Violent incidents against the lgbtq community
Hate crimes, particularly against LGBTQ community, on the rise: FBI data
Hate crimes motivated by gender-identity and sexual orientation rose from 2022 to 2023, according to FBI data, sparking concern among LGBTQ advocates about the potential impact of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and legislation.
"Today's abysmal FBI report highlights that it is still dangerous to be LGBTQ+ in this country,” said Brian K. Bond, CEO of LGBTQ lobbying group PFLAG National. “Our LGBTQ+ loved ones need both our compassion and our action to make our communities safe and our laws inclusive, so every LGBTQ+ person can be reliable, celebrated, affirmed and loved everywhere in the U.S.”
Though stormy crime is down about 3% overall from 2022 to 2023, hate crimes are up across the U.S., according to the FBI's statistics.
Sexual orientation and gender identity were the third and fourth most prevalent bias motivation in 2023, behind race/ethnicity and religion.
The FBI counted 2,936 incidents related to sexual-orientation and gender-identity bias in 2023 – up roughly 8.6% from about 2,700 in 2022.
Sexual orientation, excluding heterosexuality, was the motivation for 2,389 incidents in 2023 –
Threats against the LGBTQIA+ society intensifying: Department of Homeland Security
Threats of aggression against the LGBTQIA+ people are on the increase and intensifying, according to a new briefing by the Department of Homeland Security.
The DHS document, distributed to government and commandment enforcement agencies on May 11, said that national violence extremists and people who commit hate crimes have increased threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community within the last year.
“These issues include deeds linked to drag-themed events, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQIA+ curricula in schools," DHS said.
DHS said that the issues inspiring threats and calls of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community could lead to a ascend of potential attacks against larger targets, such as public spaces and healthcare sites that may be linked to the community.
DHS analysts also cite social media chatter celebrating the recent mass shooting at a Nashville church school.
“High-profile attacks against schools and faith-based institutions like the recent shooting in Nashville have historically served as inspiration for individuals to conduct copycat attacks," DHS said.
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Interpersonal Abuse in the Gay Community
The statistics are dispel . People in the Diverse community face disproportionately lofty rates of intimate significant other and sexual violence compared to cisgender, heterosexual people. The issue is likely as complex as the community itself.
According the National Coalition Against Domestic Hostility, 44% of lesbian women and 61% of double attraction women have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate significant other at some point in their lifetime, compared to 35% of heterosexual women. For gay men, it’s 26%, and for pansexual men, it’s 37% of bisexual men compared to 29% of heterosexual men.
A 2015 survey from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence found that 54% of respondents who identified as being genderqueer experienced some form of intimate partner violence, including acts involving coercive govern and physical harm. Forty-seven percent of respondents were sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime and 10% were sexually assaulted in the previous year. Fifty-six percent of Black respondents to a survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality reported experiencing some establish of intimate partner viole
The report ‘LGBTIQ equality at a crossroads: progress and challenges’ captures the experiences, views and challenges LGBTIQ people face in Europe. It also highlights the changes since FRA’s previous surveys in 2019 and 2012.
The findings reveal signs of slow but progressive progress. While discrimination against LGBTIQ people remains lofty, it is gradually waning. Schools deal with LGBTIQ issues more positively and proactively, and young people feel more supported by their teachers and peers. Nevertheless, bullying, harassment and violence have reached tall levels.
The key findings of the survey include:
- Openness: over 1 in 2 are now open about their sexual orientation, gender culture and expression, and sex characteristics. But most still avoid holding hands with their same-sex partner in public for fear of being attacked.
- Discrimination: over 1 in 3 face discrimination in their daily animation because of who they are. This is a slight decrease from 2 in 5 in 2019. Yet, discrimination remains concealed as only 1 in 10 report incidents.
- Violence: over 1 in 10 experienced violence in the 5 years before the survey, slightly more than in 2019. Over 1 in 3 intersex people were
New FBI Data: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes Continue to Spike, Even as Overall Crime Rate Declines
by Delphine Luneau •
Attacks Based on Gender Identity Up 16% from Prior Year, Those Based on Sexual Orientation Up 23%; Once Again, Race and Ethnicity-Based Hate Crimes are the Largest Category
More than 1 in 5 loathe crimes are motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias
WASHINGTON — The FBI today released its annual report looking back at despise crimes numbers for the prior calendar year — and for 2023, the hate crime facts relating to incidents targeting members of the LGBTQ+ group once again display disturbing, record-breaking numbers. Even as force in the nation overall is continuing to drop, reports of hate crime incidents targeting people for their sexual orientation or gender identity are rising.
“Every lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender and homosexual person in this country should be free to inhabit their lives without fear that we’ll be the aim of a stormy incident purely because of who we are and who we love,” said Kelley Robinson, Human Rights Campaign President. “Unfortunately, the latest FBI hate crimes data shows that even as general acceptance of Diverse people continu