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Peru rejects civil unions bill after Catholic bishop calls gay lawmaker a ‘faggot’
Lawmaker Carlos Bruce said he was disappointed a representative of the Catholic Church, “apparently lacking arguments, now resorts to insults.”
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Confrontation sparked by alleged gay slur leads to hit and run caught on camera
An altercation outside a Phoenix record store escalated into a hit and run that was caught on camera, and the victim says the incident all started with a gay slur.
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Alabama to recall vanity license plate containing gay slur ‘NOHOMO’
State officials say the license plate slipped past its three-member review panel.
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FSU faculty member resigns following anti-gay, anti-Muslim Facebook rant
A college professor has resigned following a Facebook rant where she called another user a “faggot” and referred to Muslims as “filthy rodents.”
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Alaska same-sex couple finds anti-gay signs on their car, vandalism to home
A gay couple in Anchorage says their home was targeted with acts of vandalism including a soup-like substance on their mailbox and obscene signs left on their car.
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Man sentenced to 6 months for shooting couple with BB gun outside gay bar
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man who harassed customers outside a popular Minneapolis gay bar in September, and after yelling gay slurs, pulled out a CO2 powered BB gun and shot at a same-sex couple, has been sentenced to six months in the Hennepin County adult detention center.
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Bullied teen found guilty of assault in fight that left him with traumatic brain injury
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Virginia teen who was brutally beaten and left with a traumatic brain injury following a school melee in September, was found guilty Friday on one count of simple assault.
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Two arrested, third sought in ambush, attack on gay man in California
VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Authorities in Southern California have arrested two suspects and are searching for a third they say led an attack on a man who was struck with rocks, bottles and a wooden board because he’s gay.
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Patrick Reed apologizes for calling himself a ‘fucking faggot’ at golf tourney
SHANGHAI — Patrick Reed has apologized for an outburst of language that was caught on camera during the first round of the HSBC Champions. Reed missed a 5-footer for a three-putt bogey on his 10th hole on Thursday when microphones caught him swearing at himself for the bogey and using a gay slur.
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Couple gets ‘do over’ wedding, this time without the homophobic hecklers
CORONADO, Calif. — The first wedding of Oscar de Las Salas and Gary Jackson was interrupted by hecklers yelling homophobic slurs. Now, two months later, the renewal of their vows was attended by some 300 strangers at an exclusive waterfront hotel near San Diego — and not a heckler in sight.