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Texas gay man attacked at private party, claims assault was a hate crime
RENO, Lamar County, Texas — An openly gay Texas man was brutally attacked at a private party early Sunday, sustaining second-degree burns and severe bruises, and requiring over 30 stitches to close stab wounds to his torso, forearm, and forehead near his left eye.
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Gay man attacked outside Salt Lake City dance club in possible hate crime
A Salt Lake City gay man was hospitalized following a brutal attack last Friday night after leaving a downtown dance club on its gay-themed night. It is the second attack on a gay man this year outside the same club.
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Iowa Governor: No connection between anti-gay marriage sentiment and teen’s murder
Iowa’s Republican Governor Terry Branstad on Monday said “there’s no connection at all between Iowa’s debate over gay marriage rights and the death of Waterloo teen Marcellus Andrews.”
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Iowa student dies after brutal beating in which attackers shouted gay slurs
Police have confirmed the death of a 19-year-old college student in Waterloo, Iowa, who was brutally beaten in the early morning hours on Friday, and whose attackers shouted anti-gay slurs and kicked him in the face.
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Gay couple sues California’s Great America theme park over humiliating photo
A gay couple is suing California’s Great America amusement park, claiming that park employees doctored a photograph of them, then displayed it publicly and captioned with a gay slur.
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ACLU settles suit against City of Miami Beach in wrongful arrest of gay man
The ACLU of Florida on Monday reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the City of Miami Beach and two police officers on behalf of Harold Strickland, a gay former Miami Beach resident wrongfully arrested in March 2009 in retaliation for calling 911 to report that police officers were beating and kicking a man who lay handcuffed on the ground.
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Portland police make arrest in latest anti-gay bias attack
Police have arrested and charged 21-year-old Dillan Joseph Cashman with intimidation and assault in an early morning attack on a gay man after insulting him and his parter with gay slurs.
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Head of Iowa anti-gay Family Leader enjoys a lame joke at the expense of ‘fags’
In a short video clip released Tuesday by independent watch-dog group Think Progress, the homophobic president of the anti-gay, conservative christian group “The Family Leader” is seen erupting in laughter at after being told a joke about “fags.”
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Oakland A’s suspend pitching prospect over anti-gay tweet
The Oakland Athletics on Sunday suspended indefinitely pitching prospect Ian Krol after he posted an offensive tweet that included an anti-gay slur.
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Philadelphia Eagles’ DeSean Jackson apologizes for using gay slur on radio show
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has come under fire for using calling a fan a gay slur during a recent satellite radio call-in show.