Anti-gay Violence: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session ... October 9, 1986, Volume 4 |
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AIDS anti-gay and anti-lesbian anti-gay violence anti-lesbian violence APPENDIX assailant assist attack BERRILL Bias Unit bigotry called Chairman civil rights CONFIRMED BIAS court crimes motivated criminal justice system discrimination District Attorney faggots fear Federal gay and lesbian gay community gay crime victims gay men Gay Task Force gay victims groups hate crimes heterosexual Hispanic homicide homophobia homophobic violence homosexual John Conyers Justice Department law enforcement legislation Lesbian Anti-Violence Project lesbian community lesbian crime victims Lesbian Task Force lesbian victims lesbians and gay liaison male Mayor's murder National Gay NGLTF percent perpetrators persons physical police department precinct prejudice programs prosecute racial rape religious response San Francisco Seattle sexual assault sexual orientation sodomy laws Subcommittee on Criminal survey Thank victim service victims of anti-gay victims of crime violence against gay violence against lesbians Violence Project Wertheimer York City Gay York County
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Page 107 - By definition. of course. we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination. through which we effectively. if often unthinkingly. reduce his life chances. We construct a stigma theory. an ideology to explain his inferiority and account for the danger he represents.
Page 216 - District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if death results shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
Page 217 - We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it. And we cherish our freedom here at home. But are we to say to the world — and much more importantly to each other — that this is...
Page 31 - attacks against gay men were the most heinous and brutal I encountered. They frequently involved torture, cutting, mutilation, and beating, and showed the absolute intent to rub out the human being because of his [sexual] preference
Page 216 - Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 46 - A striking feature of most murders in this sample is their gruesome, often vicious nature. Seldom is a homosexual victim simply shot. He is more apt to be stabbed a dozen times, mutilated, and strangled
Page 43 - SIMILAR HIGH RATES OF VICTIMIZATION. ONE PARTICULARLY DISURBING FINDING IN THE PHILADELPHIA SURVEY WAS THAT GAY PLOPLE IN THAT CITY WERE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES THAN PERSONS IN THE GENERAL URBAN POPULATION. NEXT WEEK, NGLTF WILL RELEASE A REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND VICTIMIZATION IN 1986. THE REPORT DOCUMENTS NEARLY 5,000 INCIDENTS— INCLUDING HARASSMENT, THREATS, VANDALISM, ASSAULT, ARSON AND MURDER— DOCUMENTED BY 41 ORGANIZATIONS IN 27 STATES.
Page 1 - Antigay violence has become a national issue since 1979, with the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk.
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