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Salt Lake City police investigate recent wave of Pride flag vandalism
Flags started disappearing from local neighborhoods at the start of Pride month.
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LGBTQ+ museum attacked, damaged by gunfire
The overnight strike on the collection coincides with a rise of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and hate speech.
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Man shot gay teen 8 times after they agreed to have oral sex in the woods outside a library
Malachi Robinson googled “How to get away with murder in real life” after shooting the victim. He just pled guilty to a hate crime.
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Three hospitalized & four houses torched after someone set Pride flags on fire
The Baltimore fire is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
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Lesbian moms found dead & dismembered in gruesome double homicide
Local LGBTQ activists believe hate motivated the “exaggeratedly violent crime.”
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Disabled gay man beaten with a metal pole in brutal Coney Island attack. Thieves stole his walker.
“I went down to feed the homeless. In return, I got assaulted. I got gay bashed. I got robbed of my belongings. I got called a faggot.”
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Stranger beat man with a wine bottle for holding hands with another man
“He said we shouldn’t be holding hands,” John-Paul Kesseler remembered, before the attacker started beating him with a wine bottle.
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An attacker punched a woman in the face for holding hands with her girlfriend
The attack is part of an epidemic of hate crimes currently sweeping New York City.
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Gay man was nearly killed when thug pounded him with hammer in vicious mob attack
The attack made eating difficult and left the victim afraid to go out, but it was also “a wake up call for me to realize how precious life is.”
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Man knocked unconscious & could lose sight in vicious anti-gay hate attack
This is the fourth time he’s been attacked in the past year as anti-LGBTQ assaults are on the rise in his city.
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Man gets knocked unconscious & beaten by two complete strangers in park for being gay
The victim suffered significant injuries that will require surgery, but he still had a message for others: “Don’t let anyone or even this type of situation dim your light.”
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Police arrest a serial criminal for the anti-gay slashing of a Hispanic man in Queens
The victim, who immigrated to America to escape violence and abuse in his home country, had to quit work because he is suffering from anxiety and depression.
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The summer night that Homer saved me from a hate crime
25 years ago this month, there was an instant when I was afraid that my number might have been up… and then Homer showed up.
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Gay man beaten to death by homophobic mob as crowd cheered the attackers
Samuel Luiz’s friends heard the attackers shout “you fucking fag!” because they were on the phone with him, powerless to do anything to help.
