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Councilman: Murder of transgender woman should be investigated as hate crime
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland City Council member has called on authorities to investigate as a hate crime the death of a 20-year-old transgender woman whose body was found in a northeastern Ohio pond in April and identified this week.
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Still no justice for murdered South African lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza
Wednesday marks the two year anniversary of the brutal death of Noxolo Nogwaza, a South African lesbian and LGBT rights activist. In 2011, 24-year-old Noxolo, organizer of the Ekurhuleni Pride Committee, was murdered in South Africa, while on her way home from a night out with friends. Her attackers raped, repeatedly beat and stabbed her, apparently because of her sexual orientation, before dumping her body in a drainage ditch. Two years after her death, no progress has been made into the investigation of her murder…
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Michael Reagan: Gay marriage deserves same ‘moral outrage’ as polygamy, bestiality, murder
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, takes on marriage equality in a controversial new editorial for Ohio’s Ironton Tribune, where he challenges American churches to condemn same-sex marriage, much in the same manner as polygamy, bestiality, and murder.
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Autopsy report still pending in death of gay Miss. mayoral candidate
JACKSON, Miss. — More than a month has passed since the body of a Mississippi mayoral candidate was found dumped near a river levee, but the exact cause of his death remains largely a mystery pending the release of an autopsy report.
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New York police announce arrests in murder of gay man
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department says it has arrested two men in connection with the murder of a gay man earlier this year in his Queens apartment.
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FBI ‘monitoring’ investigation of gay Miss. mayoral candidate’s death
JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn’t indicate it had opened its own investigation.
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Miss. congressman asks FBI to review gay mayoral candidate’s death
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi congressman is asking the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated.
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Family: Body of slain Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten, burned
JACKSON, Miss. — The body of a slain, openly gay Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten and burned, a family member said Monday.
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Man charged in murder of New York gay man at Queens motel
NEW YORK — A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Joseph Benzinger, a 54-year-old gay man who was found strangled on Saturday in a Queens, N.Y. motel.
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New York City lawmaker warns that killer may be targeting gay men
NEW YORK — The New York police department is investigating the strangulation deaths of three gay men in Queens and Manhattan in recent weeks.