Anti-gay hate crimes fell in 2020, while anti-trans crimes rose

A protester holds wings that read, "Black Trans Lives Matter" during a march on June 14, 2020 in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo: Michael Noble Jr. / Getty Images file)

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation dipped slightly last year, but crimes based on bias against trans and gender-nonconforming people continued to increase, new FBI data suggest. 

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s Hate Crime Statistics 2020 report found that…