Posted by on January 15, 2025 11:16 am
Originally From: Pink News

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A shocking number of daily hate crime incidents across the US in 2024 have been revealed in a new GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) report. 

The LGBTQ+ media advocacy organisation has released the latest metrics about anti-LGBTQ+ hate in 2024, gathered by its extremism reporting tracker, the ALERT Desk. 

Throughout 2024 the desk recorded at least 918 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across the US, which is the equivalent of two and a half hate crime incidents every day. 

Included in the incidents were more than 260 protests, 140 bomb threats, the same number of vandalism acts and 85 assaults. 

At least 90 injuries and seven deaths were recorded from acts of violence motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ hate, while a concerning 447 incidents directly targeted the trans, non-binary and gender non-confirming community. 

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