FBI data shows an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2022
Hate crimes based on gender identity were up 32.9% year over year.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023Hate crimes based on gender identity were up 32.9% year over year.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023President Joe Biden spoke of a hate ‘through-line’ that, along with racism, bigotry and violence, has long plagued the nation.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2022Human rights advocate Victor Madrigal-Borloz said NGOs and human rights defenders have found at least 280 current legislative attempts at the local level that would lead to a regression of LGBT rights.
By Associated Press - September 03, 2022Republicans in Congress are more upset at the social media website than at their colleague’s blatant transphobia.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2021The number of anti-trans hate crimes reported in 2020 in the United States was much higher than in the previous year.
By Casey Quinlan - September 01, 2021The process to apply for a federal security grant is burdensome for overworked clergy, and could slow enhanced protections for their congregants.
By Josh Axelrod - August 24, 2021‘No community should live in fear because of who they are, where they are from, or what they believe, and it is our goal to make that a reality,’ Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement.
By Associated Press - June 04, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy once opposed hate crimes laws of any kind.
By Josh Israel - May 26, 2021House Minority Whip Steve Scalise made sure members of the GOP caucus voted against a resolution to condemn mass shootings in Georgia that killed eight people.
By Emily Singer - May 19, 2021Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) repeatedly summoned racist tropes about the coronavirus and incessantly blamed China for the outbreak.
By Amy Lieu - April 22, 2021‘An attack on one group in our country is truly an attack on all of us,’ said Sen. Mazie Hirono.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2021‘Anti-Jewish hatred online never stays online,’ said Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress.
By Associated Press - April 11, 2021Republican state Rep. Vic Dabney opposed a hate crimes bill because he was tired of being ‘vilified’ for his ‘whiteness.’
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2021A main criticism has been that the U.S. government vastly undercounts hate crimes because the FBI’s reporting system is voluntary.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2021