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=== Anti-homosexual violence ===
=== Anti-homosexual violence ===
In 1990, Congress passed the Hate Crime Statistics Act, which required the Attorney General to collect data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin. In 1994, lawmakers amended the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include bias against persons with disabilities. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: About Hate Crime[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref>
In 1990, Congress passed the Hate Crime Statistics Act, which required the Attorney General to collect data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin. In 1994, lawmakers amended the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include bias against persons with disabilities. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: About Hate Crime[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref>
Hate crime reporting categories include murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, destruction/damage/vandalism, and other. Victims may be persons, businesses, institutions or society as a whole. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: Table 2, Incidents, Offenses, victims, and Known Offenders, by Offense Type, 2005[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref> In 2005, most of the reported incidents which included bias based on sexual-orientation were aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, or destruction/damage/vandalism. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: Table 4,
Hate crime reporting categories include murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, destruction/damage/vandalism, and other. Victims may be persons, businesses, institutions or society as a whole. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: Table 2, Incidents, Offenses, victims, and Known Offenders, by Offense Type, 2005[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref> In 2005, most of the reported incidents which included bias based on sexual-orientation were aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, or destruction/damage/vandalism. <ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics 2005: Table 4,
Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2005[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref>
Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2005[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/abouthc.htm]</ref>
==Homophobia Phobia==
Because of the fear of homophobia, some homsexuals develop a phobia of homophobes.
==See also==
==See also==