More than 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in 41 states this year and more than 75 have become law, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The LGBTQ+ civil rights organization provides law firms with their Corporate Equality Index rankings and has said, “We are living in a state of emergency.” On a global scale, as of May 2023, Ugandans who engage in gay sex face life in prison and, in some instances where one party is HIV positive, the death penalty.

Individual freedoms are under attack like never before.