Editing Gay bashing (section)

== Violence  ==
{{main|Violence against LGBTQ people}}
LGBTQ people frequently experience violence directed toward their [[human sexuality|sexuality]], [[gender identity]], or [[gender expression]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Meyer|first=Doug|title=An Intersectional Analysis of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People's Evaluations of Anti-Queer Violence|journal=Gender & Society|date=December 2012|volume=26|issue=6|pages=849–873|doi=10.1177/0891243212461299|s2cid=145812781}}</ref> This violence may be enacted by the state, as in laws [[LGBTQ rights by country or territory|prescribing punishment]] for homosexual acts, or by individuals. It may be motivated by [[biphobia]], [[gayphobia]], [[homophobia]], [[lesbophobia]], and [[transphobia]]. Influencing factors may be [[Societal attitudes toward homosexuality|cultural]], [[religion and sexual orientation|religious]], or political [[mores]] and biases.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/violence-against-queer-people/9780813573151|title=Violence against Queer People|last=Meyer|first=Doug|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2015|access-date=2017-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515035337/https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/violence-against-queer-people/9780813573151/|archive-date=2019-05-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>