Violent incidents against the lgbtq community

The report ‘LGBTIQ equality at a crossroads: progress and challenges’ captures the experiences, views and challenges LGBTIQ people encounter in Europe. It also highlights the changes since FRA’s previous surveys in 2019 and 2012.

The findings reveal signs of slow but gradual progress. While discrimination against LGBTIQ people remains sky-high , it is gradually declining. Schools deal with LGBTIQ issues more positively and proactively, and adolescent people feel more supported by their teachers and peers. Nevertheless, bullying, harassment and violence own reached high levels.

The key findings of the survey include:

• Openness: over 1 in 2 are now open about their sexual orientation, gender identity and verbalization, and sex characteristics. But most still avoid holding hands with their queer partner in general 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 invisible as only 1 in 10 report incidents.
• Violence: over 1 in 10 experienced abuse in the 5 years before the survey, slightly more than in 2019. Over 1 in 3 intersex people were

  Threats against the LGBTQIA+ people intensifying: Department of Homeland Security

  Threats of hostility against the LGBTQIA+ people are on the soar and intensifying, according to a new briefing by the Department of Homeland Security.

  The DHS document, distributed to government and regulation enforcement agencies on May 11, said that local 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 go up 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 Diverse Community

  The statistics are distinct. People in the Queer community face disproportionately sky-high rates of intimate match and sexual violence compared to cisgender, heterosexual people. The issue is likely as complex as the community itself.

  According the National Coalition Against Domestic Aggression, 44% of lesbian women and 61% of bisexual person women have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate spouse 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 gender nonconforming experienced some form of intimate partner violence, including acts involving coercive governance 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
  

  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 trouble 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 Queer in this country,” said Brian K. Bond, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy organization PFLAG National. “Our Gay 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 persona were the third and fourth most prevalent bias motivation in 2023, behind race/ethnicity and religion.

  The FBI counted 2,936 incidents associated 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 –
  

  New FBI Data: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes Continue to Spike, Even as Overall Crime Rate Declines

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  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 abhor crimes are motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias
  

  WASHINGTON — The FBI today released its annual report looking back at abhor crimes numbers for the prior calendar year — and for 2023, the hate crime information relating to incidents targeting members of the LGBTQ+ collective 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, attracted to both genders, transgender and homosexual person in this country should be free to reside their lives without fear that we’ll be the goal 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