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LGBTQ+ safety under threat in Sydney after hateful attack on Pride event
Sydney, Australia’s LGBTQ+ community is recovering from an upsetting attack on a Pride event in the city’s Bankstown area. The event, called Wear It Purple, was abruptly shut down after a group of men...
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The manager of a Los Angeles restaurant believes a recent wave of crimes against its premises has been motivated by homophobia due to the establishment’s support of the LGBTQ+ community. Police are...
View ArticleFamily of hate crime victim hold out hope for ‘closure’ as murder case...
It has been 34 years since the family of Australian man John Russell first learned that his remains had been found at the bottom of a cliff near Bondi, Sydney. Russell, a 31-year-old local barman, had...
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Police investigate homophobic hate crime in Bristol bar
Police are investigating the details of a “vicious and unprovoked” homophobic hate crime at a bar in Bristol. The attack in question took place at Turtle Bay in Cheltenham Road, Montpelier, Bristol at...
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Man who set fire to LGBTQ+ bar sentenced to just four years behind bars
A man who has pleaded guilty to setting an LGBTQ+ bar on fire has been sentenced to just four years in prison and three years of supervised release. Kalvinn Garcia, 26, terrorised the patrons of...
View ArticleMan who hated the word ‘queer’ tried to burn down an LGBTQ+ bar with people...
A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to burn down a queer bar while people were inside. Kalvinn Garcia, from of Sedro Woolley, in the US state of Washington, set...
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UK politicians may have contributed to rise in anti-trans hate crime,...
A sharp rise in hate crimes against trans people is potentially fuelled by anti-trans comments by politicians, the Home Office has admitted. In a briefing outlining new hate crime figures for the UK,...
View ArticleNYPD Hunt For Four Suspects Involved In Alleged Hate Crime
The NYPD has confirmed they are on the lookout for four suspects involved in an alleged anti-gay hate crime that took place in Manhattan. Police released photos of four wanted men, who left a...
View ArticleFrench presidential candidate fined under hate-crime law after condemning...
Far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour has been fined for condemning lesbian mums under hate-crime laws. Zemmour was handed a 4,000 euro fine for anti-LGBTQ+ comments that violated the...
View ArticleThree charged in alleged anti-LGBTQ+ hate-crime attack on 72-year-old man
Three teenagers have been charged in relation to an attack on a 72-year-old man in New York City in an alleged anti-LGBTQ+ hate-crime. On 15 September, at around 10.15pm, the man was severely beaten...
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Matthew Shepard remembered by friends 25 years after brutal homophobic...
“He was a total nerd,” says Romaine Patterson, the 45-year-old LGBTQ+ rights activist and close friend of Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder 25 years ago shocked the US. Shepard – a 21-year-old, gay...
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Matthew Shepard’s family share powerful message for LGBTQ+ community with...
Matthew Shepard’s family have urged LGBTQ+ people to be “proud of being your whole self”, 25 years on from the student’s brutal murder. Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student from Wyoming, was brutally...
View ArticleRugby captain speaks out after homophobic attack: ‘If people don’t report...
A rugby captain has called on others to report hate crimes after being targeted with his partner in a homophobic attack. After a night of playing rugby, Connor McKnight and his boyfriend, from...
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FBI reports alarming spike in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes
A new FBI report has recorded a concerning rise in anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Semitic, and anti-Black hate crimes in 2022 Data released on Monday (16 October) as part of the FBI’s annual Crime in the Nation...
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Tory minister says people shouldn’t be ‘too hysterical’ over anti-LGBTQ+ hate...
A Conservative Home Office minister has been criticised for saying LGBTQ+ people should not be “too hysterical” when discussing their concerns over LGBTQ+ hate crimes. Sarah Dines, the parliamentary...
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Matthew Shepard’s parents blast state of LGBTQ+ rights 25 years after his...
The parents of Matthew Shepard have spoken out about the dire state of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States 25 years after their son was killed. Shephard’s parents Judy and Dennis have been vocal...
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Australian gay hate killer sentenced to 22 years behind bars
An Australian man who was found guilty of beating someone to death in a gay-hate-fuelled attack has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars. Stanley Bruce Early, age 77, was handed his maximum prison...
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Gay dads and their daughter chased and attacked in Father’s Day incident
Two gay dads and their daughter were chased down the street and physically and verbally attacked by a man during a Father’s Day trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Husbands Michael Drennan and Matthew...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of LGBTQ+ Brits avoid holding hands with their partners over...
Research has shown that a clear majority of British LGBTQ+ people have avoided holding hands with their partners in public in the last year, out of fear of a negative reaction. The study, conducted...
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Three men charged for the mutilation and murder of gay man Bernardo Pantaleon
Three men have been charged with first-degree premeditated murder in connection with the death of a gay man. The body of 30-year-old Bernardo Pantaleon was discovered in a park in Phoenix, Arizona on...
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