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In recent years LGBT violence has been on the rise in the United States. In 2016 the killing of LGBT people hit a record high. The biggest act of violence occurred in Orlando when Omar Manteen shoot up gay night club in the city killing 49 and wounding 53 others. This was not only the biggest attack targeting LGBT people but one of the biggest mass shootings in the United States history. In 2016 there was also 28 Americans who identifies as LGBT and were killed in 2016 only. All of these are crimes are considered hate crimes and the United States has passed some legislation on this front. In the late 90's the Hate Crime Statistics Act (P.L. 101-275) was passed. This was passed in order to try to prevent farther hate crimes and come up with a punishment for people who do commit them. While this act was passed local police officers often have no training or way to tell if it was hate crime based on sexual preference or a difference cause. There has also been no way hate crime legislation passed for just sexual preference. So if someone did commit a hate crime against a person apart of the LGBT community it would not be considered a hate crime against the LGBT community just a regular hate crime (Libman, Marzullo).

Marzullo, Michelle A., and Alyn J. Libman. “Hate Crime and Violence Against, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People.” Hate Crimes and Violence Against LGBT People, 2009, assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Hatecrimesandviolenceagainstlgbtpeople_2009.pdf?_ga=2.251450310.1538125066.1537934513-1416876292.1537934513.