Crime
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Anti-Gay Ohio Pastor Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
Silas Shelton was charged with four felonies, including rape, for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a teenage girl.
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Gay Porn Star Austin Wolf Gets 19 Years for Child Sex Crimes
The 44-year-old pleaded guilty after the FBI uncovered nearly 1,300 files of child sexual abuse material and evidence he targeted minors.
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D.C. Man Arrested in Murder of Transgender Woman
Police say Edgar Arrington shot 28-year-old Dream Johnson multiple times in a July attack that may qualify as a hate crime.
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‘Martyr for Charlie Kirk’ Threatened to Shoot Up Phoenix Gay Bar
Police say Treven Michael Gokey threatened to attack Cruisin’ 7th in Phoenix after blaming the LGBTQ community for recent violence.
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Police Charge York Man for Strangling Drag Performer
Police say the assault targeted victims for their perceived sexual orientation and gender expression, but it is not being prosecuted as a hate crime.
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Manhattan Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Rape of Trans Woman
Nicholas Encarnacion was sentenced to 12 years for raping transgender woman Siobhan Ebert in a Lower East Side stairwell in 2022.
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Los Angeles LGBTQ Center Targeted With Bags of Dog Feces
An LGBTQ youth center in Bell, California, has faced repeated vandalism with bags of dog feces, which advocates link to a climate of hate under...
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Trial Begins for Man in Grindr Date Shooting Over Dinner Bill
Jamal Moreland is accused of shooting his Grindr date after a dinner bill dispute that left the victim with three gunshot wounds.
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FBI Documented Over 2,400 Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crimes in 2024
FBI data shows crimes based on sexual orientation were the third most common bias-motivated incidents in 2024, with gay men bearing the brunt of attacks....
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Black Lesbian Couple Chased into Crash by Armed Virginia Locals
On the evening of July 20, Amylah Majors and Jamaria Gaskins, a married couple from Richmond, were driving to visit Gaskins’ mother in central Virginia...
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Gay Model Accused of Fatally Stabbing Husband
Donald Zieben-Hood is being held without bail after police say he killed his husband in their Harlem apartment following a history of domestic violence.
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Gay Porn Star Austin Wolf Pleads Guilty to Enticing a Minor for Sex
The adult film star was previously arrested and accused of sending and receiving hundreds of videos and images of child sexual abuse material.
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Gay Teenager Beaten, Robbed in Alleged New Orleans Hate Crime
Police arrested a 27-year-old in connection with the attack, which left the teen with serious facial injuries.
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Gay Actor Jonathan Joss, of ‘King of the Hill,’ Shot Dead in Texas
Joss, who voiced John Redcorn, was allegedly shot by a neighbor after years of threats and anti-gay harassment, according to his husband.
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Trio Sentenced in Deadly NYC Gay Bar Drugging Scheme
A judge sentenced three men to jail for carrying out a drugging and robbery scheme that claimed the lives of two gay men.
