Hate Crimes
Anti-gay Violence
By Brian St. Denis, Karina Ramirez, & John Peterson
Hate Crimes
Anti-gay Violence
By Brian St. Denis, Karina Ramirez, & John Peterson
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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