As you browse through this blog, which has been tailored towards Sexual Orientation and intolerance, we ask that you please keep an open-mind despite any personal views, beliefs, or other preconceived notions about sexuality. This blog was set up as a means of educating our classmates prior to the discussion they will partake in as part of our lesson on intolerance and in hopes of alleviating any pressure they may feel if asked to speak from their own personal experiences dealing with intolerance, discrimination, or any other type of indirect or direct hate crime. If you do not feel comfortable sharing your own personal experiences, we ask that you please refer to the information we have provided for you, which will act as a common ground to stimulate the discussion.
The information provided by this blog is not endorsed by any or all group members and may be offensive.
While visiting this multimodal blog, please watch the videos, familiarize yourself with the statistics, and take a glance or two at the pictures provided. Please come to class prepared to discuss what you found as you will be required to actively participate, because of course we love listening to what you have to say! :-)
Monday, March 30, 2009
some facts for your viewing- compare the facts from 2005 to 2007...any significant difference? What are these statistics still representing?
States that include sexual orientation in their hate crime laws: Arizona (2003), Delaware (2001), Florida (2001), Illinois (2001), Iowa (2002), Kansas (2002), Kentucky (2001), Louisiana (2002), Maine (2001), Massachusetts (2002), Michigan (2002-data collection only), Nebraska (2002), Nevada (2001), New Hampshire (2002), New York (2002), Rhode Island (2001), Tennessee (2001), Texas (2002), Washington (2001) and Wisconsin (2002)
States that include sexual orientation and gender identity in their hate crime laws: California (1999), Colorado (2005), Connecticut (2004), District of Columbia (1989), Hawaii (2003), Maryland (2005), Minnesota (1993), Missouri (2001), New Jersey (2002/March 2008),New Mexico (2003), Oregon (2001/2008) and Vermont (2001)
States that do not have hate crime laws based on any bias: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Wyoming
The following are U.S. hate crime statistics collected by the FBI under The Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990:
2007: 1,460 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
59.2 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual bias.
24.8 percent were reported as anti-homosexual bias.
12.6 percent were prompted by an anti-female homosexual bias.
1.8 percent were the result of an anti-heterosexual bias.
1.6 percent were classified as anti-bisexual bias.
2006: 1,415 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
62.3 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual biased.
20.7 percent were classified as anti-homosexual biased.
13.6 percent were classified as anti-female homosexual biased.
2.0 percent were classified as anti-heterosexual biased.
1.5 percent were classified as anti-bisexual biased.
2005: 1,171 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
60.9 percent were anti-male homosexual.
19.5 percent were anti-homosexual.
15.4 percent were anti-female homosexual.
2.0 percent were anti-heterosexual.
2.3 percent were anti-bisexual.
States that include sexual orientation and gender identity in their hate crime laws: California (1999), Colorado (2005), Connecticut (2004), District of Columbia (1989), Hawaii (2003), Maryland (2005), Minnesota (1993), Missouri (2001), New Jersey (2002/March 2008),New Mexico (2003), Oregon (2001/2008) and Vermont (2001)
States that do not have hate crime laws based on any bias: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Wyoming
The following are U.S. hate crime statistics collected by the FBI under The Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990:
2007: 1,460 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
59.2 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual bias.
24.8 percent were reported as anti-homosexual bias.
12.6 percent were prompted by an anti-female homosexual bias.
1.8 percent were the result of an anti-heterosexual bias.
1.6 percent were classified as anti-bisexual bias.
2006: 1,415 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
62.3 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual biased.
20.7 percent were classified as anti-homosexual biased.
13.6 percent were classified as anti-female homosexual biased.
2.0 percent were classified as anti-heterosexual biased.
1.5 percent were classified as anti-bisexual biased.
2005: 1,171 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses:
60.9 percent were anti-male homosexual.
19.5 percent were anti-homosexual.
15.4 percent were anti-female homosexual.
2.0 percent were anti-heterosexual.
2.3 percent were anti-bisexual.
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