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Vandal targets historic New Orleans home of gay rights activist
NEW ORLEANS – A gay activist in New Orleans says somebody tore a rainbow flag from his balcony and spray-painted the word “fags” on the house he and his partner share, and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime..
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Virginia body shop restores bullied gay student’s vandalized car for free
ROANOKE, Va. — A local body shop has come to the rescue of an openly gay college student who has had a tough time this year as vandals have defaced his car four times.
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Chick-fil-A vandalized with marriage equality stickers, rainbow flags
FREDERICK, Md. — A Chick-fil-A restaurant located on on Urbana Pike in Frederick, Md., was vandalized in the early morning hours on Sunday, according to a spokesman for Frederick County sheriff’s office.
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Las Cruces, N.M. LGBT community center vandalized
Police in Las Cruces, N.M. are investigating an act of vandalism that occurred at the LGBT community center. According to a spokesperson at the center, an unknown person heaved a gear shaft from an automobile transmission, smashing one of the center’s front windows.
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London’s famed ‘Gay’s the Word’ book store vandalized
The staff of London’s famed “Gay’s The Word” bookstore on Monday arrived for work to find the front window smashed and that the storefront vandalized with eggs.
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‘Rowdy queers’ vandalize HRC store on anniversary of Stonewall Riots
A Washington D.C. Human Rights Campaign store was vandalized in the late night or early hours of Wednesday by self-described “rowdy queers” who chose the date to coincide with the 42nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
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Tires slashed on dozens of floats planned for Chicago gay pride parade
Chicago pride got off to a rough start on Sunday, when it was discovered that sometime in the late hours of Saturday night or the early hours of Sunday morning, a person or persons slashed the tires on 51 floats destined for the city’s 42nd Annual Pride Parade.
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2nd suspect charged in vandalism at Memphis gay center
Memphis Police have arrested the second suspect accused of vandalizing the Gay & Lesbian Community Center and assaulting an officer. Wesley Huggins, 22, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with vandalism, setting fire to personal property or land, and assault. Huggins and 23-year old Ross Burton were seen by officers attempting to set fire […]
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Man arrested for attempting to set fire to pride flag and gay and lesbian center
Memphis Police arrested 23-year-old Ross Burton early Wednesday morning after he attempted to burn the gay pride flag at the Memphis Gay & Lesbian Community Center, reports the Memphis Flyer. Plainclothes officers observed Burton and another man — who fled the scene and remains at large — attempting to set fire to the rope that […]