Gay Hate Crime

Anti-Gay Hate Crime In Echo Park?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Echo Park Stabbing, LA Gay Hate Crime, Echo Park Crime, California Gay Hate Crime, Gay Hate Crime, Echo Park Gay Hate Crime, Violence Against Gays, Los Angeles News

Two men in their mid-20s were stabbed in Echo Park Thursday. The assault may have been a gay hate crime, according to a blogger on "Your Friend, Savan...

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WATCH: Waffle House Customers Assaulted In Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Waffle House, LGBT Rights, Hate Crime, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Gay Hate Crime, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Video, Gay Voices News

Ohio authorities are continuing to investigate an alleged hate crime at a Columbus-based Waffle House restaurant which left two patrons injured. A...

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Chile Approves Hate Crime Law After Tragic Death Of Young Gay Man

AP | By EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.10.2012

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's congress passed a hate-crimes law Wednesday night, months after a group of alleged neo-Nazis were arrested in the brutal mu...

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California Transgender Woman Killed In Alleged Hate Crime

Posted 05.02.2012

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Friends, family members and LGBT advocates are mourning the death of a California transgender woman who was gunned down in Oakland over the weekend. ...

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Gay Illinois Student Claims Brutal Attack Was Hate Crime

Posted 04.26.2012

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An openly gay Illinois State University student had to have his jaw wired shut after allegedly being beaten by a group of men who shouted homophobic s...

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Lesbian Allegedly Attacked After Being Told She 'Better Be Able To Take A Hit Like A Man'

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Gay Rights, Julie Ward, LGBT Rights, Texas Hate Crime, Gay Hate Crime, Gay Hate Attack, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

A Texas-based lesbian claims she was assaulted outside of a local bar, after her attackers threatened, "If you’re going to dress like a man, you bet...

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Poll Position: Should The U.S. Get Involved In The Gay 'Emo' Killings In Iraq? Vote Now!

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Iraq Emo Murders, Hate Crimes, Iraq Emo, Poll Position, Iraqi Gays, Lgbt Murder, Iraq Gay Murders, Poll, Gay, Iraq, Gay Hate Crime, Gay Voices News

Every week we present a new Poll Position question dealing with some hot topic involving the LGBT community. This week we're asking you to sound of...

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Anti-LGBT Violence In Washington D.C. Neighborhood Leaves 3 Hospitalized

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Anti-Gay Violence, Gay Rights, Ihop, International House of Pancakes, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Washington DC, Gay Hate Crime, Anti-Lgbt Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

Three Washington D.C.-based residents are hospitalized this week after what has been deemed a "spate of LGBT violence" in the Columbia Heights neighbo...

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Brandon White's Attackers Didn't Yell Gay Slurs In Beating: Report

AP | By JEFF MARTIN | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Atlanta Hate Crime, Dorian Moragne, Brandon White Hate Crime, Brandon White Attack, Hate Crime, Atlanta, Brandon White, Gay Hate Crime, Video, Gay Voices News

ATLANTA -- The person yelling gay slurs at a man whose beating was videotaped and posted on the Internet appears to be the person filming the assault ...

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WATCH: Gay Oklahoma Teen Launches Facebook Effort To Change State Laws After Brutal Attack

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Cody Rogers, Hate Crimes, Oklahoma Gay Rights, Cody Rogers Attacked, Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Attack, Oklahoma, Facebook, Gay Hate Crime, Gay Voices News

An Oklahoma teen is speaking out after being beaten unconscious amidst a flurry of homophobic slurs at a party over the weekend. As Fox 23 is repo...

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WATCH: Attack On Boston Gay Man Being Investigated As Hate Crime

Posted 02.24.2012

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A Boston man who was allegedly attacked by a group of teenage girls at his local transit station told police he believed he was targeted because he wa...

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University Plans Rally After Student Journalist Allegedly Attacked For Pro-Gay Marriage Article

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Bridgewater State University, Prop 8, Destinie Mogg-Barkalow Gay Hate Crime, Bridgewater State, College Newspapers, Student Newspapers, Destinie Mogg-Barkalow Attacked, Destinie Mogg-Barkalow, Homophobia, Destinie Mogg-Barkalow Prop 8, Gay Hate Crime, Gay Voices News

A Massachusetts university is planning a rally after a student journalist was attacked on campus for writing a pro-gay marriage editorial. As the ...

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WATCH: Why Hasn't This Atlanta Anti-Gay Crime Victim Come Forward?

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Atlanta Hate Crime, Gay Rights, Gang Violence, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, Gay Hate Crime, Gangs, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

Shockingly brutal footage of an Atlanta gang beating up a local teenager who reportedly was targeted due to his perceived sexual orientation has gone ...

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WATCH: Texas Assault Victim Speaks Out On Alleged Attack

Posted 01.03.2012

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The heavily injured victim of an alleged anti-gay assault in Texas is speaking out for the first time. "I was hurt really badly emotionally and ph...

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3 Men Arrested For Stabbing And Setting Gay Man On Fire In Texas

Posted 01.02.2012

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Update and correction at 4:06PM EST: The Dallas Voice is now reporting that a third man, Mickey Joe Smith, 25, is expected to face the same charges as...

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Man Set On Fire By 'Friends' For Being Gay

Posted 12.21.2011

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A man claims his leg was set on fire by two former friends because he is gay, reports WXPI. Steven Iorio told Channel 11 that he passed out on a c...

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Teen Accused Of Killing Gay Classmate Faces Trial

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Brandon McInerney, Gay Murder, Larry King, Gay Rights, Crime, Gay Death, Gay Shooting, Gay Hate Crime, Crime News

LOS ANGELES — Brandon McInerney was a scrawny 14-year-old from a broken home when he was accused of gunning down a gay classmate in front of stu...

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Defendents' Backgrounds Could Challenge Hate Crime Law

The Huffington Post | Simon McCormack | Posted 06.05.2011

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Two assaults with undertones of hate crime garnered headlines last week. In one case, a homeless man is charged with brutally beating a gay man outsi...

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Man Who Attacked Gay Bar Was Drunk, Not Prejudiced: Lawyer

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Crime, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Frederick Giunta, Crime, Ny News, Gay Hate Crime, New York News

NEW YORK — A parolee who admitted to a hate-crime attack at a bar that was the scene of an early moment in the gay-rights movement said Wednesda...

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Court Date Set For Anti-Gay Beatings

AP | JIM FITZGERALD and COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: October 3 Attacks, Crime, Hate Crime, Ny News, Gay Hate Crime, New York News

NEW YORK — A suspected gang member accused of participating in what's being called the city's worst case of anti-gay violence in recent memory i...

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Burned Rainbow Flag Found At LGBT Center

Gothamist | [1] | | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Burned Rainbow Flag, LGBT Issues, Rainbow Flag, LGBT Community, Gay Hate Crime, New York City, New York, New York News

Yesterday staff at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan were greeted by a burned rainbow flag hanging outside as the...

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Democrats' Quiet Changes Pile Up

Wall Street Journal | JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller...

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Hate Crime On Rise: Gay, Religious Targets See Biggest Jump

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday. Overall...

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Jack Price Gay Beating: Daniel Aleman, Daniel Rodriguez Arrested For Hate Crime Attack (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Price, Queens, Gay Slur, Crime, Hate Crime Beating, Hate Crime Assault, Video, Gay Rights, Queens Hate Crime, Hate Crime, College Point, Gay Hate Crime, Daniel Rodriguez, Jack Price Hate Crime, Gay Issues, Daniel Aleman, New York News

Shocking video of the brutal beating of Jack Price has been released just as news of a second arrest in the case was announced. Daniel Rodriguez was ...

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New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In '08; But Data Is Limited

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Religion, Hate Crimes, Crime, Racism, Gay, Race, Prejudice, Gay Hate Crime, Civil Rights, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

A new study finds that hate crimes actually declined slightly in 2008, despite an economic recession, increasing demographic diversification, and an apparent rise in the number of active hate groups.

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