The FBI study, released Nov. 19, shows that hate crimes based on sexual orientation comprised 15.5 percent of all hate crimes recorded by the FBI in 2006, up from 14 percent in 2005. Overall, the agency recorded 7722 hate crime incidents involving 9080 offenses last year; more than half were based on race. Of the 1415 recorded hate crimes based on sexual orientation, 62.3 percent were classified as "anti-male homosexual biased," 20.7 percent were classified as "anti-homosexual biased" and 13.6 percent were classified as "anti-female homosexual biased." Two percent were classified as "anti-heterosexual biased" and 1.5 percent were classified as "anti-bisexual biased."
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