All posts tagged "police"
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Russian Police Raid LGBTQ Venues After Anti-Gay Ruling
Russian authorities raided several LGBTQ venues after the country's Supreme Court declared LGBTQ organizations "extremist."
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Police Arrest Pride Demonstrators in Turkey
Turkish police detained over 100 people on Sunday following Pride marches in the cities of Istanbul and Izmir. Despite attempts by the Turkish government to...
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Gay Black Couple Accuses Bed Bath & Beyond of Racial Profiling
A gay Black couple claims that employees at a Toledo-area Bed Bath & Beyond racially profiled them and falsely accused them of "shoplifting."
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Grindr Sends Users In Egypt Warnings About Police Entrapment
Grindr recently sent a message to all users in Egypt warning them of an ongoing trend of police posing as matches to entrap LGBTQ people.
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Man Brandishes Gun, Threatens Staff at Minneapolis Gay Bar
A Minneapolis man has been arrested and charged with felonies after allegedly pulling out a gun and threatening staff at a historic gay bar in...
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Atlanta Man Arrested for Violent Threats Against LGBTQ Bars
As the LGBTQ community continues to recover from the shocking and deadly mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub, police in Atlanta announced the...
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Police Seek Suspects in Assault of Oregon Trans Woman
Police are seeking four suspects in a possible hate crime, in which a transgender woman was assaulted in the West University neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon,...
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EuroPride March Proceeds Despite Arrest of 64 Protesters
EuroPride’s official Pride parade proceeded as scheduled in Belgrade last Saturday, with organizers prevailing after weeks of back-and-forth debate over whether it was safe to...
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Serbian Police Ban EuroPride March, Citing Security Concerns
Serbian police have banned a scheduled Pride march that was intended to be part of this year’s weeklong EuroPride celebration in Belgrade, citing the threat...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Home Was ‘Swatted’ Twice. Twitter Isn’t Buying It.
The Rome, Georgia home of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was 'swatted' on both Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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Suspected Serial Killer Used Grindr to Target LGBTQ People
Police in Bilbao, Spain — a port city on the country’s northern coast — have recently arrested a man in connection to the deaths of...
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Brett Parson Set To Appear In Court On April 19
Former MPD lieutenant Brett Parson, currently awaiting trial in Florida, faces two charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
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Thousands of LGBTQ Israelis get texts saying they “deserve severe punishment, death and deportation”
Thousands of LGBTQ Israelis received harassing text messages, in what may be connected to the hacking of an LGBTQ dating site in October.
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Robbers in Jamaica lured man through gay dating site, doused him in alcohol, and set him on fire
Robbers in Jamaica entrapped a gay 18-year-old before dousing him in alcohol, severing his penis, and setting him on fire.
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California lawmakers pass bill to decriminalize loitering and bar police from using it as evidence of sex work
California lawmakers have passed a bill intended to prevent police from using loitering as evidence of intent to engage in sex work.
