Overview
- The ALERT Desk logged incidents across 47 states and Washington, D.C., a five percent increase from 984 cases in 2024.
- Recorded cases included 128 acts of vandalism, 76 assaults, 22 threats of mass violence, and 15 arson attempts.
- More than half of all incidents specifically targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming people, totaling 532 cases and rising ten percent year over year.
- June 2025 saw 268 incidents, compared with 54 in June 2022, representing a nearly 400 percent increase during Pride month.
- Advocates highlighted a concurrent legislative push, with the ACLU counting an estimated 616 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in 2025, and GLAAD urged leaders and the public to reject escalating anti-LGBTQ+ hate.