Personally not a fan of people acting like urban = queer paradise when the city closest to me has had some pretty significant increases in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes:
LACo Reports 2025 Is the Second-Highest for Hate Crimes in 44 Years [highest = 2024]
There were 102 anti-transgender crimes, the largest number ever documented in this report. A staggering 95% of these crimes were violent
Hate crimes targeting non-binary people sharply increased 275% from 4 to 15, higher than 2023, when we began tracking this targeted group
72% of crimes motivated by sexual orientation targeted gay men. This was the second-largest number ever documented for this motivation
A numerical increase is potentially worrying, but for urban/rural comparison you need to look at per capita statistics. (You should also keep in mind that these are reported, recognized crimes and there may be confounding factors)
Personally not a fan of people acting like urban = queer paradise when the city closest to me has had some pretty significant increases in anti-LGBTQ hate crimes:
But yeah, only rural bad or something.
A numerical increase is potentially worrying, but for urban/rural comparison you need to look at per capita statistics. (You should also keep in mind that these are reported, recognized crimes and there may be confounding factors)