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Click here for information about the full NCAVP Hate Violence Report

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released its annual report on violence against the LGBTQ community and it shows that the overall number of reported hate crimes is still way too high. Additionally, 72% of LGBTQ homicide victims last year were transgender women. Read more here: http://www.glaad.org/blog/infographic-report-shows-anti-lgbtq-violence-still-way-too-high

People of color, transgender people, and gender non-conforming people continued to experience higher rates of homicide in 2012. LGBTQH people of color represented 53% of total reported survivors and victims of all hate crimes, but 73.1% of homicide victims. Black and African-American people were particularly overrepresented in the homicide rates: over half of reported hate murders had Black or African-American victims, even though Black and African American people made up only 15% of total survivors and victims of hate crimes overall.

You can download the PDF at the link provided.  There is good news as well overall hate crimes are down 15% from 2010-2011.  I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a increase though, election years are always the worse.