Gay people -- Violence against

Bashing, Gay
Gay bashing
Gaybashing
Homophobic violence

Work cat.: Janoff, D. Pink blood : queer-bashing in Canada, 2000: abstr. (impact of violence on the gay, lesbian and transgendered communities) p. 1 (heterosexuals are largely unaware of the length homosexuals go to not to be assaulted) p. 2 (homophobic violence; violence against gays, lesbians and transgendered in Canada)
Gay bashing [VR] c1990.
Wikipedia, June 2, 2005 (Gay bashing, dyke bashing, bi-bashing, trans bashing, and queer bashing are pejorative terms used to describe verbal confrontation with, denigration of, or physical violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered people, collectively LGBT or queer, because of their LGBT/Q status. The term gay may be used to refer to gay men, homosexuals, homosexuals and bisexuals, or all LGBT people. Thus gay bashing may also refer to an incident involving any of these groups.)
GLBTQ : an encyc. of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture, via WWW, June 2, 2005 (Gaybashing; violence perpetrated against people thought by their attackers to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered occurs with disturbing frequency in the United States and other countries; gaybashing attacks represent a significant percentage of all hate crime incidents in the United States)
Encyclopedia on laborlawtalk.com, via WWW, June 2, 2005 (The persecution of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals is the practice of persecuting a person, usually through physical attack, because they are or are perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. In some circumstances, this is referred to as "gay-bashing", but it is somewhat a misnomer all Queer groups, including gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people can be targeted. The term "gay-bashing" is rarely modified into dyke-bashing, trans-bashing, queer-bashing, or simply bashing. Bashing can include uttering threats, physical assault and battery, sexual assault and rape, torture, attempted murder, and murder. In some districts, bashing may be treated legally as a hate crime. Bashing also includes attacks on gay people who may have made sexual overtures to their attackers, with the argument being that such a disproportionate response must be occasioned by homophobia on the part of the assaulter. The term is often used in the metaphorical or exaggerative sense of criticising or denigrating homosexual people per se or opposing homosexual practices.)
Gay & Black glossary, via WWW, June 2, 2005 (gay bashing: When gangs (often of people with repressed homosexual tendencies) seek out gay people and beat them up or kill them. The term gay bashing is less frequently used to describe the activities of people like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, encouraging others to mistreat or harm gays, spreading slanders about gays, or working to deny gays people the same civil rights as everyone else.)
LC database, June 2, 2005 (gay bashing; anti-gay violence; anti-gay/lesbian violence; homophobic violence; violence and harassment against gay men and lesbians; violence against lesbians and gay men; homophobic hostilities and violence against gay men and lesbians)