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Suspect accused of gay man’s murder may plead ‘temporary insanity’
NEW YORK — A judge in New York on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect charged with murdering a gay man in New York City’s Greenwich Village in what authorities say was an anti-gay hate crime.
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Judge seeks input on whether woman should be forced to testify against partner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge is seeking input from the state attorney general’s office before deciding whether a law exempting spouses from testifying against each other applies to two women in a civil union from Vermont.
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Cameroon detains colleagues of slain gay rights activist Eric Lembembe
YOUNDE, Cameroon — Police in Cameroon have refused to release two LGBT activists detained on Saturday as potential witnesses in the investigation of the murder of activist and journalist Eric Lembembe.
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Cross-dressing gay teen hacked, stabbed to death by Jamaican mob
ST. JAMES, Jamaica — A 17-year-old gay teen was hacked and stabbed to death by a mob in Jamaica on Monday night.
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Cameroon blasts reporting of gay rights activist’s murder
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon lashed out at the media on Friday for its reporting on the recent killing of a prominent gay activist and warned that future “provocative commentary” on the case would be illegal.
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Two men beaten to death during Haiti anti-gay demonstration
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two men, assumed to be gay, were beaten and killed on Friday during an anti-gay protest in Haiti led by religious organizations.
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Philadelphia man accused of murder, dumping body of transgender lover
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man is in custody on Friday after he allegedly murdered his transgender lover and then dumped her body parts in a vacant lot.
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Man accused to be gay murdered by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen
ADEN, Yemen — Two militants from an Al-Qaeda linked group on Monday killed a man in the provincial capital of Huj who they accused of being gay, a police source said Tuesday.
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Prominent gay rights activist tortured, killed in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Eric Ohena Lembembe, a prominent LGBT rights advocate and journalist was found dead at his home in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Monday evening. Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS).
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Murdered transgender woman latest victim of anti-LGBT violence in Turkey
AYDIN, Turkey — Police in Aydin, Turkey are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death at her home on Tuesday.