Hateful language against the LGBTQ community has soared as politicians on both the federal and state levels and members of the conservative media have pushed laws targeting transgender athletes, gender-affirming health care and family-friendly drag shows.
Greene also has claimed that straight people face extinction as more people identify as transgender and, D-Ill., as “confused” and “your biological son.”
Stephanie Vigil, a Democrat elected in November to the Colorado state House district that includes Club Q, said she’s not surprised by the nightclub shooting. An evangelical religious organization that brings in tens of millions of donations, Focus on the Family, is headquartered in Colorado Springs. The group has advocated against gay rights for decades.
“These reports are simply those that were made to law enforcement agencies in Colorado and then passed along to the FBI, so that’s part of our challenge,” Shaver said. “We anecdotally have heard for a while and have believed that hate crimes are underreported in Colorado and most of them go underreported."
Police did"NOTHING," according to a respondent who reported that, while walking a dog, a neighbor had thrown rocks at the victim and used an anti-gay slur, according to a summary of the survey results. They"did not even offer to file a report."About 90% of the incidents involved verbal harassment, while fewer than 15% involved physical injury, the study found.
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