Acceptance of the LGBT community has not been universal and violence … persists as a serious issue in the United States. Crimes against the LGBT community were only one fifth of the Canadian hate crime total, but they were uniformly more brutal. Among Canadian minority groups, the gay community remains a consistent target of random violence. Until very recently, murders of gay men in select situations could even be considered semi-legal. According to study authors, 42% of the city’s gay male community would be dead before their 65th birthday.

Source: National Post June 13, 2016 23:23 UTC