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Russian newspaper says Chechen authorities are arresting & killing gay men
Officials in Chechnya are reportedly baiting closeted gay men in the remote mountain region via social networking apps for arrest and even death.
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Wisconsin gay bashing survivor stabbed to death in possible hate crime
A man who survived a brutal Christmas Eve gay bashing six years ago was stabbed to death this week, on his birthday.
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Mother who killed gay teen tried to hire assassin, police report says
Itaberli’s mother offered money to local teenagers to kill her son, according to the testimony of one of the boys.
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Two-spirit Sioux Falls woman second reported transgender murder of 2017
“While the investigation is ongoing, we see that gender and race often play a role in the escalation of violence toward transgender people.”
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One week into 2017, Mississippi reports year’s first transgender murder
“If everyone in the U.S. were murdered at the rate young black trans women and femmes are, there’s no doubt that the public would consider this a crisis of massive proportions.”
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Police: 8 boys accuse Minnesota teacher and his husband of abuse
The couple was found dead Aug. 25 in an apparent murder-suicide shortly after the first teen reported the abuse to police.
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It’s a first: Admitted killer of trans woman is charged with federal hate crime
Prosecutors have never used the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to bring charges against someone for targeting a victim for being transgender.
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Police chief admits Britain’s gay serial killer could have been caught sooner
17 officers are under investigation for their failure to connect the dots in the four murders, even though three bodies were found in the same churchyard.
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British serial killer gets life sentence for murdering 4 gay men
British serial killer Stephen Port met his victims using online dating sites, before drugging, raping and killing them.
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Deadly shooting at Albany, N.Y. gay nightclub leaves 3 wounded
“This is not a random act. This bar was not targeted for any specific reason,” say police.