ORGANIZATIONS
- Community United Against Violence
- HRC: Explore Hate Crimes
- The Trevor Project
- International Association for Suicide Prevention
- It Get's Better
- Matthew Shepard Foundation
- stopbullying.gov
- Violence Prevention Works!
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Safer Schools Coalition
- Stop Hate!
- Teaching Tolerance
RESOURCES
- Resources: Hate Crimes (Human Rights Campaign)
- LGBT Youth (and Violence) -CDC
- LGBT Bullying Statistics (Nobullying.com)
- Facts and Figures (LGBT Foundation)
- Hate Crimes and Statistics - Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault - Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Justice
- Sexual Assault in the LGBT Community - National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Parent, Educator and Youth Guide to LGBTQ Cyberbullying
REPORTS
- The Trevor Project (Crisis Intervention and Youth Advocacy)
- Beyond Bullying: (Human Rights Campaign)
- Bullying and LGBTYouth (stopbullying.gov)
- Bullying and LGBT Youth (Mental Health America)
- LGBT Bullying Statistics (Nobullying.com)
- How School Bullying Impacts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Young Adults(Frances McClelland Institute)
- Teacher Intervention in Anti-LGBT Bullying (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network)
- Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBTQ People (Human Rights Campaign)
Bullying against someone one the basis of sexual orientation or gender identification can be verbal, physical, online or psychological It occurs when someone perceives another person to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning and for various reasons finds that to be distasteful or unacceptable. Bullying happens in schools (especially middle and high schools) but can also happen in the workplace or within a community.
A hate crime is a form of bulling though it usually also involves violent and usually premeditated action against another person because of their perceived membership in an undesirable social group. In October of 2009 President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. hate Crimes Prevention Act into law which prohibits crimes motivated by actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.
Hate crimes and bullying are not always reported because of victims fear of being labeled as LGBT or because of the fear of the response from the criminal justice system.
Bullying & Hate Crimes