This Juristat article prents rmatn on the experienc of vlent victimizatn among lbian, gay and bisexual populatns Canada g self-reported data om the 2014 General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety (Victimizatn). Experienc of discrimatn and perceptns of safety are also explored, addn to perceptns of the police.
Contents:
- VLENT VICTIMIZATN AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS THE UNED STAT: FDGS FROM THE NATNAL CRIME VICTIMIZATN SURVEY, 2017-2018
- VLENT VICTIMIZATN OF LBIANS, GAYS AND BISEXUALS CANADA, 2014
VLENT VICTIMIZATN AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS THE UNED STAT: FDGS FROM THE NATNAL CRIME VICTIMIZATN SURVEY, 2017-2018
This report prents data on the rate of vlent victimizatn for persons who intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr durg the 4-year aggregate perd of 2017 to 2020. The report provis mographic characteristics of victims of vlent crim, cludg sex, race or Hispanic orig, and age. It also prents data on the typ of vlent crim volved and whether victims chose to report the victimizatn to police. Populatn timat for persons age 16 or olr by sexual orientatn and genr inty are also provid. * violence against lgbt statistics 2014 *
Forty-four percent of lbian women have experienced rape, physil vlence, and/or stalkg by an timate partner their lifetime, while 26% of gay men have as well (that number creas to 37% for bisexual men). Across the board, LGBTQIA+ dividuals faced more barriers to accsg aid and re — particularly for transgenr people of lor and Black men who intify as gay.
In a 2014 survey, 97% of gay and bi men and 99% of lbians chose discrimatn as their greatt ncern when travellg. Havg to see an article about a homophobia-motivated murr or see transphobic ments a popular film n be hugely triggerg and trmatizg. Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundatn, the tnal arm of the Human Rights Campaign, the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights anizatn, released “An Epimic Of Vlence: Fatal Vlence Agast Transgenr and Genr Non-Conformg People the Uned Stat 2020, ” a distrsg report honorg the at least 37 transgenr and genr non-nformg people killed 2020 and shg a light on data that HRC has llected sce 2013 on the epimic of vlence.
VLENT VICTIMIZATN OF LBIANS, GAYS AND BISEXUALS CANADA, 2014
<span><b>Objectiv.</b> To timate US nonlethal vlent victimizatn rat for lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) mal and femal aged 16 years and olr and to pare dispari among LGB and straight mal and femal, ntrollg for other rrelat of victimizatn.<b>Methods.</b> We ed data f</span> … * violence against lgbt statistics 2014 *
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundatn, the tnal arm of the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights anizatn, today rpond to the alarmg rults om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) natnwi survey of high school stunts, which found that lbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience vlence and bullyg, and attempt suici, than their heterosexual peers.
That is why Congrs needs to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act--legislatn that would require school districts to adopt anti-bullyg and harassment polici that specifilly clu bullyg based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, along wh race, lor, natnal orig, sex, disabily, and learn more about how HRC supports LGBTQ young people at school, at home and their muni, vis Human Rights Campaign Foundatn is the tnal arm of the Uned Stat’ largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. Moreover, the ways which society both hypersexualiz LGBTQ people and stigmatiz our relatnships n lead to timate partner vlence that stems om ternalized homophobia and shame.