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Report: Highest number of anti-LGBT murders recorded in 2011
A recent report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs revealed that while reports of anti-LGBT hate crimes has decreased, 2011 accounted for the highest number of anti-LGBT murders since 1998, the year the NCAVP began tracking such attacks.
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New Jersey man found ‘not guilty’ in fatal shooting of transgender woman
A New Jersey man has been found not guilty in the fatal 2010 shooting of a 28-year-old transgender female that he had met in a nightclub.
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Transgender woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A transgender woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a man who witnesses claimed incited the attack using racist and transphobic slurs.
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Friends say murder of transgender woman in Oakland was a hate crime
OAKLAND, Calif. — A transgender woman was shot to death in downtown Oakland, Calif., over the weekend, and friend believe her killing was a hate crime.
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Prominent Canadian LGBT activist, journalist murdered in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A prominent Canadian LGBT activist and journalist was found beaten to death outside a popular gay bar in Halifax early Tuesday morning. Raymond Taavel, 49, the former editor of the LGBT magazine “Wayves” and former co-chair of PrideWeek Halifax, was found bleeding and unconscious. He died at the scene.
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Killer gets life in prison without parole for assault, murder of gay teen
A judge in Baltimore, Md., has sentenced Dante Parrish, 37, to life in prison without parole for the savage murder of Jason Mattison Jr., a 15-year old openly gay teen.
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Islamic militia groups target dozens of gays, emo youth in Iraq killings
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Extreme Islamic militia groups operating in Baghdad, Basra, Al-Sadr City and in the Al-Habibea region of Iraq have killed as many as 56, and possibly as high as one hundred, young gay and lesbian Iraqis, according to officials in the Iraqi Interior Ministry and international LGBT activists.
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Former Playgirl model faces charges in beating death of San Diego gay man
SAN DIEGO – The former Playgirl model accused in the brutal beating death of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins is scheduled to appear in court twice over the next two weeks. Joshua James Larson has been charged with murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He faces 25 years to life if convicted.
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McInerney sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing of gay classmate
VENTURA, Calif. — Brandon McInerney was sentenced Monday to 21 years in state prison for the execution style killing of openly gay classmate Lawrence King during a computer lab class three years ago.
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Fischer: ‘Flamboyant homosexual’ Lawrence King’s murderer is the real victim
We can now add Bryan Fischer to the list of anti-gay activists who have blamed 15-year-old openly gay eighth grader Lawrence King for his own murder, this time on the grounds that his killer was a victim of King’s relentless sexual harassment…