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'It's so pervasive': California hate crimes soared 20% in 2022, report shows

LOS ANGELES — Hate crimes soared in California in 2022, with year-over-year rises recorded in incidents targeting virtually every demographic group, according to a report released Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Hate crimes rose 20.2% in California in 2022

Reported hate crimes increased in California in 2022, including instances of violence motivated by bias

The Independent UK

Texas Sets New Hate Crimes Record, DPS Data Show

Texas Department of Public Safety data shows that bias incidents against queer people occur at over 4 times the rate of all hate crimes.

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What is ‘heteroactivism’? How sports became a battleground for opposing LGBTIQ+ progress

There has been a sharp increase in public resistance and backlash to the advancement of LGBTIQ+ inclusion and equality recently. The UK charity Stonewall reports that LGBTIQ+ recorded hate crimes in the UK have increased in recent years, and in Australia, there has been a large uptick in anti-LGBTIQ+ related…

The Conversation

Hate crime laws needed to tackle spiralling homophobic attacks, activists say

Latest figures show there was a 29% increase in hate crimes last year

Dublin Live

Bathrooms are political: how gender-inclusive toilets can combat indignity and violence

A new hate crimes bill is inching closer to the possibility of becoming law in South Africa. The bill entrenches human dignity as a foundational value of the country by providing for penalties for explicit acts of violence and discrimination motivated by prejudice and intolerance.

The Conversation

Michigan House OKs new hate crime, institutional desecration penalties

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House on Tuesday passed a package of bills to reclassify certain offenses as hate crimes and designate the defacement of synagogues, churches or cemeteries as a crime separate from ordinary destruction of property.

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Gay hate inquiry to probe AC/DC manager’s death

The death of AC/DC manager Crispin Dye, who was fatally bashed in Sydney nearly three decades ago, will be probed at an inquiry looking at gay hate crimes.

The New Daily

Gay hate inquiry to probe AC/DC manager's death

The death of AC/DC manager Crispin Dye, who was fatally bashed in Sydney nearly three decades ago, will be probed at an inquiry looking at gay hate crimes.

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Man accused of targeting Boise’s LGBTQ+ community pleads guilty to hate crimes

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Man accused of targeting Boise’s LGBTQ+ community pleads guilty to hate crimes

BOISE, Idaho — An Oregon man admitted in federal court in Boise that he committed a spree of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the city last October.

Tribune News Service

India court bars airing of Al Jazeera documentary

Media network’s film, India … Who Lit the Fuse?, investigates hate crimes by Hindu nationalist groups against Muslims.

Al Jazeera

'People think I look like a monster, but I just want to be able to smile'

Catherine Parr's rare illness went undiagnosed for 27 years but as she is finally receiving treatment, research shows hate crimes are on the rise for people with visible differences

Daily Mirror

'Alarming' rise in hate crimes against LGBT Scots due to 'culture war narratives'

Figures released on Tuesday showed the proportion of charges aggravated by someone’s sexuality has more than doubled

The National (Scotland)

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A man with dwarfism says he went to police after a sexual assault. The case went nowhere

Aubrey Taylor’s case reflects a disturbing trend – people with disabilities struggle to be taken seriously by law enforcement

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Which groups have experienced an increase in hate crimes?

Anti-transgender and anti-Jewish hate crimes increased 35% or more between 2021 and 2022.

Dublin Live

'We were ostracised and criminalised for being gay 30 years ago and new stats show we're regressing'

An Garda Síochána reported a 29% increase in reports of hate crimes and hate-related incidents in 2022

AAP

Antiques dealer probably killed for abusing young boys

An inquiry into historical hate crimes against LGBTQI people has examined the death of a Sydney man who was stabbed to death in his shop more than 40 years ago.

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As neo-Nazis make their presence known in Mass., new report suggests tools to fight back

BOSTON — A new report from the Anti-Defamation League released Tuesday outlines what the organization says are critical steps officials in Massachusetts can take to combat a startling rise in white nationalist and neo-Nazi activity and hate crimes over the past two years.

The Guardian - UK

Spanish police make arrests over ‘hate crimes’ targeting Vinícius Júnior

Three detained after racist slurs directed at Real Madrid forward, with four more held over mannequin hanging from bridge

Newcastle Herald

Hateful 1980 gay hate murder 'haunting'

'I was only eleven years of age when my grandfather was murdered' grand daughter tells gay hate crimes inquiry

AAP

Grandad killed in 'cowardly' attack: gay hate inquiry

A grandfather fatally beaten in a Newcastle public toilet was likely targeted by a violent thief, an inquiry into suspected gay hate crimes has been told.

The Independent UK

Man indicted on 98 charges including hate crimes for 2022 shooting at Taiwanese church in California

A man accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting at a Southern California church luncheon last year has been charged with dozens of federal hate crimes in connection with the attack, which investigators say was motivated by political hatred of Taiwan

The National (Scotland)

UK plummets down table of 'safe' LGBT countries as hate crime rises

THE UK has tumbled down a list of "safe" LGBT countries with hate crimes reaching “dramatic numbers”.

The Independent UK

Report: Antisemitic incidents on the rise in California

Hate crimes and antisemitic incidents are on the rise in California

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