70 Percent of Anti-LGBT Murder Victims Are People of Color

[JAnthony]

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/07/70_percent_of_anti-lgbt_murder_victims_are_people_of_color.html

A short clip from the article on what the problems are, and some of the organizing around it....

"The NCAVP report found that half of those who experienced hate violence did not contact the police after their attack. The report further found that 25.4 percent of transgender women did not file a report. So what can be done to reduce these rates of violence against LGBT people and communities of color?

The Audre Lorde Project is among the groups that organize LGBT people in communities of color that are increasingly looking beyond law enforcement and the criminal justice system for a solution. The Safe OUTside the System Collective works with bodegas, businesses and organizations within Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and surrounding areas to create safe spaces for LGBT people of color to curb violence."

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3. The story in the beginning the linked article is one of the main reasons

I am passionate about gblti rights.

When our leaders justify homophobia -God is in the mix- the people are affected.

[JAnthony]

4. Well-stated, THANK YOU!

LGBT rights are just human and American rights.

Why anyone would have questions or resistance to this in America, I'm just totally puzzled when that happens.