New Data Highlight Higher Rates of Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBTQ People Katie Burkholder National November 17, 2020 0New data from the Williams Institute and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) highlight higher rates of victimization among LGBTQ...
Advocates Say Georgia’s New Hate Crimes Law is Tainted by Police Protection Bill Katie Burkholder Georgia June 30, 2020 0Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a landmark hate crimes bill into law on Friday (June 26), which includes language protecting...
HRC Calls for Georgia to Pass Hate Crimes Law after Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Georgia Voice Georgia May 11, 2020 0The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling for Georgia to institute a hate crimes law after the shooting and murder...
Southern Poverty Law Center Releases Report Detailing Rise in Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups in 2019 Katie Burkholder National April 3, 2020 0The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released their 2019 Year in Hate and Extremism report, which tracks U.S.-based hate...
Hate Crime Murders Hit All-Time High in 2018, FBI Report Says Katie Burkholder National November 13, 2019 0The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has released their annual report on hate crimes for 2018, which found that the...
LA County is First Jurisdiction in US to Monitor LGBTQ Murders and Suicides Katie Burkholder National September 9, 2019 0Los Angeles County in California has become the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to monitor unnatural LGBTQ deaths in the...
Hate Crimes Up in the United States Katie Burkholder National July 31, 2019 0New research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism (CSHE) at California State University San Bernardino found...
Bipartisan Hate Crime Prevention Bill Introduced into House Katie Burkholder National July 1, 2019 0A bipartisan bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives that improves the reporting of hate crimes and expands...
Reported Hate Crimes Increase in Counties Where Trump Rallied in 2016 Katie Burkholder National March 25, 2019 0A new study shows that counties where President Donald Trump rallied during his campaign in 2016 have seen a 226...
Georgia One of 28 States Ranked Lowest in HRC’s State Equality Index Katie Burkholder Georgia February 4, 2019 0The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released their fifth annual State Equality Index (SEI), which looks at state legislation and determines...
LGB-inclusive hate crimes bill gets new life, passes out of House committee Patrick Saunders Atlanta March 8, 2018 0Three LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes bills were proposed this year in the Georgia Legislature, but none of them passed from one...
