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South African man brutally murdered following argument over his sexuality
A South African gay man, who also identified as transgender, has been brutally murdered in an apparent hate crime after getting into an argument about his sexuality.
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Cult leader pleads guilty to murder of 4-year-old he thought was gay
DURHAM, N.C. — The leader of a North Carolina religious cult on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering a 28-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy who he thought was gay.
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Time to face the truth on sexual orientation…
Anti-gay activists have long argued that gay people do not need protection from discrimination because they can hide their identity. Anti-gay activist Janet Boynes succinctly made this point in her book, Called Out: “The difference between black skin and homosexuality is that black skin is a physical characteristic while homosexuality is a behavior.”
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Report: Highest number of anti-LGBT murders recorded in 2011
A recent report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs revealed that while reports of anti-LGBT hate crimes has decreased, 2011 accounted for the highest number of anti-LGBT murders since 1998, the year the NCAVP began tracking such attacks.
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CNN anchor: ‘Incest, pedophilia are often not by choice… homosexuality is a lifestyle choice’
CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield on Thursday, claimed that, unlike pedophilia and incest, “homosexuality is a lifestyle choice by people. It is voluntary.”
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Pastor who said government should kill gays claims he was just preaching scripture
Pastor Curtis Knapp, of the New Hope Baptist Church in Seneca, Kansas, who said in his Sunday sermon that the government should put gays to death, is not backing away from his comments, and said he was simply preaching what he believes to be “scripture.”
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Two more pastors, two different states, advocate for the killing of gays
Two more “men of God” — Curtis Knapp of the New Hope Baptist Church in Seneca, Kansas, and Dennis Leatherman, pastor at the Mountain Lake Baptist Church in Oakland, Md. — are on record as advocating for the death of gays and lesbians.
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Mississippi lawmaker says he never endorsed that gays be ‘put to death’
A Mississippi lawmaker, who earlier this month invoked an Old Testament Bible passage on his Facebook page that calls for gays to be “put to death,” says he never endorsed the killing of gays, and that he and his family have received death threats after his comments were misinterpreted.
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Chile approves anti-discrimination law in wake of gay man’s murder
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean Congress this week approved an LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination law, fast-tracked following the brutal attack and murder of Daniel Zamudio, a gay Chilean man killed earlier this year.
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Re-defining ‘Bully Pulpit’ — Pastor sends chilling message of violence
Many have heard and seen Pastor Sean Harris’ shouted exhortations about “squashing like a cockroach,” the first signs of gender-variant behavior in children. Fewer have seen his searing denunciation of transgendered persons as “an affront to God.” … and I have counseled at least three GLBT young adults who have attended this church. They all said they heard similarly hateful messages there, which not only drove them away, but also pushed them into depression and self-harm, even suicide attempts …