No gender for murder victims

Bad bad bad bad move.

Law enforcement in the US city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will no longer report the biological sex of crime victims, a decision made after “discussions the department had with members of the LGBTQ+ community.”

Wisconsin has the nation’s 8th highest rate of domestic violence homicides (wherein women are killed by men), which have skyrocketed by 300% over the past decade.

“Every four and a half days, somebody in Wisconsin is killed due to domestic violence,” says Darlene Master, the executive director for a domestic violence shelter located in the state.

Data shows that Wisconsin domestic violence homicides increased by 150% from 2019 to 2020, 250% from 2015 to 2020, and 300% from 2010 to 2020.

So no wonder Wisconsin wants to hide the stats.

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