Why Hate Crimes Legislation Is Still Not a Solution

[Natasha]

Why Hate Crimes Legislation Is Still Not a Solution

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/04/why_hate_crimes_legislation_is_still_not_a_solutio.php
4/29/11
Yasmin Nair

The brutal assault on Crissy Lee Polis in a Maryland McDonald's has led to a long and sustained conversation here and elsewhere about how best to seek solutions to the ongoing problem of harassment and violence inflicted upon trans and queer-identified folk.

The immediate response from many in the LGBTQ community has been to demand that this be treated as a hate crime. Equality Maryland has already made a public statement to that effect, and Polis herself has insisted that it is one.