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Via Philadelphia Daily News: More than a week later, the story of two gay men savagely beaten in Center City continues to spread. Yesterday, as police sources said detectives were nearing the end of their investigation, word reached Harrisburg, where state legislators are calling their colleagues to action. “The gay guy in me and the Philly guy in me are …

“The recent vicious attack perpetrated on two men in Philadelphia is incomprehensible and those responsible should be severely punished. We, as a society and a community, cannot stand for these assaults on our individual freedoms. No one, no matter their race, gender, or sexual orientation, should ever have to live in fear of walking down the street. William Penn founded …

Accompanied by local lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, anti-gay thugs from the Russian Orthodox Church swarmed yesterday’s opening of the  St. Petersburg QueerFest where 16 attendees were reportedly hospitalized after an unknown gas was released. Via Radio Free Europe: St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, his aide Anatoly Artyukh, and activists who associate themselves with the Russian Orthodox faith interrupted the opening ceremony …

“A key part of a Catholic education is forming students to respect the dignity of every human person whether we agree with them or not. What students do with that formation when they enter the adult world determines their own maturity and dignity, or their lack of it. Violence against anyone, simply because of who they are, is inexcusable and …

“One of the things I’ve learned is that sometimes it takes a horribly negative experience to get people out of their seats, for them to be active and engaged. It’s not necessarily because they’re opposed but because they aren’t aware of the need. So we are going to be sure to utilize this horrible event to make sure that they …

Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney today called upon the federal government to investigate last week’s mob gay-bashing as a hate crime as there are no such laws in the state of Pennsylvania. Kenney called the incident “a violent and vicious attack on two human beings because they are gay.” “It’s a crime of violent bias that calls for the full …

Via Penn Live: NBC10 in Philadelphia reports that defense attorneys who represent some of the suspects claim one of the beating victims threw the first punch. In addition, those defense attorneys tell NBC10 more video exists that will paint a different picture of what happened. All this differs with the account of witnesses, the victims and police, who insist that …

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One of the suspects in last week’s brutal mob gay-bashing of two gay men has been fired by the Philadelphia Catholic high school where he was a basketball coach. Most of the attackers are believed to be former classmates at the school. Via NBC Philadelphia: Police say the man, who has not been officially charged, is a person of interest …

Via NBC Philadelphia: Authorities expect the suspects in a brutal attack in Center City to turn themselves into police Wednesday, a day after a reality television star shared a photo depicting the alleged assailants online — causing a social media firestorm to erupt and leading a popular satire Twitter account to uncover the identity of the suspects. The suspects, who …

Twitter user FANSINCE09 spoke anonymously by phone to Philadelphia’s Fox affiliate this morning after being credited with spearheading a crowd-sourcing social media campaign that identified the mob that brutally attacked a gay couple on a Center City street. According to FANSINCE09, the suspects went to high school together and had been enjoying a reunion dinner prior to the attack. Lawyers …

@RealGlenMacnow found them all at la viola, some of them checked in on FB, compared FB pics — FanSince09 (@FanSince09) September 17, 2014 This is how Twitter is supposed to work for cops. I will take a couple thousand Twitter detectives over any one real detective any day. — Joseph Murray (@PPDJoeMurray) September 17, 2014 Let’s be clear here. No …

Philadelphia police have released surveillance video of the mob suspected in the brutal gay-bashing and robbery of two men, one of whom suffered broken facial bones and has had his jaw wired shut. The police say that 15 people are wanted for questioning in the attack. The couple, who wanted to remain anonymous, say the ordeal began Thursday around 10:45 …

Via NBC Philadelphia: A violent attack on two gay men in Center City Thursday night left one of those men in the hospital with multiple fractures, according to sources. Sources tell NBC10 the 27-year-old and 28-year-old victims were walking from a restaurant in the area of 16th and Chancellor around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. Suddenly they were approached by a visibly …

Following his January extradition from Cuba, where he had fled Russian and Ukrainian authorities, notorious gay-basher Maxim Martsinkevich has been sentenced to five years in a Russian prison. Via LGBTQ Nation: Martsinkevich was convicted of inciting and fomenting cases of extremism by posting videos on the “Vkontakte” (VK.com) social network that contained racial slurs and extremist opinions on Russia’s state …

The Brooklyn gay man who was brutally beaten by a gang of Hasidic thugs has filed a civil lawsuit against his attackers. Taj Patterson, 22, suffered a fractured eye socket, torn retina and multiple contusions from the Dec. 1 beatdown in Williamsburg by as many as a dozen ultra-Orthodox vigilantes who were looking for a suspect who had vandalized cars …

Five Hasidic men were arrested in Brooklyn today for the December gang beating a gay fashion student. At least two of the men charged belong to a controversial Ultra-Orthodox street patrol group. Taj Patterson, 22, has said he was headed to his Fort Greene home after a night of partying last December when over a dozen ultra-Orthodox men assaulted him …

A mob armed with clubs invaded the homes of fourteen “suspected homosexuals” in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and dragged them into the streets where they were beaten. The walls of the victims’ homes were painted with the phrase, “Homosexuals, pack and leave.” Four of the victims were marched to a police station, where they allegedly were kicked and punched by police …

The Russian embassy in London today outrageously condemned Channel 4’s chilling documentary Hunted, saying that the anti-gay violence seen in the film is “slanderous” and is no worse than how Brits treat redheads in their own country. The Telegraph reports: Russia has attacked a Channel 4 film about attacks on homosexuals in the country, saying a similar documentary could have …

Britain’s Channel 4, which yesterday rebranded itself in protest of Russia’s anti-gay crackdown, has aired a chilling documentary titled Dispatches: Hunted in which journalists travel with gangs of Russian gay bashers to record their vicious actions. Lucy Mangan reviews the show for the Guardian: The gangs call it “going on safari”. It is apt, given how comprehensively the church, state, …