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News (USA)
Newly Republican ‘Out’ writer says Matthew Shepard’s death wasn’t a hate crime
Gay journalist Chadwick Moore recently “came out” as a conservative after a backlash to his profile of Milo Yiannopoulos.
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News (USA)
Attorney General nominee defends anti-LGBTQ ‘First Amendment Defense Act’
Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions was asked about FADA by Senator Al Franken, who also asked the nominee to defend his opposition to hate crime legislation.
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News (USA)
President Obama looks back on his LGBTQ legacy in final press conference
Obama gave most of the credit to individual activists who fought for their rights.
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News (USA)
It’s a first: Admitted killer of trans woman is charged with federal hate crime
Prosecutors have never used the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to bring charges against someone for targeting a victim for being transgender.
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News (USA)
Gaybashers attack hate crime law lobbyists, escape hate crime charges
Prosecutor says he can’t file anything tougher than misdemeanor assault charges because Utah’s hate crimes law doesn’t include LGBT protections.
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Commentary
Mike Pence’s top seven most homophobic moments (out of many)
Indiana Governor Mike Pence is a darling of the religious right, and with good reason.
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Life
‘Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine’ – The life and legacy of a young gay man
On this 15th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard, filmmaker Michele Josue — a high school classmate and close friend of Matthew’s — brings to the screen the story of the life, death, and lasting legacy of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man with aspirations to one day change the world.
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News (USA)
Four sentenced to prison in kidnapping, attack on gay man in Ky.
LONDON, Ky. — Four people from eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the kidnapping and attack of a gay man.
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News (USA)
Prisoner gets 6 more years for hate crime attack on inmate he thought was gay
DALLAS — A member of the Aryan Brotherhood will serve an extended prison sentence after admitting he committed a federal hate crime by severely beating another inmate he believed to be gay.
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News (USA)
Jury in Kentucky begins deliberations in federal hate crime case
Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the case of two men charged in a federal hate crimes case Wednesday, the first in the nation under a section of the federal hate crimes law that makes it illegal to attack someone based on the victim’s real or perceived sexual orientation.