LoveNotHate wrote:
In the US, on average, 110-120 people suicide *EVERY - freakin - DAY*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_i ... ted_StatesGuess how many straights commit suicide per year, guess how many gays and bisexuals do.
Or at least guess which group (straight vs. gay/bi) commits suicide the most and by what rate more.
Suicide - another aspect of life that knows no financial bounds.
LoveNotHate wrote:
racial profiling/LGBT acceptance
When I said assault - I meant ASSAULT
very literally. That expands far beyond acceptance - that's experiencing violence in this country due to how one was born. Guess which groups experience the highest level of hate crimes against the percentage of how much their population is in the country.
Spooky_Mulder wrote:
Quote:
Hate crimes rose the day after Trump was elected, FBI data showNationally, levels in 2014 were the lowest since national reporting began in 1992, according to the FBI. Since then, hate crimes have steadily increased. In 2016, the last year with FBI totals available, hate crimes were up 11.7 percent compared to 2014.
In 2017, our data show that hate crimes rose 12 percent over 2016 levels in 38 of the largest cities.
The six most frequently targeted groups in 2016, according to the FBI, were African-Americans; lesbians, gays and bisexuals; whites; Jews; Latinos; and Muslims.
Hate crime victims in 2016
African-Americans were the most-targeted group in 2016, comprising more than a quarter of all hate crime victims.
African-Americans
28.4%
Lesbian, gay or bisexual
17.5%
Whites
11.8%
Jews
11.2%
Latinos
6.1%
Muslims
5%
https://theconversation.com/new-data-sh ... 2017-97989 (Of note, percentage is compared to all hate crimes not compared to each group’s population in the states)
Challenge to Trump supporters and defenders: if you want to be taken even remotely seriously in refuting these statistics - provide statistics that refute these and especially refute the
FBI. We will all be waiting.
Also, in my last point - simply being kicked out of the house in terms of acceptance isn't what I was trying to refer to.
Among homeless youth, guess how many are straight and guess how many are lgbtq in comparison to what their population percentage is in the states.
If you're young, are you more likely to become homeless as a straight or queer person?
When minorities say that these are life and death issues, we aren't speaking in metaphor.