Killings of LGBT People in U.S. Rose to a Record in 2016: Report

[DonViejo]

Source: U.S. News & World Report



By Laila Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More LGBT people were killed in the United States in 2016 than in any of the 20 years since record-keeping began, with the total boosted by the deaths of 49 people in an attack at a gay club in Florida last June, an advocacy group said on Monday.

The release of a report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs coincides with the first anniversary of the massacre at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Excluding Pulse victims, 28 Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender were killed in 2016, which was up 17 percent from 24 killed the previous year, according to the annual report. The number of killings last year was the highest since 2012, when 25 LGBT people were killed.

Including Pulse victims, murders of LGBT people rose 217 percent in 2016. Not all of those killed in the nightclub attack were LGBT.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-06-12/killings-of-lgbt-people-in-us-rose-to-a-record-in-2016-report

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. It seems to me that at least part of this would have to do with the fact that more people are

out over time.

[Igel]

2. That goes towards understanding.

Not much call for that these days.

Even were the rate down, a well-placed anecdote would be much more important and "authentic" than actual statistics. We can understand emotionally charged stories. All those numbers ... it's a humiliating reminder of widespread innumeracy.

[Archae]

3. Guys like right-wing activist Theodore Shoebat say "They had it coming..."

And now Trump wants one of those "Kill dem queers" activists on a board overseeing colleges.

(Jerry Falwell Jr.)

[treestar]

4. World wide it is likely even worse