LQBTQ+ Rights

In New Jersey

The New Jersey State Office of the Attorney General tracks bias incident reports by the specific bias motivation.

• In 2022 anti-LGBTQ bias incidents accounted for 17% of all incidents and were the third highest category, behind anti-Black and virtually tied with anti-Jewish incidents. This was the same trend as in 2021 and has continued into January 2023.

• Between 2018 and 2020, total bias incidents in NJ almost tripled and between 2020 and 2022 there was an 80% increase. 

See the following reports of the NJ State Police for details: 2022 NJ Total Bias Incidents and 2020 Bias Incident Report

In the U.S. :

The United States Census Bureau and other departments of the U.S. federal government tracks important statistics related to experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.

• The LGBTQ+ community was hit harder by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [1]

• LGBTQ+ adults struggled more with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic than did non-LGBTQ+ adults [2]

• The rate of violent crime victimization of lesbian- and gay-identifying persons has been more than double the rate for straight persons [3]

[1] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/lgbt-community-harder-hit-by-economic-impact-of-pandemic.html
[2] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/06/lgbt-adults-report-anxiety-depression-during-pandemic.html
[3] https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vvsogi1720.pdf