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Effects of Violence and Hate Crime Against LGBT
There are many effects and impacts of the violence against LGBT people which this includes their psychological or mental health, physical health and many more. Mostly, it affects their mental health such as developing or showing symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety, etc. According to the authors of "The Effects of Polyvictimization on Mental and Physical Health Outcomes in an LGBTQ Sample", many people, especially LGBT, experience different effects and outcomes of the LGBT hate crime and violence: "Although adverse outcomes may result from many different types of trauma exposure, the experience of interpersonal trauma or violence is particularly damaging compared to non-interpersonal trauma, and individuals with histories of interpersonal trauma are at increased risk for developing psychiatric conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, dissociation, and substance use issues.” The authors explain that the results of the LGBT hate crime come in different types of trauma exposure. This includes the experience of a non-interpersonal trauma and interpersonal trauma or violence, which is more harmful compared to non-interpersonal trauma. Additionally, a person with a history of interpersonal trauma or violence is at much higher risk for developing mental and psychiatric conditions or disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, dissociation, and substance use issues.

The consequence of this hate crime also affects their physical health. Since violence affects their mental health, LGBT violence victims might not want to do they usual lifestyle. In addition to this, according to the authors of the research article, “Psychological Sequelae of Hate-Crime Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults”, they mentioned that it takes time to recover back themselves from the violence. Moreover, during their experiment, they observed that psychological distress rises from people who experienced violence within the previous 2 years, and people who had been victimized more than 2 years, they had more mental issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and many more: “It might also increase the length of time needed for recovery from a hate crime. In post hoc analyses of distress levels according to year of victimization, we observed that respondents tended to manifest elevated psychological distress if their most recent victimization occurred within the previous 2 years. Among respondents who had been victimized 3 to 5 years earlier, hate-crime victims had more symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, and traumatic stress than non-bias crime victims.” The authors explain that, when compared to a non-bias crime victim, victims of LGBT violence experience and show more symptoms of mental problem such as depression, anxiety, anger, etc. Not just this, but a huge amount of time is needed for the victims of violence to recover themselves.

Violence against LGBT people happens to anyone, including the youth. Additionally, the LGBT youth might experience violence from school or from their family. For example, based on the author of “Family violence against gay and lesbian adolescents and young people: a qualitative study.” the family reactions in the process of “coming out” of the participants were violent. This then also affects a person's health and quality of life. The author then states how family violence against LGBT youth affects them: “Studies show that rejection and family violence in the out-coming process and the non-provision of social support have a direct impact on the health of homosexual adolescents and young people, with consequences such as: social isolation, depression, suicidal ideation and attempt, low performance low self-esteem, higher social exposures and an increase in internalized homophobia.” In this quotation, the author explains that the health and quality of life of the LGBT youth will be affected or gets impacted when they do not get support and when they experience violence from their family.