The Increased Risk of Hate Violence for LGBT Undocumented Immigrants

We need to reform our immigration laws to protect LGBT immigrants from hate violence.

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The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, or NCAVP—a group of organizations dedicated to ending all forms of violence against and within lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, and HIV-affected communities—recently released its report on hate violence in 2013 against these communities. Last year was the first year that NCAVP had a large enough sample size of LGBT and HIV-affected undocumented people to produce statistically relevant findings.

These findings show that while 2013 was a pivotal year for same-sex marriage rights—with significant victories at the state level and in the U.S. Supreme Court—homophobia and transphobia still put the safety and lives of LGBT people at risk on a daily basis.

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LGBT Undocumented Immigrants Face an Increased Risk of Hate Violence by Sharita Gruberg

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