Alarming Study Reveals That Less Than Half Of Americans Accept LGBTQ People, A Dramatic Change From Last Year
There has been a devastating reversal in progress.
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A Crisis Of Hate: The Highest LGBTQ Murder Rate Reported In History
A total of 52 reported anti-LGBTQ homicides happened in 2017.
First Federal Hate Crime Conviction for Murder of a Transgender Person
Monday, Joshua Vallum was sentenced to 49 years in prison for the heinous 2015 murder of 17-year-old Mercedes Williamson. The case marks the first time that the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act has been used to prosecute a suspect for targeting a victim because they were transgender.
Three D.C. Men Face Hate Crimes Charges in Transgender Woman’s Fatal Shooting
Three D.C. men face hate crime charges in connection with the deadly shooting last summer of 22-year-old Black transgender woman Dee Dee Dodds, and for targeting two other transgender women.
Brute Sought in Anti-Gay Ketchup Bottle Attack
Police are hunting down Greenwich Village Attacker
Anti-Gay Violence Surges Drastically in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has seen a dramatic spike in anti-gay homicides in the last 18 months
Sentences Issued in Michael Sandy Case
Three men involved in the death of gay Brooklyn resident Michael Sandy were sentenced on Nov 20.
Hate Crimes Legislation Abandoned in Congress
Congress dropped legislation in early December that would have expanded hate crime laws to include the category of sexual orientation.
Newark Triple Homicide A Possible Hate Crime, Advocates Say
LGBT advocates in Newark, N.J. issued a letter demanding that the murder of three young men be investigated as an anti-gay crime.
Defendant In Brooklyn Hate Crimes Trial Claims That He Is Gay
One of three men on trial for murder of a gay man has claimed that he is gay.
Local Incidents Spotlight Problem of Hate Crimes
U.S. Senate voted enhance federal power to prosecute hate crimes.
Bush Vows to Veto Expanded Hate Crimes Legislation
It was implied that President Bush would veto Congressional efforts allowing gender identity and expression to be covered under federal hate crimes
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