Hate crime is up 24% nationally, but not in Columbus

http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/may/0523085.htm
5/23/2008

""We know that the 2,430 people who called on our organizations in 2007
are only a small fraction of the actual number of LGBT people who
experienced bias-motivated violence," said Avy Skolnik, national
programs coordinator of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.
"Anecdotally, we constantly hear stories of LGBT people surviving
abuse--sometimes multiple attacks per day when that violence comes
from a fellow student, a neighbor, a co-worker, a landlord or a boss."