Abstract
This article will explain the motivations behind homophobic rape by examining it as both a sex offense and a hate crime, before arguing that its unique status at the intersection of both categories of offenses places its victims in a particularly vulnerable position and situates those who offend in this way in a more serious category of offender than other sex offenders.
Recommended Citation
Mallory L. Harrington,
Dykebreaking: The Homophobic Rape of Lesbian Woman and the Next Frontier of Hate Crime Laws,
1
Journal Abbr.
3
(2025).
Available at:
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/sexoffenses/vol1/iss1/1
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