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Pride flags on London pavement vandalised for ‘at least the fifth time’
Three Pride flags in East London have been vandalised with paint in a further blow to the local queer community. A Pride progress flag, the classic rainbow flag and trans flag, located on Woodgrange...
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East London residents come together to repair vandalised Pride flags on pavement
Local residents have united to repair vandalised Pride flags on a pavement in East London. Last week, a Progress Pride flag drawn on the pavement at Woodgrange Road, near Forest Gate train station,...
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Queer man assaulted in ‘homophobic’ attack saved by ‘heroic’ boyfriend
A queer man has spoken out after a “shocking” homophobic attack in London left him with a head injury. Linus Karp, an actor and writer living in London, said a man attacked him with an umbrella in...
View ArticleLesbian couple ‘very much in love’ killed in South Africa leaving friends...
A lesbian couple have been shot and killed in South Africa, allegedly in a hate crime by the former male partner of one of the victims. According to local media reports, Nombulelo Bhixa, 28, and...
View ArticleTrans teen ‘attacked, stamped on, beaten and called homophobic slurs’ at...
An alleged attack on a Massachusetts trans teenager is being treated as a possible hate crime. Sixteen-year-old Jayden Tkaczyk, who is trans, claimed he was attacked and called homophobic slurs at an...
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Gok Wan shares harrowing images of assistant attacked in ‘horrific’...
TV host and gay fashion icon Gok Wan has revealed the harrowing injuries sustained by his executive assistant in an apparent “homophobic” attack. In a post on Instagram yesterday (10 September), the...
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Murderer of gay student Matthew Shepard denied early release
One of the men who murdered of 21-year-old gay student Matthew Shepard in 1998 has been denied early release after applying to have one of his two consecutive life sentences commuted. Russell...
View Article‘Dangerous’ teen jailed after ‘horrendous’ attack on trans girl in Swansea
A self-proclaimed “racist and fascist” teenager who brutally beat a transgender girl in a hate-crime attack in Swansea has been jailed. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) described 19-year-old Alex...
View ArticlePolice release images of three men after ‘homophobic’ knife attack
Police have released images of three men they want to speak to in connection with a suspected homophobic hate crime in Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police said three men riding bicycles were involved in...
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New LGBTQ+ hate crime figures in England and Wales ‘deeply worrying’
The number of reported hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people in England and Wales has dropped slightly in the past year but campaigners say the figures are still “deeply worrying”. New research published...
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National Hate Crime Awareness Week remembers LGBTQ+ victims
An annual act of hope and remembrance has put the spotlight on the LGBTQ+ victims of hate. Organised by the charity 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week, the event was held at Regent Hall, in...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life in prison for ‘senseless’ hate crime murder of...
A man has been jailed for life for the hate crime murder of Black transgender woman, Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe. In February, a jury unanimously found Daqua Ritter guilty of killing 24-year-old “Dime”...
View ArticleMuch-loved gay DJ and hairstylist dies following violent robbery in...
A beloved gay DJ and hairstylist has tragically died while in intensive care, following a robbery in Washington DC, though local police say they’re not treating it as an LGBTQ+ hate crime. The police...
View ArticleCalifornia man sentenced to life for hate-crime murder of teenager
A man in California who was convicted of the hate-crime murder of a gay, Jewish university student has been sentenced to life in prison. Samuel Woodward was convicted of first-degree murder in July...
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Council has brilliant solution to repeated Pride mural vandalism: ‘Hate is...
LGBTQ+ people and the wider community have come together in East London to mark the installation of new Pride flags, after previous ones were repeatedly vandalised. Located at the junction where...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ couple feel pressured to move out after receiving abusive notes from...
An LGBTQ+ couple from York, UK have revealed that they feel pressured to move out after they have been subjected to abusive notes from their neighbours. Huntington-based Alex Houlden and Rachel...
View ArticleGLAAD blames ‘anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric from elected officials’ for hate crime...
A shocking number of daily hate crime incidents across the US in 2024 have been revealed in a new GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) report. The LGBTQ+ media advocacy organisation...
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Teen stabbed 14 times in transphobic attack ‘afraid to leave house’
A trans teenager has been left scared to leave her home after she was injured in a transphobic stabbing, planned on Snapchat by a group of her peers. The teen, who was 18 at the time of the attack,...
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Spanish city ‘adopts’ two migrants who tried to save gay man killed in...
A Spanish city has honoured two Senegalese migrants for their “pure altruism” after they attempted to save a gay man who was killed in a homophobic attack. Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N’Diaye were...
View ArticlePolice hunt suspect after man burned in ‘shocking’ homophobic hate crime
A man has been left with burns after a “shocking hate crime aggravated by homophobia”. The incident occurred in a car park close to the High Street at Cowdray Forest, Sussex, UK at around 11pm on 22...
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