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Sexual, gender minorities much likelier to be crime victims

By ASTRID GALVAN ic victimization rates, but
Associated Press Flores said other research
PHOENIX (AP) — The first has shown they are partic-
study of its kind found that ularly vulnerable.
people who are gay, les- The study also found that
bian, bisexual, transgen- sexual and gender minori-
der, queer or gender non- ties are burglarized at twice
confirming are nearly four the rate of other house-
times as likely to be victims holds, and that they're
of violent crime than those more likely to be victims
outside such communities. of other types of property
Although other research theft.
has long shown that LGBTQ The study is based on a
people and gender minori- national crime survey con-
ties are disproportionately ducted by the federal Bu-
affected by crime, the reau of Justice Statistics,
study published in Science which until 2016 had not
Advances, a multidisci- asked respondents about
plinary journal, on Friday their sexual orientation and
looked at data that has gender identity. Research-
only been collected since In this June 14, 2016, file photo, Filipino members of the LGBQT community stand around a rainbow ers examined responses to
2016, making for the first flag with a heart-shaped symbol during a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando, Fla. the 2017 survey, which was
comprehensive and na- mass shooting at the University of the Philippines campus in suburban Quezon city northeast of released last year.
Manila, Philippines.
tional study to examine the Associated Press But it may be a while before
issue. researchers can look at the
It found that members of For example, researchers cialized and have a certain Cooper said transgender data in this way again. The
such communities, referred found that such a popula- disdain for trans and queer people are particularly Trump administration, with-
to as sexual and gender mi- tion is much more likely to people," said Tori Cooper vulnerable, especially by out seeking public com-
norities, experienced a rate be victimized by someone of the Human Rights Cam- partners or people close to ment, announced that
of 71.1 violent victimizations they know well than a per- paign, a national organiza- them. The HRC has docu- it was moving the sexual
per 1,000 persons a year, son who is a non-sexual tion that advocates for the mented the killings of at orientation and gender
compared with 19.2 per and gender minority. LGBTQ community. Cooper least 29 transgender or non- identity questions from the
1,000 a year among non- The fact that sexual and is the director of commu- gender conforming people general demographic sec-
sexual and gender minori- gender minorities are vic- nity engagement for the in 2020 alone. The major- tion of its national crime sur-
ties. timized by people close to organization's Transgender ity were Black and Latina vey to a part of the survey
But it was the fact that them at such higher rates Justice Initiative. transgender women. only pertaining to victims.
sexual and gender minori- "does kind of raise questions A survey of more than "There's an incalculable This will limit what research-
ties are victims of such a hopefully future research 12,000 LGBTQ teens around amount of transphobia ... ers can learn about crime
variety of crimes at such can address about the na- the country released in that plays into these rela- disparities because ask-
disparate rates — and who ture of these incidents and 2018 by the Human Rights tionships," Cooper said. ing only victims about their
they're victimized by — the nature of these rela- Campaign found that 67% The new study didn't have sexual or gender identifi-
that surprised researchers, tionships," Flores said. report they've heard family a large enough sample cation makes it impossible
said lead author Andrew R. "There are certain social- members make negative of surveys by transgender to compare those rates
Flores, an assistant profes- izations that goes in that. I comments about LGBTQ people to come to a con- of violence to the general
sor at American University. think many people are so- people. clusion about their specif- population.q

Rochester mayor indicted in campaign finance probe

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Warren, who was already may have violated the law,
Associated Press facing calls to resign for the the prosecutor said at a
Rochester Mayor Lovely city's handling of the suf- news conference.
Warren was indicted Friday focation of Daniel Prude. "Our investigation began
on charges she broke cam- The Democrat is midway in earnest at this point, but
paign finance rules and through her second term as was slowed due to the co-
committed fraud during the first female and second rona 19 pandemic," she
her reelection campaign Black mayor of Rochester, said. A grand jury was em-
three years ago, adding a city of more than 200,000 paneled in September and
another layer of crisis in a by Lake Ontario. wrapped up its work on Fri-
city that has been reeling Elections officials began day.
over its handling of a police fielding complaints about "The indictment alleges
killing. Warren's campaign financ- that it was not a mistake,"
Monroe County District es in 2017, when Warren Doorley told reporters.
Attorney Sandra Doorley defeated two challengers Warren had previously de-
also announced charges in a Democratic primary nied any attempt to evade In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, Rochester, N.Y. Mayor Lovely
against Warren's campaign leading to her reelection. In campaign finance rules, Warren addresses the media during a news conference in
treasurer, Albert Jones Jr., March, the state Board of blamed errors on sloppy Rochester, N.Y.
and the treasurer of her Elections presented Door- bookkeeping and referred Associated Press
political action committee, ley with a 35-page report to the investigation as a messages seeking com- in the investigation. She
Rosalind Brooks-Harris. "that found considerable "political witch hunt." Her ment Friday. said Warren was offered
The indictment dramatical- evidence" that Warrren, lawyer didn't immediately Doorley, a Republican, de- the opportunity to testify
ly increases political peril for Jones and Brooks-Harris return phone and email nied politics played a role before the grand jury. q