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Hate Crimes

Access reporting on hate crime legislation, statistics, and the ongoing legal efforts to protect the LGBTQ+ community from targeted violence.

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Over 1,000 anti-LGBTQ+ attacks occurred in 2025: report

2025 was "one of the most dangerous years on record for LGBTQ Americans," according to a new report.

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Maryland woman arrested for assaulting gay man in grocery store faces hate crime charges

Shibritney Colbert, 34, faces hate crime charges after she was seen in a viral video berating a gay man on Christmas day.

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Sacramento man still in coma six weeks after suspected anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime

While Alvin Prasad remains comatose, his alleged attacker pleads not guilty and the local LGBTQ+ community organizes.

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Man pleads guilty to murder of gay University of Mississippi student Jimmie 'Jay' Lee

Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jimmie "Jay" Lee.

X-Ray of bullet in Kyle McFarlane's spine (L); Kyle McFarlane with his dog (R)

Florida man partially paralyzed after neighbor allegedly shot him and used anti-LGBTQ+ slurs

A man in Florida was left partially paralyzed after an incident his friends call "a violent crime perpetrated by a hate-filled neighbor."

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have risen around the world since 2020: report

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have increased in the past five years across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

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5 suspects charged in Boston for attack on gay couple with baseball bat

The attack has not been charged as a hate crime, despite the couple's account that they were targeted because they are gay.

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Boston police need help identifying suspects in assault of gay couple with baseball bat

The Boston Police Department has released images of the men allegedly involved in the assault of a gay couple.

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Pennsylvania man charged with beating and choking drag artist outside bar

The strangulation of a Pennsylvania drag artist isn't being charged as a hate crime. Here's why.

Richmond Virginia lesian Amylah Majors suffered car accident hate crime by three white supremacists caught on video

Black lesbian couple in Virginia almost killed in what authorities say is ‘potential hate crime’

The incident left one of the women with multiple head injuries and a fractured spine.