Tag Archives: hate crimes

TOMOROW: NYC Anti-Hate Crime Rally

There have now been four anti-gay attacks in Manhattan just this month. Tomorrow Queer Rising and the NYC Anti-Violence Project will stage a rally in midtown. From the Facebook page: JOIN THE RALLY: On Thursday May 16, beginning at 7:00pm, Queer Rising and members of the public will rally outside Madison Square Garden (specifically the SW-corner of 7th Avenue and …

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Russian Murder Victim Identified

International Business Times says it has identified the young Russian gay man who was murdered last week after coming out to drinking companions. Vladislav Tornovoi, 23, was attacked by two men in the city of Volgograd, who mutilated his genitals and raped him with a beer bottle. In an murder which has sparked outrage across Russia and overseas, the young …

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RUSSIA: Gay Man Beaten To Death After Coming Out To Drinking Companions

Russian police have confirmed that a gay man was beaten to death in Volgograd on Thursday after he came out to men he’d been drinking with. A spokeswoman for the Volgograd office of the Investigative Committee said on May 12 that the battered body of the unidentified victim was found on the morning of May 10. Two men, aged 22 …

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NEW YORK CITY: Cops Make Two Arrests After Midtown Gay Bashing

Port Authority cops made two arrests yesterday after they came upon a group of five men attacking a gay couple outside a midtown PATH station. The two victims, one of which has required eye surgery, asked the police to release their photos in order to help find the other attackers. Asllan Berisha and Brian Ramirez, both 21, were with at …

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WASHINGTON: Seattle Lesbian Suffers Broken Jaw In Hate Crime Assault

A 21 year-old Seattle man faces hate crime charges after brutally attacking a lesbian in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. Describing the Nov. 16 incident, a Seattle detective said Cage and his girlfriend were inside the University Way Northeast restaurant when Cage tauntingly questioned the woman about her gender. According to charging documents, Cage then called the …

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Albania Passes Hate Crimes Law

Gay Star News reports that Albania’s legislature has approved a broad hate crimes bill that extends coverage to crimes committed on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also outlaws the publication of homophobic and racist materials, including on the internet. Albania’s parliament amended Section 50/j of its criminal code to strictly punish a crime ’when the …

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Ben Shapiro: Not Enough LGBT People Are Killed To Bother Complaining About

“Approximately 1,300 hate crimes based on ‘sexual orientation bias’ were reported by the FBI in 2011. There are approximately 9 million gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the United States, according to a UCLA study. That would mean that about one of every 7,100 LGBT people in the United States became a hate crime victim in 2011. That same year, there …

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GEORGIA: Anti-Gay Hate Crime Guilty Plea Is First In State History

Two Georgia men have pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in the beating of a gay man. The case is the first anti-gay federal hate crime conviction in state history. Under a plea arrangement, the hate crime charges will not result in added prison time. Via Project Q Atlanta: Christopher Cain and Dorian Moragne—two of the four men who beat …

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More On The MS “Gay Panic” Murder

Friends of the accused killer of openly gay Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian are claiming that McMillian attempted to rape the suspect, who may be planning a “gay panic” defense. The sisters say Reed told them everything. Just after midnight on February 26, their youngest sister received a panicked call from Reed. One sister says, “He called at 12:11am and …

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MISSISSIPPI: Feds To Investigate Murder Of Mayoral Candidate Marco McMillian

The FBI announced yesterday that it will investigate the murder of openly gay small town mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, whose burned and beaten body was found in Mississippi last week. Local police have declined to characterize the murder as a hate crime and lawyers for the man charged in the case are reportedly considering a “gay panic” defense. The agency …

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MISSISSIPPI: Gay Panic Defense Floated In Murder Of Gay Mayoral Candidate

Last week the body of Marco McMillian, a mayoral candidate in a small Mississippi town, was found beaten and burned.  Police almost immediately announced that they had a 22 year-old suspect in custody.  Today we get a disturbing update via press release: The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned that a “gay panic” defense might be used by …

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TEXAS: Lesbian Suffers Broken Jaw In Playground Attack By Anti-Gay Parent

A Texas lesbian has had her jaws wired shut after a brutal attack that came when she attempted to stop older children from bullying her girlfriend’s four year-old son at a local playground.  The victim says the assault began when the parent of another child realized that she is a lesbian. Thus far police are refusing to consider the attack …

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NYC Subway Pusher Caught, Tells Cops:
I Want To Kill Muslims And Hindus

New York City police today apprehended the woman who pushed an Indian immigrant to his death under the 7 train in Queens on Thursday. Reportedly, the victim was chosen because his killer believed him to be Muslim. In a statement released by the district attorney’s office, Mr. Brown quoted Ms. Menendez, “in sum and substance,” as having told the police: …

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ALABAMA: Family Demands Hate Crime And Attempted Murder Charges After Lesbian Is Beaten By Girlfriend’s Brother

A family in Alabama is calling for attempted murder and hate crime charges after a 23 year-old lesbian was brutally beaten by her girlfriend’s brother.  The brother was reportedly angry about their relationship. Mallory Owens, 23, suffered multiple skull fractures and crushed bones after the Nov. 22 attack. Family members say she had metal plates put under her eyes because …

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UN Condemns Gay Death Penalty

Yesterday the United Nations approved a resolution that condemns the killing of LGBT persons either by governments or via “extrajudicial” means such as hate crimes. Via press release from the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission: An international coalition of organizations dedicated to human rights celebrated yesterday’s historic vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly …

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WISCONSIN: House GOP Candidate Fires GOProud Hate Crime Hoaxer

U.S. House candidate Chad Lee, who is running for Tammy Baldwin’s seat against openly gay state Assemblyman Mark Pocan, has fired GOP campaign worker Kyle Wood, who has recanted his claim of being violently beaten for being gay conservative. The Lee campaign put out a statement Monday night saying that Wood had been dismissed.  “Today, our campaign unfortunately learned that …

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Yet Another Faked Homocon “Hate Crime”

Last week the wingnut blogosphere exploded on the claims of a gay Wisconsin GOP campaign worker who claimed that he’d been brutally beaten for being a gay conservative.  From the right wing Daily Caller: Kyle Wood, a full-time volunteer working for GOP House candidate Chad Lee, was hospitalized for injuries suffered during what he said was an assault at his …

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KENTUCKY: Two Gay Bashers Acquitted Of Federal Hate Crime Charges

The two men charged in the federal government’s first-ever federal anti-gay hate crime case were acquitted yesterday by a Kentucky jury. Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington at a rural state park because of Pennington’s sexual orientation, violating a hate crime law that was expanded in 2009 to cover …

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QUEENS: Hate Crime Charge After Gay Slurs Precede Taser Attack

The Queens County District Attorney has filed hate crimes charges against a man accused of using a Taser against another man after shouting anti-gay slurs.  Joseph Desmond, 23, of the 0-99 block of Eldert Street in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, was arraigned Tuesday on an indictment charging him with second-degree assault as a hate crime, and three other felony …

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British PM Vows Hate Crime Crackdown

“I am passionate about tackling hate crime. And this government is acting. For the first time we have published statistics on hate crime recorded by the police in England and Wales. And we are highlighting the best examples of what works locally, because we know that hate crime is most effectively prevented at a grass roots level, by frontline professionals …

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