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Title: The State of Transgender Hate Crimes in D.C.
Post by: Butterfly on March 18, 2010, 05:50:44 PM
Post by: Butterfly on March 18, 2010, 05:50:44 PM
The State of Transgender Hate Crimes in D.C.
The Sexist
by Amanda Hess
18 March, 2010
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/18/the-state-of-transgender-hate-crimes-in-d-c/ (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/18/the-state-of-transgender-hate-crimes-in-d-c/)
Last month, D.C. police released a report breaking down every hate crime reported in D.C. [PDF] over the past five years. In 2007, changes to the D.C. Human Rights Act required police to begin recording hate-bias crimes motivated by the victim's "gender identity or expression"—in other words, crimes that specifically target transgender victims. Since then, crimes against the transgender community have been the second most frequently recorded type of hate crime committed in D.C., after sexual orientation.
The Sexist
by Amanda Hess
18 March, 2010
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/18/the-state-of-transgender-hate-crimes-in-d-c/ (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/18/the-state-of-transgender-hate-crimes-in-d-c/)
Last month, D.C. police released a report breaking down every hate crime reported in D.C. [PDF] over the past five years. In 2007, changes to the D.C. Human Rights Act required police to begin recording hate-bias crimes motivated by the victim's "gender identity or expression"—in other words, crimes that specifically target transgender victims. Since then, crimes against the transgender community have been the second most frequently recorded type of hate crime committed in D.C., after sexual orientation.