Nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills filed in 2022 so far, with most targeting trans people

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Proponents of these bills say they're about protecting children, parental rights, religious freedom or a combination of these.
52% : That same survey also found that nearly 70 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, up from 54 percent in 2014.
50% : "It's important for people to pause and think about what is happening -- especially in the health care context -- because what we're seeing is that the state should have the authority to declare a population of people so undesirable that their medical care that they need to survive becomes a crime," Chase Strangio, the deputy director for transgender justice at the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, said.
47% : Activists contend that the groups have pushed for the legislation in response to a string of progressive wins, including two landmark Supreme Court rulings -- one that legalized same-sex marriage in 2015 and another that won LGBTQ people nationwide protection from workplace discrimination in 2020 -- and the election of President Joe Biden in 2020.
45% : As the number of anti-LGBTQ bills hits record highs, research shows that so, too, has support for LGBTQ rights and policies prohibiting discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.

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