LGBTQ Advocates React To Rising Hate Crime Numbers | HuffPost Latest News
WEB15 hours ago · LGBTQ advocates are expressing concern after FBI data released this week revealed that despite a decrease in violent crime across the U.S., hate crimes — particularly against their community — increased in 2023. Despite regular conservative rhetoric that violent crime is on the rise, the FBI findings, which are based on local law ...
Hate crimes, particularly against LGBTQ community, on the rise: …
WEB3 days ago · Sexual orientation and gender identity-based incidents have made up a larger portion of recorded hate crimes as well, respectively making up 18.1% and 4.1% of hate crimes in 2023 compared to 15.7% ...
FBI Says Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes Are Way Up - Advocate.com
WEBOct 17, 2023 · The FBI has found an alarming rise in hate crimes against the LGBTQ + community, according to its annual crime report for 2022. The FBI data reveals a 13.8 percent increase in hate...
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rose in 2023: FBI - Advocate.com
WEB2 days ago · The largest category of hate crimes was crimes motivated by a race/ethnicity/ancestry bias, at 51.5 percent. LGBTQ + activists reacted to the hate-crimes data with alarm and blamed political attacks.
HRC | FBI’s Annual Crime Report — Amid State of Emergency,…
WEBOct 16, 2023 · More than 1 in 5 of any type of hate crime is now motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias, and HRC in recent years has been tracking a horrifying wave of fatal violence against transgender people, especially Black transgender women.
How the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and violence is impacting the
WEBAug 31, 2023 · The murders of several LGBTQ+ people and allies in recent weeks are raising alarm across the U.S. O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to death in Brooklyn after police said he confronted a group who...
Hate crimes targeting LGBTQ people at schools have sharply …
WEBMar 12, 2024 · School hate crimes targeting LGBTQ people have sharply risen in recent years, climbing fastest in states that have passed laws restricting LGBTQ student rights and education, a Washington...
ADL GLAAD Report Cites More Than 350 Anti-LGBTQ Incidents …
WEBJun 22, 2023 · There were more than 350 incidents of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. harassment, vandalism or assault in the United States from June 2022 through April 2023, according to a new report, reflecting a climate in...
Justice Department Awards Nearly $30M to Combat the Rise of Hate …
WEB1 day ago · Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer announced today nearly $30 million in grant funding through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) that will be awarded to law enforcement agencies, states, community-based organizations, national civil rights organizations, and other stakeholders to fight the rise in hate and bias crimes and incidents. These awards
Man Gets Nearly 22 Years in Prison for Shooting Teen in Hate Crime
WEBBy Eduardo Medina. April 20, 2023. A Missouri man who lured a teenager into a wooded area and shot him eight times because of his sexual orientation, causing serious and lingering injuries, was...