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Lgbt Hate Crimes

LOOK: New Report Reveals Disturbing Hate Crime Data

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rudolph | Posted 06.05.2013 | Gay Voices

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program has released its annual Hate Violence Report, and the results are nothing short of alarming. While...

The Hate Crime And The Kid: A Video Interview

J.W. Harvey | Posted 06.16.2013 | Gay Voices
J.W. Harvey

After posting "What Happened When Children Were to Blame for a Hate Crime," popular YouTube "vlogger" Hank Chen reached out to say, "Hey, let me interview you on camera and give you a chance to respond to everything that has happened since that night."

What Happened When Children Were To Blame For A Hate Crime

J.W. Harvey | Posted 05.16.2013 | Gay Voices
J.W. Harvey

Even children in this city act first because they risk being targeted themselves. But aggression turns to hate when action supercedes rationalization, analysis, and compassion. Knowing that, we must respond to hate with what it lacks: understanding.

Gay Hate Crime In Hancock Park

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 06.29.2012 | Los Angeles

A gay homeless man was severely beaten near Hancock Park early Friday morning after he told his attacker that he was gay, homeless and had AIDS, as fi...

Lila Shapiro

Highest Number Of Anti-Gay Murders Ever Reported In 2011: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 06.02.2012 | Gay Voices

More murders motivated by anti-gay bias occurred last year than any year since the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs began collecting data ...

Honeymooning Lesbian Couple Victims Of Arson, Possible Hate Crime

Posted 05.19.2012 | Detroit

Tawana Williams And Stacy Baker were away on their honeymoon when the Novi, Mich., couple found out late last week that they were the victims of an ar...

This Mother's Day, Let's Stand Together To Protect Our LGBT Children

Elke Kennedy | Posted 07.12.2012 | Gay Voices
Elke Kennedy

I am reaching out to other moms who might or might not accept of the fact that their son or daughter is gay. Most of you do not know what it is like to receive a phone call like I got at 4:30 a.m. telling me that something had happened to my child.

Mexican LGBT Activist Brutally Murdered

Posted 03.16.2012 | Latino Voices

Nearly 2000 individuals congregated outside a civic plaza in Puebla, Mexico on Tuesday, demanding justice for slain Mexican transgender activist Agn&e...

Expanding Black Masculinity to End 'Black on Black' Anti-LGBT Violence

Charles Stephens | Posted 05.05.2012 | Black Voices
Charles Stephens

Blackness, and certainly black masculinity, is not, nor has it ever been a monolith. Gender diversity, quite simply put, is an asset. And any attempt to homogenize ourselves is destructive.

Controversy Brews As Three Lesbians Are Charged With Hate Crime For Allegedly Attacking Gay Man

Posted 02.27.2012 | Gay Voices

In Boston last week a gay man alleged that he was attacked by a group of teenage girls because of his sexuality. This weekend another gay man from ...

Why We Cannot Wait: NBJC Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks | Posted 03.16.2012 | Gay Voices
Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks

If King were alive today, he would question whether HBCUs are equipped to serve LGBT students who are victims of anti-gay harassment or domestic violence. He would rally young people and administrators to take action before we lose another black life.

Burned Torso Of Missing Detroit Trans Teen Found

Posted 01.11.2012 | Gay Voices

Police have identified a burned torso found on Detroit's east side as belonging to a transgender 19 year old who was reported missing several weeks ag...

They Hate Us, They Really Hate Us (Sometimes)

Tracy Baim | Posted 12.05.2011 | Gay Voices
Tracy Baim

We have seen major successes, but this progress is overshadowed by continued harassment and even murder. So it's hard to get excited about a new report showing that Americans are moving "dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality."

Supreme Court Camera Ruling Continues History of Anti-Gay Discrimination

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Karen Ocamb

After reading the Prop 8 proponent William Tam's request to withdraw from the case fearing harassment , I fumed that Prop 8 defendants were elevating a graffiti sign to the level of hate crimes perpetrated on LGBTs.