[FreedomPoster]

Exactly. I’d be curious to know how many “bias crimes” happened last year.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Exactly. I’d be curious to know how many “bias crimes” happened last year."

Nationwide, in 2019 the FBI reported 1,393 hate crimes related to LGBTQ status and gender identity. That's abut 28 per state and - low-balling the number of cities and towns in the entire country at 14,000 - about one for every ten towns and cities. Doesn't sound like an epidemic.

On another occasion, I saved the hate-crime stats for 2014, and they were very similar.