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What?? Yes, there absolutely were people who were run out of town for being gay. There was indeed rampant homophobia. What world were you living in?

taxyz 3y ago
If you are implying that in the recent era - we'll look at 2013 leading up to same-sex marriage being legalized - that there was rampant homophobia, the data does not support your claim. According to the FBI, in 2013 there was 334 hate crimes committed against LGBTQIA+ people [1]. The US population back then was 315 million [2]. In 2013, according to Gallup, 3.6% of Americans identified as LGBTQIA+ in 2013 [3]. Which means the crime rate was 1 per 33,952 persons, or normalizing to per 100,000 as crime is usually reported is 2.94 per 100,000 which is on par or LOWER than any other category of heinous crime for that era. In fact, 2013 has one of the safest years on record [4]. Furthermore, public sentiment had already switched in favor of same-sex marriage before it was even legalized, according to Pew research [5]. What world were you living in? [1] https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/hate-crime https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crim... [2] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-255.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population... [3] https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-tick... [4] https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-... [5] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/03/20/growing-support-for-gay-marriage-changed-minds-and-changing-demographics/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/03/20/growing-supp...
- godelski 3y ago
  > What world were you living in? The one where in 2016 this happened and was part of a very large country wide discussion, with the exact same conversation about the cake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COItiKtHWyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COItiKtHWyg

taxyz 3y ago

If you are implying that in the recent era - we'll look at 2013 leading up to same-sex marriage being legalized - that there was rampant homophobia, the data does not support your claim. According to the FBI, in 2013 there was 334 hate crimes committed against LGBTQIA+ people [1]. The US population back then was 315 million [2]. In 2013, according to Gallup, 3.6% of Americans identified as LGBTQIA+ in 2013 [3]. Which means the crime rate was 1 per 33,952 persons, or normalizing to per 100,000 as crime is usually reported is 2.94 per 100,000 which is on par or LOWER than any other category of heinous crime for that era. In fact, 2013 has one of the safest years on record [4]. Furthermore, public sentiment had already switched in favor of same-sex marriage before it was even legalized, according to Pew research [5]. What world were you living in? [1] https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/hate-crime https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crim... [2] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-255.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population... [3] https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-tick... [4] https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-... [5] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/03/20/growing-support-for-gay-marriage-changed-minds-and-changing-demographics/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/03/20/growing-supp...

godelski 3y ago
> What world were you living in? The one where in 2016 this happened and was part of a very large country wide discussion, with the exact same conversation about the cake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COItiKtHWyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COItiKtHWyg