U.S. Hate Crime Laws Covering Gender Identity
In the United States, currently ten states plus the District of Columbia have hate crime laws protecting people victimized on the basis of their gender identity (they are Hawaii, California, Connecticut, New Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington state and Washington, D.C.).
The Matthew Shepard Act expanded the federal hate crime laws to include gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
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