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Body of murdered transgender woman found in Baltimore field
BALTIMORE, Md. — Police said Wednesday that a homicide victim found early Tuesday in a field in Northeast Baltimore was a transgender woman identified as 40-year-old Kandy Hall, but that details surrounding her death remained scarce.
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Report: 17 gays killed in Peru since 2012, no action being taken
LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian gay rights group says at least 17 gays have been killed in the Andean nation since 2012 because of their sexual orientation.
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Police say murdered Philadelphia man met his killer on Grindr
CHESTER, Pa. — Police are investigating the murder of a Philadelphia man they say met his killer using the gay hook-up app Grindr. Dino Dizdarevic, a 25-year-old chemical engineer, was found by a passerby at the bottom of a fire escape in an overgrown lot in Chester, Pa. Police say he has been beaten and strangled to death.
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Pakistani man committed brutal murders because he wanted to punish gays
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani man has confessed to the brutal murders of three gay men he met online, saying he wanted to send a message about the “evils” of homosexuality.
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Police hope discovery of murder victim’s vehicle will provide new clues in case
HOUSTON — A vehicle that had been sought in connection with the murder of a lesbian couple in South Texas last month has been recovered, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
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Woman gets life in prison for murdering 4-year-old son she thought was gay
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the murder of her 4-year-old son who she believed was gay.
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Woman charged in murder of son’s partner after shooting him in the back
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An Alabama woman is charged with murder for allegedly shooting her son’s long term partner in the back at a truck stop in McCalla, Ala., on Monday evening.
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Fla. man charged with attempting to burn, kill lesbian couple and their eight kids
MIAMI — A Florida man faces ten counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of arson for allegedly attempting to burn and kill a lesbian couple and their eight children.
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Jury finds mother guilty of murdering 4-year-old son she thought was gay
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman has been found guilty of the murder of her 4-year-old son. Prosecutors said Jessica Dutro believed her son was gay, and that was the motive behind the beatings that led to his death.
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South African man murdered after attacker told witnesses he was ‘going to kill a fag’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A 21-year-old man in South Africa has been tortured and brutally murdered in what has been reported as an anti-gay hate crime.