Sharp increase in anti-LGBT violence in Minnesota

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5/26/2008

"In early 2007, a man walked into a Loring Park gay bar asking for change for the bus. As he waited for his change, a patron at the bar struck up a conversation with the man. The man looking for bus fare soon realized he was in a gay bar and quickly left. A few minutes later he walked back in, approached the patron and began to beat him while shouting anti-gay slurs. It was a frightening scene. I was standing five feet away."

This report is consistent with my experience.  Corresponding to a conservative trend in the midwest, Minnesota has gone from being a relatively safe place to more like the rest of the United States. 

To read the entire report click ANTI-LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER VIOLENCE IN 2007: A Report of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs.