"New FBI data show a sharp increase in anti-gay hate crimes"

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Post subject: "New FBI data show a sharp increase in anti-gay hate crimes"

Posted: 11/23/09 7:28 am • # 1

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"Some" are already rationalizing the increased numbers by blaming it on the "hate crimes legislation" ~ beyond the facts that that simply makes no sense and that there is NO acceptable reason for the increase, the increase reported is in 2008 numbers ~ Sooz

By Amanda Terkel at 10:50 am

New FBI data show a sharp increase in anti-gay hate crimes.

Today, the FBI released its latest annual statistics on U.S. hate crimes in 2008. Overall, "the 2008 numbers are up slightly - 7,783 incidents and 9,691 victims" were reported last year. Hate crimes based on sexual orientation had the largest increase - nearly 11 percent. Hate crimes based on religion rose 9 percent and the "largest category, racially-motivated hate crimes, fell less than 1 percent." A breakdown of the 1,706 victims of sexual-orientation hate crimes:

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- 57.5 percent were victims of an offender's anti-male homosexual bias.
- 27.3 percent were victims because of an anti-homosexual bias.
- 11.6 percent were victims because of an anti-female homosexual bias.
- 2.0 percent were victims because of an anti-heterosexual bias.
- 1.6 percent were victims because of an anti-bisexual bias.

The FBI notes that with the recent passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, it will now "begin the process of adding the collection of hate crimes motivated by gender and gender identity and incorporating them into our annual report."