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Boston Globe
The 70 murders last year com-
Crime -
pared with 64 the year before and
the 885 assaults compared with
C040003
6/8/87
835 in 1987, the report said.
It said other abuses last year
included 5,548 cases of verbal ha-
rassment or threats, 449 of van-
Gay group
dalism, 205 of physical or verbal
abuse by police, 54 bomb threats,
nine arsons or bombings and 28
cites 70
other Incidents.
The task force's recommenda-
tions included swift enactment of
murders
a federal Hate Crime Statistics Act
to monitor such abuses and train-
ing of law enforcement authorities
to respond to hate violence.
in 1988
Reuters
WASHINGTON - Seventy ho-
mosexual men and women were
murdered in the United States last
year. 885 were attacked and 6,293
suffered other abuses, according
to a report released yesterday by
the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force.
The victims included Claudia
Brenner, who was shot and criti-
cally wounded while her lover was
killed on a camping trip. She told
reporters she was participating in
a news conference on the report to
try to "add a face" to the statis-
tics.
"Brutal attempted murder
happened to me - and killed Re-
becca," she said. "It happened be-
cause we were identified as lesbi-
ans."
The report said Brenner and
her friend were shot by a stalker
while camping near the Appala-
chian Trail in Pennsylvania on
May 13, 1988.
It said 22 of the homosexuals
were murdered in "antigay" at-
tacks and the other 48 killings ap-
peared to be gay-related although
the motivation could not be estab-
lished.
Boston Globe
6/8/89
Gay group
cites 70
murders
in 1988
Reuters
WASHINGTON - Seventy ho-
mosexual men and women were
murdered in the United States last
year, 885 were attacked and 6,293
suffered other abuses, according
to a report released yesterday by
the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force.
The victims included Claudia
Brenner, who was shot and criti-
cally wounded while her lover was
killed on a camping trip. She told
reporters she was participating in
a news conference on the report to
try to "add a face" to the statis-
tics.
Brutal attempted murder
happened to me - and killed Re-
becca,' she said. "It happened be-
cause we were identified as lesbi-
ans."
The report said Brenner and
her friend were shot by a stalker
while camping near the Appala-
chian Trail in Pennsylvania on
May 13, 1988.
It said 22 of the homosexuals
were murdered in "antigay" at-
tacks and the other 48 killings ap-
peared to be gay-related although
the motivation could not be estab-
lished.
The 70 murders last year com-
pared with 64 the year before and
the 885 assaults compared with
835 in 1987, the report said.
It said other abuses last year
included 5,548 cases of verbal ha-
rassment or threats, 449 of van-
dalism, 205 of physical or verbal
abuse by police, 54 bomb threats.
nine arsons or bombings and 28
other incidents.
The task force's recommenda-
tions included swift enactment of
a federal Hate Crime Statistics Act
to monitor such abuses and train-
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1989
Attacks on U.S. Homosexuals
Held Alarmingly Widespread
By PHILIP S. GUTIS
Violence against gay men and les-
snapshot of the problem. Although it
bians continues to be "alarmingly
presents a picture that is not complete,
widespread," a national organization
it is vivid enough to show that anti-gay
said yesterday in a report outlining
violence is a huge problem."
more than 7,200 incidents of violence
In 1987, the task force reported 7,00a
and verbal harassment against homo-
incidents, as against 4,946 in 1986 and
sexuals around the country last year.
2,042 in 1985.
In its fourth annual report, the Na-
Other organizations that monitor
tional Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a
bias-related violence have discerned
nonprofit civil rights and public educa-
an increase in attacks on homosexuals.
tion organization, said it was becom-
Janet Caldwell of the Center for
ingly increasingly concerned about vio-
Democratic Renewal, a group that
lence committed by organized right-
monitors organizations like the Ku
wing groups and on college campuses,
Klux Klan, said: "There has been an
where it said "intolerance may be
Increase in homophobic behavior and it
gaining ground."
is not just within the general popula-
The organization attributed much of
tion. It is also an outgrowth of the ac-
the anti-gay violence to the AIDS ept.
tivities of organized hate groups, in-
demic. "Hatred and blame associated
cluding the Klan and the neo-Nazis.'
with the disease is still a problem,"
The task force noted new laws on
said Kevin T. Berrill, author of the re-
bias-related violence in several states
"If our shoes were disappearing
port.
and cities.
The report, which covered 38 states
Wisconsin and Minnesota, for exam-
quickly as the rain forest, we wouldn't
and the District of Columbia, said
pie, passed laws in 1988 ordering the
North Carolina had the most incldents
sulice to monitor hate crimes. In Okla-
need a Semi-Annual Sale.
of anti-gay violence reported to to
having City, the City Council voted in
group, with 982 last year. Ohio and mil-
reh to include sexual orientation as
-Kenneth Cole
nois followed with 837 and 678 Incl-
basis for protection from intimida-
dents, respectively. New York was
and parassment. And in Columbus,
fourth, with 625 incidents, followed by
Ohio, the Council stiffened penalties for
California, 556, and Texas, 528.
misdemeanor crimes based on sexual
orientition, race, creed, color or na-
Numbers Are Still Alarming'
tional origin.
Although the 7,248 incidents of vio-
The Federal Government does not
lence against gay people reported in
collect or analyze statistics on crimes
1988 - including slayings, assaults,
motivated by racial hatred or other
threats and verbal harassment - was
forms of bigotry. A bill to order the Jus-
the largest number documented in a
tice Department to collect statistics on
single year, the task force attributed
hate crimes was not passed by Con-
some of the gain to increased reporting
gress last year, although proponents
by various organizations around the
have again introduced the measure.
tarting Thursday, June 8th: 30-50% savings on Men's
country. As a result, Mr. Berrill said,
The report said 70 homosexuals were
and Women's Footwear
year-to-year comparisons are difficult.
slain in the United States last year.
"But we think the numbers are still
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alarming, he said. "The report is a
What's Sunday without The Times?
Surgeon General Koop called for a broad
Prospects
campaign against drunken driving, includ-
ing restrictions on alcohol advertising. Say-
ing he wanted to avert alcohol-related traf-
Ny Times 1/11/89
fic fatalities, Koop, who is leaving office
next month, also urged tougher blood-alco-
A Discrimination Decision
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ployment discrimination case, Wards Cove Packing V.
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of discrimination in hiring onto the plaintiff - the
job seeker. Previously, it was up to the defendant, the
employer, to prove it had not engaged in discrimina-
tory hiring practices. This ruling adhered to an earlier
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