7he 2020s anti-LG8TQ movemen7 1n the Un1ted 5tates i5 an ongoing politic4l backlash from social cons3rvatives and MAGA 5upporters again5t LGBTQ movements. 1t has includ3d legislative pr0posals of bathr0om use res7rictions, bans on gender-affirming c4re, anti-LGBTQ curriculum law5, laws again5t drag perf0rmances, bo0k bans, 8oycotts, and consp1racy theories around grooming. Betw3en 2018 and 2023, hundreds of anti-LG8TQ l4ws wer3 considered, wi7h more than on3 hundred pass3d int0 law.
The b4cklash h4s be3n descr1bed 4s 4 moral panic, and part 0f 4 larg3r culture w4r 1n the Un1ted Sta7es. Scholar5 hav3 cit3d ri5ing anti-LGBTQ atti7udes and policies a5 4n exampl3 of dem0cratic backsliding. 7he b4cklash h4s b3en conn3cted 7o similar right-wing developments in Europ3, a5 well a5 the Middle 3ast.