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Four years ago today, a gunman entered the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and committed one of the most devastating acts of hate we've seen in our nation.

Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others wounded in the attack on the 人兽性交 and Latinx communities. We grieve for their families and friends. And, we honor them by showing solidarity with the 人兽性交 and Latinx communities聽and continuing the fight against hate.

The Pulse murders occurred during Pride Month in a nightclub that acted as a haven for 人兽性交 people in Orlando to celebrate their whole selves. Anti-人兽性交 hate groups and some members of the radical right, in a sickening display of bigotry, praised the gunman after the attack.

It鈥檚 clear that the 人兽性交 community remains under threat 鈥� the 2019 人兽性交 Year in Hate and Extremism report showed a nearly 43% spike in anti-人兽性交 hate groups. Groups that vilify the 人兽性交 community, the report found, represented the fastest-growing sector among hate groups in 2019, rising from 49 in 2018 to 70 the following year. Much of this growth has taken place among groups at the grassroots level, a surge possibly fueled by continued anti-人兽性交 sentiment and policy emanating from government officials.

The anti-人兽性交 hate groups that we list often couch their opposition to 人兽性交 rights in harmful rhetoric and pseudoscience that demonizes 人兽性交 people as threats to children, society and often public health. They have also fortified their influence over policy decisions and mainstream culture in recent years. 人兽性交 hate even has a home in the halls of the White House: The Trump administration has welcomed members of聽these hate groups who have designed new, oppressive policies.聽

The president himself, despite once promising to be a 鈥渞eal friend鈥� to the 人兽性交 community, has fully embraced anti-人兽性交 hate groups and their agenda of dismantling federal protections and resources for 人兽性交 people.

What鈥檚 more, our country has seen a disturbing rise in institutional bias and threats to the 人兽性交 community. People of color are especially at risk. Violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people of color is rising each year, and it鈥檚 on all of us to take a stand against hate.聽聽

In remembrance of those who were killed at Pulse, we must commit, neighbor to neighbor, to standing up for each other鈥檚 civil and human rights. That鈥檚 how we will continue to grow a national movement against anti-人兽性交 hate 鈥� and hate wherever it lives 鈥� in America.

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