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This week’s short write up will require a content warning due to talks sexual assault

So according to this article by the Human Rights Campaign, 40% of gay men and 47% of bisexual men have experienced some form of sexual assault besides rape compared to 21% among heterosexual men.

13% of lesbian women and 46% of bisexual women have been raped compared to 17% of heterosexual women.

Among trans folk, the the general rate of sexual assault is 47%.

Among people of color, American Indian (65%), multiracial (59%), Middle Eastern (58%), and Black (53%) respondents of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey were most likely to have been sexually assaulted in their lifetime

content warning over

Optional Topic: eh i don’t know, rag on cis hets that keep saying how woke they are but they are really full of shit? Or say what topics you would like me to look at?