• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        Personally not a fan of people acting like urban = queer paradise when the city closest to me has had some pretty significant increases in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes:

        LACo Reports 2025 Is the Second-Highest for Hate Crimes in 44 Years [highest = 2024]

        There were 102 anti-transgender crimes, the largest number ever documented in this report. A staggering 95% of these crimes were violent

        Hate crimes targeting non-binary people sharply increased 275% from 4 to 15, higher than 2023, when we began tracking this targeted group

        72% of crimes motivated by sexual orientation targeted gay men. This was the second-largest number ever documented for this motivation

        But yeah, only rural bad or something.

        • Soggy@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          A numerical increase is potentially worrying, but for urban/rural comparison you need to look at per capita statistics. (You should also keep in mind that these are reported, recognized crimes and there may be confounding factors)