Equality Caucus report documents GOP’s anti-LGBTQ attacks in 2023
The Congressional Equality Caucus on Monday released a 36-page report titled “Obsessed: House Republicans’ Relentless Attacks Against the LGBTQI+ Community in 2023,” which meticulously documents a year of anti-LGBTQ legislative activity in the lower chamber.
Trends detailed in the report map onto those seen in legislatures across the country. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, a total of 510 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced last year, 84 of which were ultimately signed into law.
The caucus noted measures targeting the community that were proposed last year are likely to see movement in 2024. And just two days shy of six weeks into the new year, the ACLU is tracking 411 new anti-LGBTQ bills. “When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives last year, we saw anavalanche of attacks against the LGBTQI+ community,” U.S.
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who chairs the caucus, said. “In one year, they forced more than 50 anti-LGBTQI+ votes on the House floor.” “The cruelty is the point,” he said. “You expect bullies in school, but yet there are bullies walking around the halls of Congress.
