A new report from the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety underscores the effects gun violence has on LGBTQ+ lives.With more than 25,000 hate crimes in the U.S.
each year involving a firearm, a significant number of those crimes are directed at queer people.LGBTQ+ youth have a greater chance of experiencing bias-motivated violence involving weapons than non-LGBTQ+ youth, the report notes.
Research from the Human Rights Campaign cited by Everytown for Gun Safety shows that while 6 percent of non-LGBTQ+ youth have been hurt or threatened by a weapon at school, 17 percent of LGBTQ+ youth have.
Of queer youth, 29 percent of trans youth and 30 percent of questioning youth have.“Our country is in the midst of a gun violence crisis.