Hate crim agast lbians and gay men. Issu for rearch and policy - PubMed

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• HATE CRIM AGAST LBIANS AND GAY MEN. ISSU FOR REARCH AND POLICY
• ANTI-GAY HATE CRIM FELL SLIGHTLY 2020, WHILE ANTI-TRANS CRIM ROSE, FBI SAYS
• QUEER TE CRIME STORI OF THE PAST SHOW HOW THE PRS STOKED FEAR OF GAY MEN

HATE CRIM AGAST LBIANS AND GAY MEN. ISSU FOR REARCH AND POLICY

Acrdg to the FBI data, of the nearly 1, 200 cints targetg people due to their sexual orientatn, the majory targeted gay men (roughly 60 percent), while approximately 12 percent targeted lbians, 1. 4 percent of all reported hate crime cints last pared to 2017, the number of reported cints targetg the LGBTQ muny creased om 1, 217 to 1, 347, jumpg om roughly 17 percent to 19 percent of each year's total number of reported hate crime particular, reports of anti-trans vlence is growg: Between 2017 and 2018, the number of the reported cints creased 34 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny is timated by Gallup to prise 4.

Five gay, male iends, some of whom were wearg makp and jewelry, were exg a well-known gay bar when they were approached by a group of men who were unknown to them. In 1998, a gay llege stunt named Matthew Shepard was beaten and murred Laramie, sparkg hate crime legislatn many stat and even at the feral level.

ANTI-GAY HATE CRIM FELL SLIGHTLY 2020, WHILE ANTI-TRANS CRIM ROSE, FBI SAYS

In 2021, a Montana man was tried and nvicted for firg an asslt rifle to a lbian woman's home a self-scribed attempt to "rid the town of Bas of s gay and lbian muny. An attack on a gay man Oklahoma Cy 2020 sparked bate about appropriate nsequenc and punishment for hate crim.

In 2021, three dividuals were asslted durg a Pri event by an attacker g homophobic slurs; other vlent cints clud threats and theft of Pri flags.

QUEER TE CRIME STORI OF THE PAST SHOW HOW THE PRS STOKED FEAR OF GAY MEN

A group Lexgton prented a petn to the County Council March 2023 suggtg new ways to protect the gay muny om the impact of statewi legislatn.