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Transgender Man Sam Nordquist Tortured and Murdered In US

Lydia Jupp — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:44:05 +0000

Five people have been arrested and charged over the death of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, a transgender man from Minnesota. Police from upstate New York allege that Nordquist had been repeatedly ...

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US Man Faces Life In Prison After Planning Gay-Focused Killings

Josh Kerwick — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:16:27 +0000

A 22-year old man from Michigan pleaded guilty this week to planning mass killings focused on LGBTQI+ people and is now facing life in prison. Mack Davis admitted that he ...

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Stop The Gay Hate Crimes

James May — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:26:29 +0000

The LGBTQ+ community was stunned last week when the media announced that several gay-hate bashings had occurred across Sydney. Gay men have been lured by teenage boys using dating apps ...

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Anti-Trans Hate Crimes In Los Angeles At All-Time High

Josh Kerwick — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:42:52 +0000

A new report from Los Angeles County has shown that the number of hate crimes in 2023 was up 45% from 2022 with 1,350 reported incidents, and trans people in ...

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Teens Luring And Robbing Gay Sydney Men In Homophobic Attacks

Lydia Jupp — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:56:03 +0000

Groups of teenagers are weaponising dating apps to lure, attack, and rob men around Sydney, with more than a dozen homophobic attacks and assaults taking place this year. The Sydney ...

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Brianna Ghey Killer Loses Bid To Appeal 20-Year Sentence

Josh Kerwick — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:00:49 +0000

One of the killers of trans teenager Brianna Ghey, Eddie Ratcliffe, has had an appeal against the length of his 20-year sentence shot down in the UK. Content warning: This ...

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South Australian Police Release Images Of Alleged Homophobic Attackers

Michael James — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:03:20 +0000

South Australian police have released CCTV images in an effort to find those responsible for an alleged brutal assault on a young same-sex couple in Rundle Mall earlier this month, ...

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Man Sentenced to Life After Hate Crime Murder of Gay Student

Lydia Jupp — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 02:50:11 +0000

A Californian man found guilty of stabbing a gay, Jewish university student to death in a hate crime seven years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. ...

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WA Police Arrest Two Teenage Boys Over String Of Homophobic Attacks

Chloe Sargeant — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:35:28 +0000

Two teenage boys have been arrested in Western Australia following a series of homophobic attacks on gay men, say WA Police. The two minors, aged 15 and 16, allegedly lured ...

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Police Investigate Chilling Grindr Attacks in Canberra

Michael James — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:59:46 +0000

In distressing news, ACT Police are investigating two alleged homophobic assaults in Canberra, where gay men were lured via dating apps such as Grindr, and attacked. These incidents, which took ...

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Another NZ Rainbow Crossing Destroyed, Police Treating It As A Hate Crime

Josh Kerwick — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:53:18 +0000

The New Zealand rainbow street crossing saga continues, as members of the far-right Destiny Church continue to paint over rainbow crossings across the North Island, despite members being arrested. Following ...

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JK Rowling Responds To New Scottish Hate Crime Laws

Michael James — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:13:46 +0000

Scotland have this week introduced new hate crime laws designed to better protect people from hate speech, particularly online, and JK Rowling is less than impressed. Taking to X (formerly ...

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Third Attack On A Shop Has Manchester’s LGBT Community Fearing For Safety

Tileah Dobson — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:02:08 +0000

A shop in Manchester’s gay village has had its windows smashed for a third time in just over a month, which now has sparked safety fears within the LGBTQ+ community. ...

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Murdered Gay Lecturer George Duncan Honoured By University Of Adelaide

Tileah Dobson — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:00:52 +0000

The University of Adelaide has renewed the lease on the grave of gay university law lecturer George Duncan, who had been murdered and thrown into Adelaide’s River Torrens 50 years ...

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Man Firebombs Donut Shop Over Drag Queens

Tileah Dobson — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 01:17:46 +0000

A man in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been seen via CCTV footage shattering the windows of a donut shop, The Donut Hole, and then throwing a Molotov cocktail in an attack ...

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College Football Player Arrested For Assaulting Ex-Teammate Because He Thought He Was Gay

Christine Lai — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 01:59:44 +0000

Jacksonville State footballer Jack Dawson was arrested on multiple counts of assault against a former teammate Troy Municipal Court Supervision Officer David Hennigan confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser on Monday. ...

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Police Release Fresh Images, Video Of Men Who Attacked Gay Man In Sydney

Shibu Thomas — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 03:50:12 +0000

The NSW police have released new images and a video of the men who attacked 33-year-old gay man Aaron on Oxford Street, Sydney’s iconic gay neighbourhood, in an alleged hate ...

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Gay Sydney Man Attacked On Oxford Street In Hate Crime

Christine Lai — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:30:45 +0000

NSW Police are investigating after a gay man from Sydney was the victim of a suspected ‘hate-crime attack’. Sydney-based gay artist Aaron said he was beaten unconscious by five men ...

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Gay Couple Attacked In Utah

Douglas Magaletti — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:11:40 +0000

Salt Lake City Police are investigating a hate crime against a gay couple in Sandy, Utah. According to the Associated Press, Christian Peacock, 18, and his boyfriend Jacob Metcalf, 18, ...

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Florida Family Charged With Assaulting, Blinding Gay Man

Shibu Thomas — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 03:36:31 +0000

Three members of a Florida family accused of brutally attacking and blinding a 31-year-old gay man have been charged with hate crimes. Trigger Warning: This story has details of a ...

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