In 2021, there were 617 victims of anti-gay hate crim the Uned Stat, makg gay men the group wh the most victims attacked for their genr or sexual orientatn that year.
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DOG THE MATH: WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY ABOUT HARASSMENT OF GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR STUNTS*
Chan School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundatn and Natnal Public survey, a natnally reprentative sample of 489 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer adults, found that more than half of them experienced slurs (57 percent) or offensive ments (53 percent). “Even as we see advanc like gay marriage or pollg that says people are supportive of LGBTQ issu or know a gay person, average muny members are sayg that don’t mean discrimatn has gone away. 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.
Lbian, gay or bisexual adults are particularly likely to face harassment onle. While small shar overall say their harassment was due to their sexual orientatn, 50% of lbian, gay or bisexual adults who have been harassed onle say they thk occurred bee of their sexual orientatn. Lbian, gay or bisexual onle harassment targets are also more likely to report havg enuntered harassment onle bee of their genr (54%) pared wh their straight unterparts (31%).