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Kentucky man charged in April hate assault

Police here have charged a Kentucky man with the April assault of a gay Miami University (Ohio) student outside an Uptown bar. The assault last spring led to a hate crime rally on Miami’s campus. However, authorities did not charge the suspect with such a crime. Police arrested 20-year-old Grant Rose of Alexandria, Ky., Jan. [...]

NorthOtago

Two arrested after alleged hate crime in New Zealand

In New Zealand, two North Otago men have been arrested after they allegedly kidnapped two other men and ordered them to leave town because they thought they were gay.  The Otago Daily Times has reported that the ”hate crime” took place in the town of Moeraki.  The two alleged victims were detained in their homes and [...]

BettsMurder

Teen gets 40 years in murder of DC principal

In May of 2010, the DC community was faced with the murder of gay Washington DC school principal Brian Betts. Betts met his killers over a phone chat line. On Tuesday, a 19 year old was sentenced to 40 years for the murder. Alante Saudners was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Montgomery County [...]

FrancisGayBashing

“I don’t hate gay people” – says accused gay basher

Accused Stonewall gay basher Matthew Francis was unapologetic on Wednesday in a jailhouse interview, where he still waits for someone to bail him out. “I’m not going to say sorry, because I don’t know what I should be sorry for,” the 21-year-old Staten Island man said inside the Manhattan House of Detention. “I don’t hate [...]

HateCrime

Gay Beating by Marines protested in Savannah

Just when you think that violence against gays and lesbians might be approaching a turning point, another story surfaces reminding us that there is no shortage of hatred out there for the LGBT community.   Residents and concern citizens in Savannah, GA rallied in Johnson Square yesterday in protest of a gay man who was allegedly [...]