The Issue of LGBT Hate Crimes

Hate Crime: The actual or perceived sex of the victim, sexual orientation, gender identity, crime caused by disability or religion (Federal Officer, 2011). Hate crimes have existed for centuries. A hate crime is considered to be a malicious crime arising from hatred towards a group of people. Even after the civil rights movement, African Americans are still victims of hate crimes. James Bird Jr. experienced a severe case of a hate crime in 1998 for his African American descendants.

Regarding the insufficient report on LGBT's hate crime, four-fifths of LGBT people who experienced aversive crimes or incidents in the last 12 months did not report to the police, 7 out of 10 reported to the police I did not report it to the police. . Anyone else, such as authority, social worker, or charity. Ruth Hunt, CEO of Stonewall, says: "In this survey, it turned out that misuse of LGBT far exceeded our hatred and violence on the street, local shops, gyms, schools, places of worship etc.

Despite the progress of LGBT rights in the UK, the crime of hatred is still a regular part of the lives of many LGBT people. Galop's Hate Crime Report (2016) found that one out of every four fourths of LGBT people experienced an aversive crime (79%) related to gender identity or sexual orientation in their lifetime I found out. This was high in all sexual orientation and gender identity, including trans-people (79%), lesbians (77%), homosexual men (77%) and bisexuals (75%). . The ratio of women (79%) to men (78%) is also high

With the cruel death of Matthew Shepard who was a college student in 1998, more public attention is focused on anti-LGBT hate crimes. However, 18 states did not mention the sexual orientation in the Hate Crime Act restricting the legal instrument of the LGBT community. Sadly, the crime of hatred towards members of the LGBT community is very common and only follows the crimes of ethnic and religious prejudice every year. Lawyers are committed to prosecuting hate crimes, but policy advocates are striving to pass the Hate Crimes Act in all states