Reply To: Transgender hate crimes – are they on the rise?

[DeeAnn Hopings]

What it did was legitimize the feelings of ill will that people held, but were afraid to act on. This goes back to The Wall and the warped logic behind it, denigrating anyone from the Middle East, etc. These are not isolated things. They are all tied together. Further, it continues to present times. Essentially, when you tell people that their hatred is OK, it touches something very deep and it has gotten worse with even the ministers of certain political candidates saying that all LGBT people should be put to death. Also know that hate groups here in the US have been funding anti-LGBT groups in other countries. For example, some organizations here helped Uganda put forth and write their “Kill The Gays” legislation. Russia also funds various anti-LGBT efforts in other countries. Basically this is more focused and wide spread than most people realize.

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