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Anti-LGBTQ+ hostility is rising. We asked queer people how safe they feel.
If LGBTQ+ Americans are feeling increasingly anxious about their safety, they have good reason.
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One man alone did not take O’Shae Sibley’s young life. An entire society murdered him.
Sibley was killed by a society that paints certain groups as perennial outsiders, intruders, and perceived predators.
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O’Shae Sibley’s murder was caused by America’s debilitating ignorance of LGBTQ+ people
This is why we need to fight for inclusive education from early childhood onward.
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The LGBTQ+ community mourns O’Shae Sibley in memorials across New York City
“My god. My god. They have to stop doing this,” said one speaker. “We Black, beautiful gorgeous jewels are the most important things in this world.”
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Drag show postponed after man sends death threats & says it may as well be “target practice”
He sent a picture of a rifle and called the drag show “pure wickedness!!”
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Protestors say they were violently attacked at Ron DeSantis campaign event for holding rainbow flag
One person said he was pushed to the ground and kicked. Another, who used a wheelchair, was forced to get out to be escorted out.
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Gay man brutally beaten by attackers shouting anti-LGBTQ+ slur
Several bones in his face were fractured in the attack.
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Gay couple walking their dog is violently attacked & stoned
Both men were punched in the head and face. Now the couple is enlisting help from the community to identify the attackers.
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Gunman who tried to rid his town of LGBTQ+ people just got sentenced to 18 years in prison
John Russell Howald went on a self-described “mission” to kill all of the LGBTQ+ people in his Montana town.
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SPLC names Moms for Liberty an “extremist” group for their anti-LGBTQ+ activism
SPLC said the hate group is “at the forefront” of the “mobilization” of right-wing extremist groups claiming to fight for “parents’ rights.”
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Don’t be fooled by the boycotts: Most Americans want companies to support LGBTQ+ people
A survey of non-LGBTQ Americans show large majorities disagree with right-wing discrimination.
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LGBTQ+ Nigerians are not legally allowed to exist. Here’s how some still experience queer joy
Fear has become the principal reality of identifying as LGBTQ+, but these queer Nigerians won’t let hate stop their shine.
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The lawyers & plaintiffs fighting for marriage equality in India have no plans to back down
The litigants spoke with LGBTQ Nation about their fight for equal rights.
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Gay couple attacked in the middle of crowded Time Square. Nobody helped them.
One of the men had to get a metal plate inserted in his jaw after the attack.
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Man stabbed by youths reportedly shouting anti-gay comments in NYC gayborhood
The victim was punched and then stabbed in his left leg.
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Bakery that hosted drag event closes after hate groups made her work a “nightmare”
The attacks were relentless, and customers just stopped coming.
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Deaths of two gay men who were drugged & robbed ruled homicides
Julio Ramirez and John Umberger were found dead with their bank accounts emptied after leaving Hell’s Kitchen gay bars with unidentified strangers.
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Man convicted of federal hate crime after trying to kill all of the LGBTQ+ people in his town
John Russell Howald has a violent, disturbing past and now faces life in prison.
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Man lost front tooth & got fractured neck in brutal attack while leaving gay bar
“I also had a heart attack,” the victim said.
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Two LGBTQ+ bars had their windows shattered in apparent hate crime
The attack took place in an LGBTQ+ nightclub complex in Orlando.