Hate Crimes In The LGBT Community

Hate crime is a motivated violent act by a group or individual perpetrator towards a specific race, colour or religion (Collins, Pg 93,192). For many years, authority figures and the media have ignored hate crime offences towards individuals who identify under the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) umbrella. Up until the 20th century and prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, LGBTQ persons have been victimized in violent crimes based solely on gender identification and orientation. With a myriad of events, cases and unreported individual incidents the burden of proof towards hate crime on LQBTQ increased. The development of North American law towards LGBTQ citizens has improved throughout the last two decades. However, there

Hate Crimes: crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or religion(Federal officials, 2011). Hate crimes have been around for centuries. A hate crime is considered any malicious crime that is derived from hatred towards a certain group of people. African Americans are still victim to hate crimes, even after the Civil Rights movement. James Byrd Jr. suffered a prime example of a gruesome hate crime in 1998, because of his African American descent. Three white men, allegedly, chained Byrd to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him down a gravel road, leaving his body parts severed and bloody (Marty,1998). Recently, a new group of people has been targeted by the hateful view

In this Gays and lesbians deserve equal protection against the hate crimes that happen in the world. Aren't we told as young children and also throughout life to treat others as we would want to be treated? So why are some decimated against based on sexual preference? The statistics show the percentages of the hate discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community. The violence that they are pitted against, due to people's discrimination against them, in life. And I will also mention the discrimination that the LGBT community goes through and what they miss out based on sexual preference.

In 2013, nearly 200 reported cases of sexual orientation-based hate crimes were reported in Canada; of those crimes, 66% involved violence (Watson, 2015). Scott Jones, a young homosexual man was the victim of one of these attacks. The brutal attack rendered him paralyzed. Through the support of family and friends, he was able to collaborate with them to create “Don’t be afraid” in an effort to draw awareness to LBGT violence and help promote acceptance (Jones, 2015). He is able to provide insight through his experiences in the healthcare system such as the roles and collaboration used in his care, as well as being inspirational.

Imagine feeling unsafe wherever you go, fearing that you’re going to be the next victim of a hate crime. Being terrified that your family is going to get a call saying that your body was found lifeless, bloody, and nearly unidentifiable on the side of the road. Gay and trans youth are constantly fearing that they are going to be killed, beaten, , kicked out, or unaccepted for something they cannot control. LGBT+ people are twice as likely to be victims of hate crimes than any other minority. Despite these statistics, the media hardly covers their deaths or beatings. Justice should not be taken away from an individual due to their sexual orientation, preference, or gender because we are all equal, regardless of circumstances.

For my immersion paper I would like to write about the Latino LGBT community. This would be a great opportunity to immerse myself in a group that has had a history of oppression and recently has been involved in major civil movement towards equality. As I have previously mentioned in class, my 18-year-old brother is gay and has had a difficult time finding comfort in his environment. It was as if he had to go through a period of re-socialization to adapt a to a new role as a gay man. Being raised in a culture that shames homosexuality has strained my brother’s relationship with our nuclear family and his community as a whole. I would like to see how the Latino American LGBT community deals with the dichotomy between their culture/ethnicity

Out of the 318.9 million people that currently occupy The United States of America, more than 41.3 million are immigrants. Even though many have contributed lots to American culture, they are stereotyped and hated on by lots of people. A large portion of people who are victims of this hate are Muslims. They face lots of judgement, stereotyping, and prejudice. In order to rid the modern challenges that Middle Eastern people and Muslims face, America needs to teach one another to promote respect for Muslims and Middle Eastern people, reduce public misconceptions about Middle Eastern culture, and eliminate hate crimes against them.

There is a correlation between culture and crime specifically with sexual minority communities and hate motivated violence. Hate-motivated violence refers to an act of violence that is motivated by bias or prejudice (Grattet, 2009). Reasons for bias crimes occurring include that these criminal offenses tend to occur in communities with high levels of social disorganization, they occur as a defense against neighborhood in-migration of ethnic "others”, and neighborhoods with concentrated disadvantage and residential turnover (Garret, 2009). There are consequences of hate-motivated violence for example, hate crime victims report higher levels of depression, anxiety, anger, and nervousness, and hate motivated physical violence is

Around the world, crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity are on the rise. According to 76crimes.com, the Trans Murder Monitoring project of Transgender Europe reported 1,731 transgender and gender-diverse people were murdered in more than 44 countries around the world between 2008 and 2014. Nearly 500 of those murders occurred between May 2013 and December 2014. According the FBI, approximately 1,200 out of 6,000 hate crimes committed in 2013 were based on sexual orientation in the United States.

A hate crime is a biased offense which generally takes place due to race, gender, skin color, religion or nationality. According to FBI ‘s record, hate crimes are the highest priority of their Civil Rights programs. The reason why they’re on the top of the list is because it has brutal impact on our society and communities. Hate crimes creates terrorism in our country due to many stereotypes and beliefs. The reason why I chose this topic is because I immigrated from India just like approximately other 3,982,398 Indians and I have seen how much hatred is increasing because of diverse race and ethnicity in American society. It was analyzed using cause and effect analysis. Hate crimes have a long history in our society. They have been going for

The social problem that I will be discussing in this paper will be violence. Specifically the violence against racialized groups, women, and the LGBT community. Violence is directly linked with poverty, as the poorest neighborhoods tend to have the highest crime rate. The groups most likely to be at risk for victimization tend to be poor people, for instance countless indigenous women are victimized. “In Saskatchewan, Indigenous women equal to 6 percent of the population, yet account for 60 percent of its missing women”(PowerPoint presentation, Violence). Indigenous women are extremely poor and that’s relevant, as the majorities are sex workers- these sex workers face horrific tragedies as violence against them is at an alarmingly high level. Canada has criminalized sex workers and that has led to increased violence by cause of law enforcement giving extra attention to the illegal sexual transaction. Furthermore with higher police surveillance, the state further perpetuates this social problem due to the fact that police officers are responsible for a large portion of the violence against sex workers, which tends to be intentional. Women tend to be victimized greater than men (do not know if it is because men never report sexual abuse) and a large number of their troubles are overlapped which is called intersectionality. Specifically, poor indigenous women are more likely to be a victim of violence than a rich white woman. The state further perpetuates violence against

When a person is treated as a disease rather than an actual human being, it exposes a symptom of an even bigger illness within our own society. The LGBTQ+ community has become more accepted in modern times, however, there’s is still hate, and stereotyping that dwells within. Often, when a person comes out they are met with the bright light of self-acceptance, but also, they must now face possible danger from others who cannot accept them, especially in the workplace. A person should not have to face discrimination from the workplace from the people they serve due to sexual orientation, society must learn how to overcome their hate and instead value the person for who they are and not for whom they love. I will dive into a case of discrimination

According to statistics released by the FBI, hate crimes that are specifically committed in relation to the victims sexual orientation have risen over the past three years. There were 1,017 reported in 2005, 1,195 in 2006 and 1,265 in 2007. The FBI reported a 6 % increase in hate crimes against gay, lesbian and

Discrimination has been around for centuries and even though there have been many improvements in the way society deals with discrimination, we still have a very long way to go. Gay and lesbian youth are two to three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths and 30% of all completed adolescence suicides are related to sexual identity. Parents, teachers, students – everyone needs to be more open about homosexuality and there should also be an understanding that being gay or lesbian is perfectly fine – as long as their happy, you should be too.

We need to stop hate crimes. Hate crimes lead to emotional scarring such as leading people to hurt themselves. Hate crimes are brutal and harmful. The percentage of hate crimes can increase if we don't do anything but stand around. The United States has a long history of biased actions against individuals because of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender. Many individuals get judged for their race, ethnicity, religion, who they're attracted to, who they want to be, and even their own gender.