The straits are dire for LGBTQ+-identifying people in America — bad enough for the Human Rights Campaign to declare the first-ever national state of emergency in the organization's four-decade history.
According to the HRC, which is the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the country, there has been "an unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year."
"More than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been signed into law this year alone, more than doubling last year’s number, which was previously the worst year on record," its website states.
