We timate the prevalence and characteristics of vlent hate crime victimizatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people the Uned Stat, and we pare them to non-LGBT hate crime victims and to LGBT victims of vlent non-hate crime. We analyze pooled 2017-2019 data om the Natnal Crime Victimizatn Survey (n persons = 553, 925;n cints = 32, 470), the first natnally reprentative and prehensive survey on crime that allows intifitn of LGBT persons aged 16 or olr. Dcriptive and bivariate analysis show that LGBT people experienced 6.6 vlent hate crime victimizatns per 1,000 persons pared wh non-LGBT people’s 0.6 per 1,000 persons (odds rat = 8.30, 95% nfince terval = 1.94, 14.65). LGBT people were more likely to be hate crime victims of sexual orientatn or genr bias crime and ls likely to be victims of race or ethnicy bias crim pared to non-LGBT hate crime victims. Compared to non-LGBT victims, LGBT victims of hate crime were more likely to be younger, have a relatnship wh their assailant, and have an assailant who is whe. Compared to LGBT victims of non-hate vlence, more LGBT hate crime victims reported experiencg problems their social liv, negative emotnal rpons, and physil symptoms of distrs. Our fdgs affirm claims that hate crim have adverse physil and psychologil effects on victims and highlight the need to ensure that LGBT persons who experience hate crime get necsary support and servic the aftermath of the crime.
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ANTI-GAY HATE CRIM FELL SLIGHTLY 2020, WHILE ANTI-TRANS CRIM ROSE, FBI SAYS
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.