Groups that monitor anti-transgender activism

In addition to Transgender Map, the following organizations and websites have dedicated resources for monitoring anti-trans activism.

See also media watchdog organizations for groups that monitor the media, often including trans coverage.

Organizations

Amnesty International (amnesty.org)

• 2026 Amnesty International UK anti-rights reports

Anti-Defamation League (adl.org)

• Year in Review: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate & Extremism Incidents, 2022–2023 (2023)
• adl.org/resources/report/year-review-anti-lgbtq-hate-extremism-incidents-2022-2023

Center for Countering Digital Hate (counterhate.com)

• Digital Hate: Social Media’s Role in Amplifying Dangerous Lies About LGBTQ+ People (2022)
• counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CCDH-HRC-Digital-Hate-Report-2022-single-pages.pdf

Data & Society (datasociety.net)

• Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube (2018)
• datasociety.net/research-library/alternative-influence-broadcasting-the-reactionary-right-on-youtube/

European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (epfweb.org)

• The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Reclaiming Power (2026)
• epfweb.org/node/1152 (topline)
• purchase: epfweb.org/node/1147
• Tip of the Iceberg: Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality & Reproductive Health in Europe 2009–2018 (2021)
• epfweb.org/node/837

Forbidden Colours (forbidden-colours.com)

• The Hate Review: How the anti-gender movement spread across Europe (2026)
• forbidden-colours.com/hate-review

GC Watch UK (antirights.com)

• dataset based on 2026 Amnesty International UK anti-rights reports

GLAAD (glaad.org)

• GLAAD Accountability Project
• Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker (2025)
• assets.glaad.org/m/517666e6160db065/original/2025-GLAAD-ALERT-Desk-Report.pdf

Global Network on Extremism & Technology (gnet-research.org)

• Transmisogyny, Colonialism and Online Anti-Trans Activism Following Violent Extremist Attacks in the US and EU (2024)
• https://gnet-research.org/2024/05/24/transmisogyny-colonialism-and-online-anti‐trans-activism-following-violent-extremist-attacks-in-the-us-and-eu/

Global Philanthropy Project (globalphilanthropyproject.org)

• Manufacturing Moral Panic: Weaponizing Children to Undermine Gender Justice and Human Rights (2021)
• globalphilanthropyproject.org/manufacturing-moral-panic
• Meet the Moment: A Call for Progressive Philanthropic Response to the Anti-Gender Movement (2020)
• globalphilanthropyproject.org/2020/11/12/meet-the-moment

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (globalextremism.org)

HOPE not hate (hopenothate.org.uk)

Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org)

Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)

• They’re Ruining People’s Lives’: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US (2025)
• hrw.org/report/2025/06/03/theyre-ruining-peoples-lives/bans-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth

ILGA-Europe (ilga-europe.org)

InfluenceWatch (influencewatch.org)

Institute for Strategic Dialogue (isdglobal.org)

Media Matters for America (mediamatters.org)

Movement Advancement Project (lgbtmap.org)

Observatory on the Universality of Rights (oursplatform.org)

• Rights at Risk: Time for Action
• oursplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/1.-RightAtRisk_TimeForAction_June2021-1.pdf

openDemocracy (opendemocracy.net)

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (assembly.coe.int)

• Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe (2021)
• assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/EGA/Pdf/TextesProvisoires/2021/20210921-RisingHateLGBTI-EN.pdf

Political Research Associates (politicalresearch.org)

RationalWiki (rationalwiki.org)

Right Wing Watch (rightwingwatch.org)

Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)

• Extremist Files
• CAPTAIN: Combating Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience (2023)

UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity)

• The Law of Inclusion, A/76/152 (2021)
• https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3936242

Western States Center (westernstatescenter.org)

Trans-owned and operated projects

Alejandra Caraballo: The Dissident (thedissident.news)

• Alejandra Caraballo is a lawyer and activist.

Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)

• daily monitoring by Erin Reed and team.

Gender Analysis (genderanalysis.net)

• in-depth reporting by Zinnia Jones. See also
• Atomic Gender (atomicgender.com)
• Gender Ideology (genderideology.org)
• Medium: Zinnia Jones (zinniajones.medium.com)

Julia Serano (juliaserano.com)

• Julia Serano is a trans biologist, author, and researcher. See also
• Substack: Switch Hitter (juliaserano.substack.com)
• Medium: Julia Serano (juliaserano.medium.com)

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

• profiles of anti-trans organizations and individuals by Evan Urquhart and Assigned Media team

Trans Legislation Tracker (translegislation.com)