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In a statement from the Human Rights Campaign, President Joe Solmonese says, The FBI’s 2007 hate crimes report shows once again that hate crimes protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are long overdue. We are hopeful that after next week’s election we will finally have a President and a Congress that will enact federal hate crimes legislation into law. This month has been a time to remember hate crimes against LGBT people as we remember the 10 year anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. Since his death the FBI has documented over 10,000 hate crimes based on sexual orientation. Even with the national attention Matthew’s death brought to the subject and the thousands of other cases there still is not federal hate crimes legislation protecting LGBT people.
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