Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rose in 2023, even while crime decreased overall: FBI report
LGBTQ+ activists say homophobic and transphobic political rhetoric bears a degree of blame.
September 24, 2024
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LGBTQ+ activists say homophobic and transphobic political rhetoric bears a degree of blame.
Last year saw the highest number of overall hate crimes in the United States since 2008, according to the FBI's data.
An Advocate data analysis found that in Los Angeles County and across the country, hate crimes against transgender people are reaching historic highs.
Boys Do Cry: When we expand violence data beyond hate crimes, it's clear that trans men are targeted at comparable rates to trans women.
Exclusive data shows in L.A. County and beyond, transgender people face increased risk of violent crimes as a result of their identity.
We currently lack the information -- and will -- to make a dent in violence perpetrated against minorities, writes Trevon Mayers of New York's LGBT Community Center.
“Because of our past conduct in law enforcement, and the government, there’s this built-in distrust of us, which to be frank, we’ve earned,” one police official said.
The increase is documented in an FBI report, but there are many other hate crimes that go uncounted, activists say.
Despite injuring one of the Connecticut bar's owners and allegedly hurling anti-LGBTQ+ slurs at people, the assailant hasn't been charged with a hate crime.
The mass shooting in Colorado Springs at Club Q is the latest attack against members of the LGBTQ+ community.
SPLC reports an astounding number of hate-related incidents of physical and verbal harrassment fueled by Trump's election.
Two men were kicked and beaten after leaving a gay bar on the U Street Corridor.
Malachi Robinson pleaded guilty to shooting the teenage victim after misleading him into thinking they would have sex.
Blu Linares recently told The Advocate about her reaction to the viral video of her assault, and the moments leading up to it.
The attorney general recently blasted the SPLC for referring to a hate group as a "hate group."
In the two decades since the gay college student's murder, his legacy lives on in the foundation started by Judy and Dennis Shepard. But there's still much left to do.