Hate Crimes

Anti-gay Violence

Anti-gay violence is a great problem in today's society. In 1991, sexual orientation was the basis of 8.9% of all hate crimes reported. This has steadily climbed to 12.8% in 1995, and dropped slightly to 11.6% in 1998 as the third most popular hate crime ( with race (61.6%) and religion (16.0%) being first and second, respectively in 1996). Gays and lesbians have to live with stereotypes of acting more feminine/masculine than the opposite sex, having one or more sexually transmitted diseases, doing nothing but have sex, and worst of all, not even being considered human beings. The New York Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Report (1996) states that 75% of the people committing these crimes are under the age of 30, and that 33% of these people are under 18 years of age. State and Federal Laws don't seem to be working, so I guess the only other option is to educate. This is my part in educating people out there that anti-gay violence is a problem, and what is being done about it.

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