LGBTQ+ advocacy group records 2023 as ‘most damaging and destructive’ year

Human Rights Campaign recorded the introduction of 550 bills last year, with more than half targeting LGBTQ+ youth

Citing what it calls the most damaging and destructive legislative session on record", the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Tuesday published its annual state-by-state scorecard of policies, laws and services.

The 2023 state equality index documents a broadening push towards state-sanctioned discrimination" - the elimination or restriction of rights and protections for trans and non-binary communities in Republican-controlled states, which the HRC had already declared a national emergency.