LGBTQ Americans are 9 times more likely to be victimized by a hate crime

[Behind the Aegis]

In our recent analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey, we found that the odds of being a violent hate crime victim for LGBTQ people was nine times greater than it was for cisgender and straight people from 2017 to 2019.

There were an average annual 6.6 violent hate crime victimizations per 1,000 LGBTQ people during this three year period.

In contrast, there were 0.6 violent hate crime victimizations per 1,000 cisgender and straight people.

A hate crime is an attack or threat of an attack that’s motivated by the victim’s perceived race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender or religion. Or it could include someone’s association with any of the previous categories, such as an anti-Muslim hate crime committed against someone who is Sikh.

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[ismnotwasm]

1. That's so bad. Just horrific

I live in a “bubble” area—Seattle. Hate crimes still exist of course, I just don’t expect to run into bigots and racists as an everyday occurrence. Still, I wear my pronouns attached to my badge at work. My hospital openly celebrates pride, and actually has a decent mandatory diversity training course on-line.

In short, these stats always remind me how far we still have to go.