We must never forget the
victims of this hate crime, and we must honor them with action. While the Pulse shooting was an unimaginable horror, it is, sadly,
far from the only act of violence that has been perpetrated out of
hatred. Even before June 12 of last year, we had seen an alarming
increase in reports of hate crimes against LGBTQ people but also
against racial and religious minorities and immigrants. In the
aftermath of a divisive election, we saw hundreds of documented
instances of discrimination, harassment, and even violence against
members of minority communities as well as increased hostility within
our Nation's schools. In this year alone, at least 11 transgender
people have been murdered, most of them women of color.
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