With real statistics and numbers, politicians and public safety officials can not ignore the great and many crimes committed against LGBTQ people.Ĭongressman Sean Patrick Maloney’s bill has been on the floor for at least a year now, but got no traction before. With these numbers collected, efforts towards protecting LGBTQ citizens can advance. GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender. This will then entice the group to work harder in reporting the deaths of LGBTQ crime victims. One way that the bill will aggressively advocate for that information is by handing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an increase in funding (by $25 million). ‘We have to get more information on where this violence is happening and we have to be more aggressive about doing something to stop it – and this bill is a necessary first step.’ Shea-Porter won the seat by 1 percentage point in 2016. New Hampshires 1st district was represented by retiring Rep. The New York Democrat was still in the closet at. From 1918 to 2016, the president’s party lost an average of 29 seats in midterm elections. Sean Patrick Maloney met his husband at a New York club known for its gay dance nights. More: Alabama Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Signed into Law by Governor Democrats needed to win 23 GOP-held seats in 2018 to win control of the House. ‘Anti-LGBTQ violence is way too common – it happens when a transwoman of color is gunned down in the street, it happens when a young gay person is bullied into depression or takes his own life.’ When asked about the bill, Maloney said, “Pulse wasn’t an isolated occurrence.”