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Hate Crime Laws
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DOJ Civil Rights Division explainer on federal hate-crime law, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Start with the answer How did anti-LGBTQ+ violence shape public memory? Major attacks and murders became remembered as community, legal and political turning points, not only as criminal cases. Read the topic guide Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence and Public Memory Murders and attacks including Matthew Shepard, the Admiral Duncan bombing, Jody Dobrowski and Pulse became public-memory milestones as well as criminal cases.
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- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
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- government
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- high
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- 2 pages
