New Report: 2011 had the Highest Number of Anti-Gay Murders Ever

Are things getting better?

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported some harsh news about anti-gay violence in 2011.

 In 2011, 30 fatally violent hate crimes were committed against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender victims, 3 more than the previous year's total. At the same time, overall reports of anti-gay hate violence were down last year. But the authors of the report don't think the drop in reports of violence actually reflects a drop in violence. 

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs collects its data through 41 member programs across the country who receive calls and reports of LGBT hate crimes in the local communities. The authors of the report said they suspected a link between the rise in murders and the drop in overall reports of violence -- when more murders occur the small centers are overwhelmed and able to conduct less community outreach.

I also learned from this report that many hate crimes are not reported and people of color are big targets.

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