For 20 years, ISD has delivered field-leading threat detection, analysis and real-world strategies to combat terrorism, extremism and authoritarianism - in all their ideological forms.

Anti-LGBTQ+

The LGBTQ+ community remains one of the most frequently targeted groups globally. Our analysis has identified a recent rise in threats targeting LGBTQ+ people, community leaders and institutions, as well as the normalisation of anti-LGBTQ+ hate across society. ISD deploys our digital analysis capabilities to better understand these threats, inform policymakers around key trends and mitigate threats.

March 13, 2026

A quantitative analysis of anti-LGBTQ+ hate after the Tumbler Ridge shooting

After the Tumbler Ridge shooting, a focus on the perpetrator’s transgender identity sparked Canada’s largest 6-month surge in anti-LGBTQ+ online hate.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

November 5, 2025

Online and offline anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric rising in Western countries

Anti-LGBTQ+

October 20, 2025

Investigation | Five-year overview of the online and offline anti-LGBTQ+ landscape

Anti-LGBTQ+

June 6, 2025

Anti-LGBTQ+ posts surge in relation to offline events

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

June 5, 2025

Offline events, online threats: Analyzing online extremist targeting of LGBTQ+ communities

Anti-LGBTQ+

May 31, 2025

ISD investigation into anti-drag mobilization cited by The Hill

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

March 27, 2025

The Journal: Ciaran O’Conner explains how misinformation helps to fuel the anti-LGBTQ movement

Anti-LGBTQ+, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

July 23, 2024

A Year of Hate: Anti-Drag Mobilisation Efforts Targeting LGBTQ+ People in France

Anti-LGBTQ+

March 25, 2024

A Year of Hate: Anti-Drag Mobilisation Efforts Targeting LGBTQ+ People in Australia

Anti-LGBTQ+

Further Reading

January 21, 2024

Hannah Rose on the connection between antisemitism and the targetting of LGBTQ+ people

ISD Analyst Hannah Rose spoke to the Guardian about the antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ ideology behind the October 2022 attack at a Bratislava LGBTQ+ bar.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Antisemitism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

December 13, 2023

Civil rights lawsuit filed against neo-Nazi group for drag story hour protest

NBC News features ISD research on US anti-LGBTQ+ activity in a piece on a case against neo-Nazi group for allegedly disrupting drag queen story hour.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

November 21, 2023

The Irish mis- and disinformation ecosystem has grown and evolved since the pandemic

ISD’s 'Uisce Faoi Thalamh', a series of reports on mis- and disinformation in Ireland, were featured in the Irish Times.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Migrant, Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

November 9, 2023

Hate of the Nation: A Landscape Mapping of Observable, Plausibly Hateful Speech on Social Media

This analysis produced by ISD for Ofcom explores the scale and nature of ‘plausibly hateful’ English-language content across platforms.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Migrant, Antisemitism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

September 12, 2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ protests in Ireland shift focus from libraries to schools, curriculums and educators

In an op-ed for the Irish Examiner, ISD's Ciarán O'Connor covers a recent shift among Irish anti-LGBTQ+ protestors to target schools and educators.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

August 23, 2023

The far right’s “muted reactions” on the anti-LGTBQ+ shooting in California

ISD’s Jared Holt spoke to USA Today about a recent anti-LGBTQ+ shooting in Lake Arrowhead, California, and far-right reactions to it.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

August 2, 2023

World’s second largest coffee chain becomes the target of an anti-LGBTQ+ campaign

NBC News references our research findings on anti-LGBTQ+ discourse in the US and how it is being replicated in countries around the world.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

July 2, 2023

Moms for Liberty rejects SPLC’s ‘extremist’ designation during summit engulfed in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

In an op-ed for the Daily Beast, ISD’s Jared Holt reflects on the Republican presidential hopefuls that attended the recent Moms for Liberty summit.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

June 23, 2023

ISD report finds global rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate and extremism, with US leading in incidents

Our investigation on anti-drag mobilisation, A Year of Hate, received extensive coverage from various US and international outlets.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

June 22, 2023

Anti-Drag Mobilisation Efforts Targeting LGBTQ+ People in the UK

This profile looks at online anti-drag activity in the UK, and the tactics of the coalition of extremists and conspiracy theorists driving it.

Anti-LGBTQ+

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