LGBT Murders Up - Second Highest Rate In The Decade (Part I)
Pam's House Blend
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 15:30:00 PM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16722/lgbt-murders-up-second-highest-rate-in-the-decade-part-i (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16722/lgbt-murders-up-second-highest-rate-in-the-decade-part-i)
Statistics indicated that those most at risk for hate murder are young gender non-conforming or transgender people of color who present femininely or identify as female*. The persistence of this chilling trend is confirmed by the hate murders documented by NCAVP in 2009.
~National Coalition Of Anti-Violence Programs, in the report entitled Hate Violence Against The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Queer Communities In The United States In 2009