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.