And while countless people have been the victims of individual attacks, large groups at nightclubs and other settings worldwide have also been subject to violence. hate crimes in 2014 (the most recent year available) targeted people because of sexual orientation or gender, according to FBI statistics cited by the activist group Human Rights Campaign. “Where they exist, official statistics tend to understate the number of incidents.” “In most countries, the absence of effective systems for recording and reporting hate-motivated violence, or ‘hate crimes,’ against LGBT persons masks the true extent of violence,” noted a United Nations report last year.
In the threat, Fehring said there would ' be radio-controlled devices placed at numerous strategic places' along the march. Though clearly widespread, and far from confined to recent decades, violent attacks rooted in gender or sexuality are difficult to quantify. The biggest threat came towards the 2021 New York City Pride March.
history, which saw 49 people gunned down this weekend at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The list of well-publicized murders of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people now includes victims of the worst mass shooting in U.S.
