Anti-gay incidents

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 interest 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 Homosexual in this country,” said Brian K. Bond, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy organization PFLAG National. “Our Diverse loved ones need both our compassion and our action to make our communities safe and our laws inclusive, so every LGBTQ+ person can be safe, celebrated, affirmed and loved everywhere in the U.S.”

Though violent 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 individuality were the third and fourth most prevalent bias motivation in 2023, behind race/ethnicity and religion.

The FBI counted 2,936 incidents akin 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 –

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 slow progress. While discrimination against LGBTIQ people remains tall, it is gradually deteriorating. 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 lofty levels.

The key findings of the survey include:

  • Openness: over 1 in 2 are now open about their sexual orientation, gender individuality 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 existence 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 detest crimes are motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias

    WASHINGTON — The FBI today released its annual report looking back at detest 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 present disturbing, record-breaking numbers. Even as aggression 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, bi-curious, transgender and gay person in this country should be free to exist their lives without fear that we’ll be the aim of a forceful 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 widespread acceptance of Gay people continu

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    Hate Crime Reporting

    Experiencing hate crime can be traumatic. Our services are there to support you from healing to reporting.

    Hate crimes occur in many forms. They can be assault, harassment or abuse and can happen online or in person. All hate crimes are motivated by a prejudice towards a person’s race, sexual orientation, religion, disability or trans status. Despite much progress in changing societal attitudes, LGBT people still experience dislike crimes at alarming rates. 

    Despite victims increasingly coming forward, more needs to be done to ensure the LGBT community are reporting incidents. YouGov data shows that four in five anti-LGBT hate crimes and incidents go unreported, with young people particularly reluctant to report their experiences to police. Reporting rates are increasing but still dangerously low. LGBT Foundation are working to multiply awareness of hate crimes and encourage victims and witnesses to come forward. 

    Below you can find data and advice on reporting hate crime. 

    An LGBT despise crime is any criminal offence which is perceived to be motivated by hostility towards sexual orientation or trans status (or perceived sexual or

    Anti-LGBT Victimization in the United States

    LGBT people experienced a higher rate of earnest violence, defined as rape or sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault, than non-LGBT people (53.7 vs. 8.5 per 1,000),including higher rates of violence involving a weapon (27.4 vs. 5.7 per 1,000)and serious aggression resulting in injuries (21.3 vs. 2.4 per 22 LGBT people were also more likely to experience violent detest crimes (6.4 vs. 0.7 per 1,000).

    Conclusion

    Consistent with prior findings, our results display that compared with non-LGBT people, LGBT people have been subject to disparities in exposure to violence, including loathe crimes.LGBT victims of violence are also more likely than non-LGBT people to experience attacks that are more aggressive and to bear injuries because of these attacks. The curtailment and elimination of civil rights protections for LGBT people in the United States puts them at exposure for increased victimization and hate crimes.

    Methodology

    The NCVS uses a stratified, multi-stage cluster sample of households in the Combined States that surveys individuals aged 12 years and older.The purpose of the NCVS is to document the prevalence and characteristics of viol