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Filmmaker Shares Backstory on Career and Advice for Others

Gregory G. Allen | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Gregory G. Allen

As a writer and someone who has been in the entertainment industry for as long as I have, I can't help but wonder about the story "behind the story" when I watch a film or read a new book.

Learning From the Past; Teach Your Children Well

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 04.02.2013 | Impact
Linda Novick O'Keefe

There are many lessons to be learned in moments from our pasts. Teach your children well and remember that food can be your tool.

LOOK: Gay Activist's Car Vandalized With Swastikas In Possible Hate Crime

Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices

The vandalism of a Kentucky-based gay rights activist's car is reportedly being investigated as a hate crime. As WHAS 11 is reporting, Fairness Cam...

A Murder of Passion or Hate? A Call for a Summit on Homophobia and Justice

Ravi K. Perry | Posted 05.04.2013 | Gay Voices
Ravi K. Perry

It should apparent to any who seek justice in Marco McMillian's death that it should at least be investigated as a hate crime. The framing of his murder as "personal" and a crime of "passion" is an affront to all who have labored for civil rights since the beginning of time.

WATCH: Texas Woman Has Jaw Wired Shut After Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime

Posted 03.01.2013 | Gay Voices

A Texas-based lesbian claims she was beaten unconscious after coming to the defense of bullied child at a playground. WFAA reports that 27-year-ol...

How 60 Seconds of Violence Last Two Years

Kyle Bella | Posted 04.30.2013 | Gay Voices
Kyle Bella

Though I am better, I must still confront the idea that what has happened is never really gone forever, even though I wish I could scrub that memory away forever. I wish there was a way to get rid of those punches and the feel of asphalt against my bleeding knees.

Gay Teen's Home Vandalized In Apparent Hate Crime

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 02.11.2013 | Gay Voices

A Florida teen came home last weekend to find an unpleasant surprise waiting for him: Vandals had covered the inside and outside of his mobile home in...

Man Accused Of Beating, Robbing 8 People Of Asian Descent

| Posted 02.04.2013 | New York

By Ben Fractenberg, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer DOWNTOWN — The man accused of beating and robbing eight people of Asian descent in East Harlem was ...

Shocking Hate Crime Against Black Family

Posted 01.25.2013 | Los Angeles

Three Latino men have been arrested in suspicion of a terrifying hate crime committed against an African-American family. The suspects allegedly broug...

I Was Attacked For Being Gay

Richie Covington | Posted 03.25.2013 | Gay Voices
Richie Covington

I always thought hate crimes were much more serious, but I found out later that my state's hate crime laws do not apply to crimes committed against people on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In Alabama? Go figure.

Maryland Man Believes Christmas Attack Was An Anti-Gay Hate Crime

Posted 01.03.2013 | Gay Voices

A number of Maryland lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates have rallied in support of a local gay man allegedly attacked on C...

Saki Knafo

Deadly Hate Crimes Against The Homeless Are On The Rise: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 01.08.2013 | Crime

In Seattle last September, a young man shot four homeless people, killing one. A few months earlier, In Kittanning, Penn., authorities reported that t...

FBI Report Shows Six Percent Decline in US Hate Crimes, But State Data Flawed

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 02.09.2013 | Crime
Brian Levin, J.D.

Today's annual numbers are the lowest reported since 1994 and are among the smallest since the FBI began collecting national data pursuant to the Hate Crime Statistics Act in the early 1990s.

Alabama Woman Suffers Multiple Skull Fractures After Alleged Anti-Gay Attack

Posted 11.28.2012 | Gay Voices

Update on November 28 at 11:19am ET: Mallory Owens claims the attack was not based on her sexuality. For the full story, click here. An Alabama wom...

Dozens Of Texas White Supremacists Arrested; These Three Still At Large

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 11.09.2012 | Crime

HOUSTON -- Four top leaders of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood of Texas are among nearly three dozen alleged gang members charged in a sweepin...

Lila Shapiro

Acquittal In Kentucky Throws Fuel On Hate Crime Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.26.2012 | Gay Voices

Over the past 10 years, as gay rights advocates have pushed the government to take steps to protect gay people from hate crimes, those arguing for and...

Beloved NYC Gay Activist Taken Off Life Support After Assault

Posted 10.26.2012 | Gay Voices

A prominent New York lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocate has been taken off life support after being brutally attacked over ...

Punitive Psychiatry Making a Comeback in Russia?

Innokenty (Kes) Grekov | Posted 12.24.2012 | World
Innokenty (Kes) Grekov

By now, it seems that everyone has heard of the Russian female punk collective Pussy Riot. Yet the band's prosecution is but an episode in Russia's ongoing misuse of antiextremism laws directed against dissenting voices.

Gay Inmate Sues Jail Because Cell Mate Bit Off His Nose

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 10.17.2012 | Crime

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An incarcerated gay man sued a southern Kentucky jail and a fellow inmate Tuesday, claiming the prisoner bit off part of his nose a...

Alleged McDonald's Bias Attack Slasher: 'I'm Not A Hater'

DNAinfo | Posted 09.26.2012 | New York

MORRISANIA — A Bronx man charged with a hate crime after he allegedly sliced a man's face outside a West Third Street McDonald's last week in an epi...

Jewish High Holidays: Time To Reflect And Stop Hate Crimes In America

Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Ph.D. | Posted 11.19.2012 | Religion
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Ph.D.

It is appropriate that during this time the U.S. Senate will address ways in which all communities can flourish in America. In light of the recent and horrific hate violence, it is in solidarity that I welcome the U.S. Senate hearing on hate crimes and domestic extremism.

Jewish Student Claims His Attack Was A Hate Crime, Many Others Disagree

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.25.2012 | College

A Jewish college student who claimed he was attacked by skinheads who saluted Hitler was not the victim of a hate crime, according to a county prosecu...

Police Say Vicious Attack On Student Not Likely Hate Crime

AP | By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 11.10.2012 | College

DETROIT -- A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he said he ...

Police Say Vicious Attack On Student Not Likely Hate Crime

AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 11.10.2012 | College

DETROIT — A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he sai...

Virgin Mary Statue Beheaded; Owner Calls It A Hate Crime

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 09.06.2012 | Weird News

Usually, gnome news is good news, but it's terrible for Darlene Fraga -- and her Virgin Mary statue. Vandals snuck on to Fraga's property in Windso...