Background Information on Hate Crimes
Laws and Legislation in Your State
- Find out if your state outlaws hate crimes based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
- These charts lay out FBI data on hate crimes based on sexual orientation from 1991 to 2006. For detailed statistics, go to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports page and scroll down to "Hate Crimes Statistics."
- Covering polls from 1998 to 2007, this document shows that the U.S. public supports hate crimes legislation.
A Chronology of Hate Crimes: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- This document details over 650 accounts of hate-related violence. It begins with the slaying of James Byrd Jr., which captured national attention in 1998.
- This HRC report covers incidents of anti-gay hate-motivated violence from 1990 to 2000.