Hate Crime Murder Trial Resumes in Brooklyn
Keith Phoenix: "So I killed a man? Does that make me a bad person?" Brooklyn, NY – Keith Phoenix, alleged murderer of Ecuadoran immigrant José Sucuzhañay, is in a Brooklyn court again after a mistrial....
View ArticleBall Bat Killer Guilty of Murder As A Hate Crime in Brooklyn
Keith Phoenix Found Guilty Brooklyn, NY – Just seven hours after the jury was sequestered on Monday, José Sucuzhañay’s prime attacker, Keith Phoenix, was found guilty of second-degree murder as a hate...
View ArticleSlayer of Gay Opera Singers Faces Execution in Texas
Derrick L. Jackson, TDCJ photo Huntsville, TX – On July 20, Derrick L. Jackson, 42, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1988 double homicide of two gay men from Houston. Jackson maintains...
View ArticleGay Methodist Preacher and Boyfriend Attacked in Atlanta
Rev. Josh Noblitt (St. Mark UMC photo) Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia – A gay United Methodist minister and his boyfriend were attacked and robbed on July 2 at at picnic in the park. Rev. Josh...
View ArticleSecond Sentence in NY Hate Crime Murder: Phoenix Gets 37 Years to Life
Keith Phoenix (l) in court Brooklyn, NY – Keith Phoenix won’t be on the street again for a long time: 37 years to life, for the brutal hate murder of José Suchuzhañay in December 2008. Phoenix wielded...
View ArticleConversion of a Cop: How Matt Shepard’s Murder Convinced a Policeman to Change
Sheriff Dave O'Malley (News 5 photo) Cleveland, Ohio – In a startlingly frank address to police and federal agents, Sheriff Dave O’Malley challenged law enforcement officers to change their anti-gay...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Murder, Texas Style: Pearland Teen Bludgeoned to Death, Then Burned
Joshua Wilkerson, 18, bludgeoned to death and partially burned Pearland, Texas – Joshua Wilkerson, 18, missing for 24 hours after leaving a Pearland school, was found deceased, his body partially...
View ArticleRepeal and Remembrance: Gay Military Martyrs and the End of DADT
Fallen Military Servicemembers Washington, DC – On a red letter day when lawmakers voted to end the most notorious anti-gay policy in the federal canon, LGBT servicemembers and veterans who have been...
View ArticleHow to Remember a Gay Hate Crimes Victim: 12 Years After Murder, Billy Jack...
Billy Jack Gaither Montgomery, Alabama- Billy Jack Gaither’s memory will not die. A determined group of family, friends, and human rights advocates see to that annually, and on Sunday, February 2o,...
View Article“Unfinished Lives” Centerpiece of Houston Gay Pride Month Events
Houston, Texas – Reviving the memories of LGBTQ hate crimes murder victims will be the focus of three Gay Pride Month events sponsored by two gay-predominant churches and a national transgender...
View Article6 New York Teens Charged with Murder as Hate Crime
Anthony Collao, 18, fatally mistaken as gay, (l), pictured with his girlfriend, Wendy Vargas New York City – Six teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the fatal March...
View ArticleConvicted Murderer of Gay Man Gets Parole; LGBTQ Community Vows to Fight It
Convicted Killer Jon Buice to be paroled in October 2011 Houston, Texas – With less than half his sentence served, the convicted murderer of a Houston gay man is to be paroled. The LGBTQ community and...
View ArticleGay Cowboy Stoned To Death in Apparent Revenge Killing
Jason "Cowboy" Huggins, from his Facebook page San Diego, California – On June 22, a wounded 31-year-old gay man struggled out of a gorge near the 1300 block of Washington Street, San Diego, and...
View ArticleDon’t Ask, Don’t Tell is History: We Must Not Forget Its Cost
Washington, D.C. – Today marks the advent of full repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the 1993 law making gay and lesbian servicemembers liable for discharge if they admitted their sexual orientation....
View ArticleMatthew Wayne Shepard: Honor and Educate in His Memory
Thank you to the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center. Never forget! Laramie, Wyoming – Wednesday, October 12 will be the thirteenth anniversary of America’s archetypal gay hate crimes victim. Matthew...
View ArticleOregon’s “Pink Poodle” Gay Bashing Draws Federal Hate Crime Charges
Gay Bashing victim David Beltier (l), partner Jeremy Mark (r), and their poodle Beauty. Hillsboro, Oregon – A bizarre anti-gay crime case at a busy highway street crossing has attracted national...
View ArticleNotorious Gay Panic and Trans Panic Legal Defenses Must End, Says American...
Gwen Araujo’s mother, Sylvia Guerrero, cradles her portrait. Thanks to the ABA, the so-called Gay and Trans Panic excuses for violence may one day be a thing of the past. San Francisco, California –...
View ArticleNebraska Lesbians Attacked with Crowbar for “Shaming” Muslim Family
Tuma allegedly attacked his sister and her fiancée for bringing shame on the himself and his parents. Marks aided and abetted in the assault. Lincoln, Nebraska – Two lesbians were attacked Thursday by...
View ArticleMurdered Lesbian Couple: Did Daddy Do It?
James Cosby, father of slain lesbian Britney Cosby, and suspect in her murder and that of her spouse, Crystal Jackson. Galveston, Texas – The father of a lesbian has been arrested by the Galveston...
View ArticleGay Native American Murder Sentence Decried as Too Light; Mother Indicts...
David Moss, 25, gay Arapaho beaten to death with a bat and brass knuckles by teenagers. Riverton, Wyoming – Santana Mendoza, the second teenage defendant in the September 2013 murder of a gay Native...
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