> Do you have any cited evidence to support your assertions about rising violence? https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/bias-crime-unit/bias-cri

> Do you have any cited evidence to support your assertions about rising violence? https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/bias-crime-unit/bias-crime-dashboard https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/bias-cri... 50% increase between Q1 and Q3 2018, looking at historical data we're seeing double the number of hate crimes as any quarter in 2016. > By and large gays have equal rights under the law. Please stop calling us gays, its disrespectful & dehumanizing. We are people just like you! We do not have equal rights under the law, and there is a patchwork of laws in select states with varying degrees of protection that cover discrimination, nevermind how most of these protections are being rolled back or fought by the federal government right now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Stat... > The fear of lynching is greatly exaggerated. Tell that to the dead gay men in Orlando, or the multiple people who've been attacked and murdered this year for being non-straight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States#2010%E2%80%93present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LG... > There's ignorant people in the world...but what can be done to prevent these people from being radicalized? I think that's not a political thing but a community thing. Seems you missed what I said in the last comment. This demographic feels emboldened to hate by the current political climate. To prevent things from getting worse, we can't completely block out politics.