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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So 20 from hate crimes? Or just 20 from all violence? Because those who are found out to be LGBTQ+ in the middle east, are killed because they're LGBTQ+, and often in very violent ways.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some states don’t even have LGBT hate crime legislation, and until recently (like, last year) multiple southern states didn’t. There’s no federal requirement for states to report the number of LGBT hate crimes that happen yearly. So until that change there is no concise way of answering both how many trans people died from general violence and how many from hate crimes. But anyone who thinks the answer to that is zero isn’t paying attention.

I’m also not sure that the trans people murdered in the US get any solace from ‘only’ being shot or stabbed, or that the distinction helps anyone LGBT in the US or Palestine who is hate crimed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-immigration-west-bank-gay-rights-ce95f6903faf461502cc0800b272b159

Again, comparing the southern USA to anywhere in the middle east or northern Africa is being naive.

Could the USA do better on LGBTQ rights? Absolutely. But let's stop pretending they're anywhere near the way the middle east handles LGBTQ+ rights.