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Deadly arson in New Orleans gay bar remembered 40 years later
NEW ORLEANS — Forty years ago, on June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the UpStairs Lounge, a popular gay bar on the corner of Iberville and Chartres Streets in New Orleans.
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Residents suspect LGBT-tolerant church targeted by arsonist
SOUTH BLOOMINGVILLE, Ohio — All that remains of South Bloomingville’s last historic landmark are smoldering embers and the bell that once could be heard throughout the community. Residents woke early Friday morning saddened to find that the South Bloomingville Christian Church was burned nearly to the ground.
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Flaming projectiles aimed at gay nightclub in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Police and fire investigators In Salt Lake City are actively seeking the identities of three or four people in their late teens or early 20s who launched flaming projectiles at Club JAM, a gay patronized nightclub located north of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in downtown.
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Oklahoma man suffers burns after vandals scrawl gay slur, set car on fire
EDMOND, Okla. — An Oklahoma gay man says he awoke in the early morning hours on July 21 to the noise two men dressed in black and wearing face masks vandalizing his car — he said one of the suspects threw something in his vehicle that caused an explosion and fire, while the man other fled.
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Lesbian couple who lost home in suspected arson fire, sued by insurance company
A lesbian couple in Tennessee whose home was burned to the ground last September, is now the target of a federal lawsuit by their insurance company, who claim the couple themselves caused the fire.
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Arson, hate crime suspected in barn fire that killed eight horses
An overnight barn fire in Ohio earlier this week that killed eight horses is being called a hate crime after police said they found homophobic messages painted outside the building, leading them to believe the fire was deliberately set.
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Arson suspected in possible hate crime against harassed gay couple
CLAYTON, N.C. — A fire that gutted the home of a gay couple who had been victims of harassment for more than a year, is being investigated as arson, and possible hate crime.
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Lesbian couple suing next-door neighbor for alleged arson
VONORE, Tenn. — A lesbian couple in Tennessee who home was burned to the ground last September, has filed a lawsuit against the woman they believe set the fire — their next-door neighbor.
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Georgia man targeted with anti-gay slurs, arson in possible hate crime
A Georgia man says his home was set on fire just hours after someone threw a rock through his window with a note wrapped around it containing anti-gay slurs. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office investigators are investigating what appears to be arson and a possible hate crime.
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Lesbian couple victims of arson, gay slurs in suspected hate crime
A lesbian couple in Tennessee are afraid to return to their charred remains of their home after it was burned to the ground and the word “Queers” was spray painted on their garage in what is being investigated as a potential hate crime.