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INTRODUCTION
A NEW FOCUS FOR ANNUAL VIOLENCE REPORTS
BY THE NGLTF POLICY INSTITUTE
As with previous NGLTF annual violence reports, Anti-Gav
Violence, Victimization & Defamation in 1990 highlights the
results of several newly-released studies of lesbian and gay
victimization and describes a variety of anti-gay episodes that
occurred throughout the United States during the past year. It
also profiles the local, state and national responses to anti-gay
violence and offers recommendations for action.
In contrast to previous NGLTF violence reports, however, this
year's report does not include a tally of anti-gay incidents
documented nationwide. aAnnual incident totals—such as the
7,031 episodes recorded in 1989—were the sum of data compiled
through a yearly NGLTF survey of selected community and campus
organizations in«.all 50 states. Lacking sufficient resources,
many groups surveyed were unable to systematically document the
problem. Consequently, local data compiled in NGLTF's annual
reports sharply underrepresented the national scope of the
problem. Furthermore, the inability of some local groups to
report on a consistent basis meant that national trends in anti-
gay violence could not be measured accurately by NGLTF.
Despite these limitations, previous NGLTF reports demonstrated
that acts of anti-gay violence occur in great numbers across the
country, a reality that many legislators and other policy makers
long chose to ignore, deny or trivialize. NGLTF annual tallies,
along with other research, provided an undeniable body of
evidence that demanded official measures to counteract anti-gay
crimes—including the federal Hate Crime Statistics Act and
numerous state and local laws directed at crimes based on sexual
orientation.
Although the pervasive existence of anti-gay violence has been
clearly demonstrated, questions remain about whether it is
increasing. This year's report, in addition to documenting the
wide scope of the problem, explores whether and how it has
changed in 1990 in comparison to 1989. In the absence of a
national data collection system, it is not possible to accurately
measure such changes at the national level. Hence, the focus of
this report is on local trends in six U.S. cities—Boston,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and San
Francisco—which, in turn, provide an indication of what may be
occurring elsewhere in the nation.
These six cities were selected because they are the sites of
professionally staffed agencies that monitor anti-gay violence
Object Description
| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, 1991-05-01 |
| Description | Public session, 1991 May 1: Material from organizations, 2.1: Report - "The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community - written testimony submitted to the special Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department" by Jon W. Davidson, senior staff counsel and attorney for lesbian and gay rights ACLU foundation of Southern California, 1991 May 1. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1991-05-01 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991-05-01 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 284 p. |
| Format (aat) | reports |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Public Sessions |
| Box and folder | box 25, folder 1-2 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box25-01_02 |
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| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, p. 142 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | INTRODUCTION A NEW FOCUS FOR ANNUAL VIOLENCE REPORTS BY THE NGLTF POLICY INSTITUTE As with previous NGLTF annual violence reports, Anti-Gav Violence, Victimization & Defamation in 1990 highlights the results of several newly-released studies of lesbian and gay victimization and describes a variety of anti-gay episodes that occurred throughout the United States during the past year. It also profiles the local, state and national responses to anti-gay violence and offers recommendations for action. In contrast to previous NGLTF violence reports, however, this year's report does not include a tally of anti-gay incidents documented nationwide. aAnnual incident totals—such as the 7,031 episodes recorded in 1989—were the sum of data compiled through a yearly NGLTF survey of selected community and campus organizations in«.all 50 states. Lacking sufficient resources, many groups surveyed were unable to systematically document the problem. Consequently, local data compiled in NGLTF's annual reports sharply underrepresented the national scope of the problem. Furthermore, the inability of some local groups to report on a consistent basis meant that national trends in anti- gay violence could not be measured accurately by NGLTF. Despite these limitations, previous NGLTF reports demonstrated that acts of anti-gay violence occur in great numbers across the country, a reality that many legislators and other policy makers long chose to ignore, deny or trivialize. NGLTF annual tallies, along with other research, provided an undeniable body of evidence that demanded official measures to counteract anti-gay crimes—including the federal Hate Crime Statistics Act and numerous state and local laws directed at crimes based on sexual orientation. Although the pervasive existence of anti-gay violence has been clearly demonstrated, questions remain about whether it is increasing. This year's report, in addition to documenting the wide scope of the problem, explores whether and how it has changed in 1990 in comparison to 1989. In the absence of a national data collection system, it is not possible to accurately measure such changes at the national level. Hence, the focus of this report is on local trends in six U.S. cities—Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and San Francisco—which, in turn, provide an indication of what may be occurring elsewhere in the nation. These six cities were selected because they are the sites of professionally staffed agencies that monitor anti-gay violence |
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