LGBTQ human rights protectors were the most targeted groups of those fighting for equality, according to a new report from Front Line Defenders. Advocates for LGBTQ rights (10.2%) topped the list of most targeted human rights defenders reported to FLD in 2023. Rounding out the top five on the list were those working on behalf of women’s rights (9.7%), human rights movements (8.5%), Indigenous people (7.1%), and human rights documentation (5.2%). For the first time, FLD’s report showed “evidence of an onslaught against human rights defenders working on LGBTIQ+ rights in many parts of the world, comprising over a tenth of all attacks reported globally,” according to the May 21 news release from the organization announcing the report.