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Report: Severity of Violence Against LGBT People Increased

HeadlineMay 30, 2014

A new report says the severity of violence against LGBT people increased last year. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs recorded more than 2,000 hate incidents in 2013, about the same number as the previous year. There were 18 anti-LGBT homicides in 2013, including three in New York City alone — 89 percent of the murder victims were people of color; 72 percent were transgender women.

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