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Judge lets Chris Brown skip DC court date in alleged homophobic assault
WASHINGTON — A judge says R&B singer Chris Brown doesn’t have to travel from Los Angeles to Washington to appear in court.
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Chris Brown, companion throw punches: ‘I’m not down with that gay shit’
WASHINGTON — Chris Brown is accused of punching a man who says he tried to get into a photo with the singer outside a hotel, according to police, the latest legal trouble for the Grammy Award-winning artist.
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Five sentenced for assaulting gay man after luring him to park for sex
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five teenagers accused of luring a 24-year-old gay man to a Gresham park to beat and rob him have been sentenced to terms ranging from probation to 2 ½ years in prison.
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Gay British lawmaker denies allegations of sexual assault, rape
LONDON – British media are reporting that a senior Conservative Party politician has been arrested on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another.
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Austin police release video of alleged anti-gay assault during gay pride
AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin, Texas on Friday released surveillance video which shows a violent attack on two men in the city’s downtown that occurred during last month gay pride.
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MD police official: Transgender rights bill did not lead to rapes, assaults in public restrooms
TOWSON, Md. — Montgomery County police chief Thomas Manger says that allegations that rapes and sexual assaults occurred in public restrooms following passage of a transgender accommodation law are “untrue.” The assertion comes in response to opposition to a transgender rights bill introduced Tuesday in Baltimore County, Md. — the bill would protect transgender people and allow use of restrooms according to their gender identity.
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Ohio teen sentenced to 90 days for video recorded attack on gay classmate
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A judge has sentenced 15-year-old Levi Sever to a 90-day sentence in a juvenile detention center for the October assault on an openly gay classmate that was recorded on video and then posted to Facebook.
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ACLU to represent gay teen whose attack was captured on video, posted to Facebook
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on Monday announced it would represent the family of a Chillicothe, Ohio gay teen who was assaulted last month because of his sexual orientation. The brutal attack captured national attention when a video of the assault was later posted to Facebook.
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Student charged with felony assault in video beating of Ohio gay teen
A student at Unioto High School has been charged with felony assault in the beating of gay teen whose mother said he was targeted because of his sexual orientation. The beating was captured on video using a cell phone and later posted to Facebook.
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School officials say video of attack on gay teen surfaced after its investigation
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Authorities and school officials at at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, are once again investigating the attack on a gay teen whose mother is calling the assault a hate crime, now that video evidence has surfaced that was not previously known to exist.