Anti-LGBTQ2S+ violence is on the rise, but critics say hate crime laws do little to prevent crime and only weaponize an already flawed system
Adam Rhodes
Adam M. Rhodes (they/them) is Chicago-based investigative journalist who writes predominantly about queer people in the criminal legal system as well as policy and culture. They are Cuban American and speak English and a small amount of Spanish, and have written for publications including BuzzFeed News, The Washington Post and The Chicago Reader.
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