In 2017, NCAVP recorded reports of 52 hate violence related homicidesof LGBTQ people, the highest number ever recorded by NCAVP. This number represents an 86% increase in single incident reports from 2016. In 2017, there was the equivalent of one homicide of an LGBTQ person in the U.S. each week.
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