All posts tagged "hate crimes"
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D.C. bathroom assault ruled hate crime
Marks the seventh official biased crime of its kind in the District this year
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Gay YouTuber apparently faked hate crime after being arrested
Calum McSwiggan claimed assault outside a gay bar, but police tell a very different version of events
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Montgomery County Police to hold LGBT community meeting
In the wake of the Orlando mass shooting, the Montgomery County Police Department is hosting its first community meeting for the LGBT community on Tuesday,...
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“Gay-in” Friday night at Adams Morgan bar where Pride flag was burned
Local LGBT residents are staging a “gay-in” at a predominantly straight bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan after the establishment had its rainbow flag burned...
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LGBT organizations respond to Orlando attacks
LGBT organizations responded to the horrific events in Orlando swiftly and with a unified voice of authority, calling for action in combating the hate aimed...
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Bisexual man found guilty of anti-gay hate crime in New York shooting
A bisexual man accused of shooting a gay man has been found guilty of all charges -- including committing a hate crime
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Iowa Senate approves transgender hate crimes protections
On Tuesday, the Iowa Senate voted 27-21 to pass a bill that adds gender identity and gender expression to the state’s hate crimes law. The...
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Virginia bill proposes Kim Davis-style clerk exemptions
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
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Kathryn Knott convicted of assault in Philadelphia gay bashing
The daughter of a Philadelphia-area police chief on Friday was convicted of simple assault in a violent attack lodged against a gay couple in Philadelphia’s...
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Virginia delegate re-introduces hate crimes reporting bill
“One of the things you learn when you get sent to Richmond is that sometimes you have to take the long view,” says Virginia Del. Rip...
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GLOV changes name to DC Anti-Violence Project
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) has changed its name to the more inclusive DC Anti-Violence Project (DC AVP), according to an announcement from the...
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Transgender Targets: Trans murder rates are out of control
The number of trans women killed in 2015 has already exceeded that of the previous year
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Texas men who tortured black gay man indicted
Two Corpus Christi men face hate crimes charges for 2012 attack
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Jewish community reacts to Jerusalem Pride stabbings
Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Arthur Slepian on the divide between secular and Orthodox Israel
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First gay couple married at West Point attacked in Soho
Police continue to search for assailant and are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime
