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NY Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s apology: Gay slur a Twitter ‘mishap’
Newly acquired New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard issued an apology Tuesday after becoming the latest professional athlete caught for tweeting an anti-gay slur.
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Seattle Sounders’ Marc Burch gets fine, suspension for homophobic slur
Major League Soccer has suspended Seattle Sounders’ Marc Burch for three games after he used a homophobic slur against another player during a playoff match against the opposing Real Salt Lake team last week.
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Lesbian candidate called ‘ugly dyke’ in North Carolina House race
An Asheville-area Republican political operative has taken to Twitter to call Susan Wilson, an openly lesbian contender for a N.C. State House seat, “an old ugly dyke.”
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Three indicted on hate crime charges for June D.C. stabbing
A D.C. Superior Court Grand Jury has indicted two men and a woman on hate crime charges in connection with the June stabbing of a 16-year-old male outside D.C.’s Howard Theatre whom the defendants believed to be gay.
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Gay couple attacked, beaten on Asheville street after called gay slurs
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A gay couple from Charlotte, N.C. said they were attacked and beaten on the street during a recent visit to Asheville, and claim they were attacked because they’re gay.
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Canadian man receives apology for yearbook’s anti-gay slur — 42 years later
A Canadian man has finally received an apology for a gay slur published in his high school yearbook — 42 years ago. Robin Tomlin says he’s been haunted for years after his high school yearbook committee printed the word “fag” next to his picture in the 1970 yearbook.
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Gay couple thinks hate crime is linked to local pastor’s anti-gay article
CLARENDON, Texas — A gay couple in this small, north Texas town said they think that a spray painted hate message found on their front porch is linked to an anti-gay newspaper advertisement written by a local minister.
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University researchers track millions of anti-gay slurs on Twitter
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada — The University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services in Edmonton has created a new Canadian social-media experiment that found millions of anti-gay slurs on Twitter within the past two months.
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Yunel Escobar: Anti-gay slur causes outrage
TORONTO, Ontario, Cananda — Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar took to the diamond Saturday during a game with the Boston Red Sox with “You are a faggot” written in Spanish on his eye black strips.
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Months of anti-gay slurs escalate into brutal attack on Oklahoma lesbian
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma lesbian was attacked this week after months of anti-gay slurs and verbal harassment escalated into a brutal assault.