How do you deal with homophobic, transphobic, hateful, and violent news stories against our community?

Personally, when I see hateful content against the LGBT community, I try to ignore it. Rather I try and look for affirming, validating articles and posts about the community. It is important to remember that yes, there will always be haters in the world, not just against the LGBT+ community, but against different races, religions, etc, but there is also a plethora of love and support. It's also important to acknowledge how far the community has come in the last 50, 10, or even 5 years. In many countries worldwide, it is accepted and things such as same sex marriage and transgender transitions are legal. There's always going to be negative stigma about the community, but it's not hard to find positive support.

I have to try my best to separate myself from the immediate issue emotionally, then asses what's bothering me the most in what I'm seeing. Anything outrageously hateful is just toxic. If there is any progress to be made by reaching out to someone, I'd like to be able to do that, but sometimes there simply won't be anything you can do when someone is set in their thinking. Being an advocate for positive thinking is the best coping mechanism I've come up with and it does help me. I can't necessarily measure how much it affects those around me, but I think that's less important than doing *something.* And having it be something positive.