oft-discredited “independent state legislature theory” it has the sole power to set the state’s congressional map, and this power cannot be challenged under the state’s constitution in state courts. ADL’s brief, joined by The Sikh Coalition, The Union for Reform Judaism, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Women of Reform…