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Austin men attacked after leaving gay bar
AUSTIN, Texas — Two men say they were attacked after leaving a gay night club in downtown Austin on Christmas night, by five men who jumped from a vehicle yelling anti-gay slurs.
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Four teens charged in attack of classmate they thought was gay
Four Long Island teenagers have been arrested and face assault and harassment charges in an alleged anti-gay bias attack on a 14-year-old boy they believed was gay. The victim was stomped and kicked on his arms, legs, stomach and thighs.
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Police suspect ‘hate crime’ in stabbing attack after anti-gay rant on ‘Craigslist’
A recent assault and carjacking in Battle Creek, Michigan, has now led to a possible hate crimes investigation after police discovered two anti-gay rants that appeared online in Craigslist postings.
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Six arrested in attack on gay couple in Atlanta park
One man and five minors were arrested in an Atlanta Park on Friday night after an assault and robbery of a gay couple, according to Atlanta police.
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Attackers shout anti-gay slurs, assault Vancouver gay couple
Two Vancouver men say they were punched repeatedly by two assailants who shouted anti-gay slurs at them on the doorstep of their downtown condo building Saturday night. Peter Regier and his partner David Holtzman were returning home from a concert and found two men drinking outside their building, one of them urinating near the door, […]
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Two marines arrested in beating of gay man in Savannah
Two Marines were arrested and jailed Saturday on misdemeanor battery charges after they allegedly beat up a gay man in Savannah, Georgia. According to the Savannah Morning News, police responded to a call around 3:45 a.m. that an unconscious man was on the ground. At the scene, police found 26-year-old Kiren Daly motionless with friends […]
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Suspect pleads guilty in brutal slaying of gay teen in Puerto Rico
The man accused of the brutal murder of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico last November pleaded guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Juan José Martínez Matos, who had been scheduled to go on trial Monday for the murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado, confessed to the crime during a […]
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Three men arrested in anti-gay BB-gun attack
Three Bay Area men are scheduled to be arraigned on assault and hate crime charges in San Francisco next week for allegedly shooting a man they thought was gay with a BB gun. The Feb. 26 incident took place at about 10 p.m. when the 27-year-old San Francisco man had just come out of a […]
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Hundreds march in support of Austin men attacked in alleged hate crime
Trailing a banner that read “Austin March Against Hate,” hundreds of people walked from a downtown gay bar to City Hall on Saturday to retrace the path of two gay men who were attacked last weekend. Emmanuel Winston and Matthew Morgan said they were walking to a City Hall parking garage from Oilcan Harry’s on […]
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Two Austin men say attack was a hate crime
Two gay softball players in Austin were assaulted over the weekend in what they are calling a hate crime. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say and were physically attacked by four men yelling anti-gay epithets. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say they were attacked early Saturday morning after they left the gay bar Oil Can […]