A coal fired power plant in Laramie, Wyoming, the town where hate crimes victim Matthew Shepard was kidnapped and brutally beaten in 1998.© GettyThe following are the number of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bias as reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under The Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990: 2008: 1,617 ate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses: 58.6 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual bias.25.7 percent were reported as anti-homosexual bias.12.0 percent were prompted by an anti-female homosexual bias.2.0 percent were the result of an anti-heterosexual bias.1.7 percent were classified as anti-bisexual bias.2007: 1,460 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses: 59.2 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual bias.24.8 percent were reported as anti-homosexual bias.12.6 percent were prompted by an anti-female homosexual bias.1.8 percent were the result of an anti-heterosexual bias.1.6 percent were classified as anti-bisexual bias.2006: 1,415 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses: 62.3 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual biased.20.7 percent were classified as anti-homosexual biased.13.6 percent were classified as anti-female homosexual biased.2.0 percent were classified as anti-heterosexual biased.1.5 percent were classified as anti-bisexual biased.2005: 1,171 hate crime offenses based on sexual-orientation bias were reported by law enforcement agencies. Of these offenses: 60.9 percent were anti-male homosexual.19.5 percent were anti-homosexual.15.4 percent were anti-female homosexual.2.0 percent were anti-heterosexual.2.3 percent were anti-bisexual.For more federal hate crime statistics, visit the FBI's Overview of Hate Crime Statistics.
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