Anti-LGBTQ+ attacks by US extremist groups surge as right spews vitriol
by Adam Gabbatt from US news | The Guardian on (#60GGR)
Anti-trans politics spurred by lawmakers and far-right news outlets has renewed fears over community's safety
In Idaho, police recently found 31 members of a white supremacist group packed into the back of a U-Haul truck, apparently on their way to an LGBTQ+ pride event in the town of Coeur d'Alene.
Further west, a crew of Proud Boys interrupted a drag queen event in California, intimidating parents and children and screaming transphobic and homophobic insults. In Texas, a state plagued by anti-trans politics, a group of rightwingers screamed abuse and threatened attendees at an adults-only drag brunch.
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