Hate Crime Essay

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hate crime Homosexuality and Hate Crimes The word hate crime was never in our vocabulary until the 1980’s, but that doesn’t mean hate crimes were not being committed. Hate crimes have been happening since as far back as World War I, this is when the Ku Klux Klan first started appearing and gaining the nation’s attention. A hate crime is defined as being crimes of hatred and prejudice, which is motivated by a group that the victim is affiliated with. A hate crime doesn't always mean that the offender hates the victim. Depending on how we define “hate crime” will depend on how much there is out there. “What makes a crime into a hate crime? The FBI's hate-crime report for 2002 quotes a statement about hate crimes by the American Psychological…show more content…
NGLTF is an agency that fights for the equal rights for homosexuals. They want it known that antigay violence is widespread and that there needs to be more legislation by lawmakers for more protected towards the homosexuals. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force conducted the first national study focusing exclusively on the topic of antigay violence in 1984. Interviewing almost 1,500 gay men and 654 lesbians in eight U.S. cities (Boston, New York, Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Seattle), the respondents reported the…show more content…
The actual known hate crimes targeting gay men and lesbians is compromised because of the inclusion of sexual orientation as a category under the federal hate crimes law. What I don’t think people understand is that victims of such hate crimes suffer more physical trauma and psychological trauma than any other crimes. Sexual orientation continues to be excluded from many states, as I stated earlier. The U.S. Senate rejected the inclusion of sexual orientation in federal hate crime laws back in the late 1990’s even though hate crimes towards gays and lesbians were

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