I guess I must have just imagined all those stories about states trying to ban abortion and
restrict LGBTQ+ rights.
According to data collected by the American Civil Liberties Union and analyzed by The Washington Post, the number of bills introduced has increased steadily each year. In the first half of 2017 alone, at least 70 bills that could limit LGBT rights have been introduced, a steep increase from previous years.
And that's true, but the thing is that attacks on LGBT+ (primarily T) are no longer coming entirely from the religious right. It's actually more secular people who "don't want that in their face" nowadays. Don't get me wrong, traditionalism is as big a force as ever, but it's become "preserving the traditions of our/American/white (if they're confident enough to say it) civilization" or "stopping this crazy cancel culture" (translated: they're prejudiced against LGBT and minorities and don't want to see them in media) just as much as "because the Bible said so". You have to make the distinction or they'll use that perceived ignorance against you.
