LGBTQ Hate Crime Murders Rise

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released their annual national research report on hate violence targeting our LGBTQ & HIV-affected communities. In August 2017 NCAVP recorded the highest number of anti-LGBTQ homicides in their 20-year history of tracking & released a mid-year report to raise awareness of this disturbing increase. Since the release of that report in August of 2017 the number of reported homicides continued to increase reaching a total of 52 reported anti-LGBTQ homicides in all of 2017 which is the highest number ever recorded & an 86% increase from 2016. Beverly Tillery, Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Project (AVP) stated, “This report is a wake-up call for all of us. Our communities live in an increasingly hostile & dangerous climate, after a year of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric & policies coming from the White House, Federal government agencies, state & local sources & in our communities across the country. Anti-LGBTQ violence has long been a crisis, but NCAVP has watched the escalation of violence this past year with great concern. I urge everyone to read the stories & look at the photos of the 52 individuals lost to hate violence in 2017; they are our friends, family, co-workers & fellow LGBTQ community members. NCAVP will continue to say their names & re-commits to doing all we can to prevent hate violence & support survivors. We must bring more attention & action to deal with this epidemic of violence & work across all of our diverse communities to protect those most vulnerable & stand up to the hostile forces that have created this unacceptable climate of hate.”
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