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Flaming projectiles aimed at gay nightclub in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Police and fire investigators In Salt Lake City are actively seeking the identities of three or four people in their late teens or early 20s who launched flaming projectiles at Club JAM, a gay patronized nightclub located north of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in downtown.
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Second transgender female found murdered in Chicago’s ‘K-Town’
CHICAGO — Police confirmed Friday that a body discovered in an abandoned building in a west side Chicago neighborhood known as K-Town was that of 19-year-old Donta Gooden, a transgender female.
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Months of anti-gay slurs escalate into brutal attack on Oklahoma lesbian
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma lesbian was attacked this week after months of anti-gay slurs and verbal harassment escalated into a brutal assault.
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Teenager ordered tried as adult in alleged hate crime in Missouri
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A juvenile court judge in Cape Girardeau, Mo., ruled Wednesday that the 17-year-old female suspect in the July 24 beating of a local lesbian resident will be prosecuted as an adult.
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Setting the record straight on the FRC’s ‘hate group’ designation
Political disagreement is never a justification for violence, but the FRC should not seek to exploit this tragedy in an attempt to gloss over the organization’s long and documented record of anti-gay extremism.
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Lincoln, Neb., LGBT ‘fairness ordinance’ unlikely to appear on ballot
LINCOLN, Neb. — A proposed ordinance which would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations in Lincoln, Neb., will likely not appear on the November ballot.
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Former prosecutor ordered to pay $4.5 million for defaming gay student
DETROIT — Former state assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell was ordered to pay $4.5 million in damages after a federal jury on Thursday ruled that his blog — “Chris Armstrong Watch” — which attacked the former University of Michigan’s openly gay student body president, was in fact defamation.
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California lawmaker wants U.S. Navy to name ship after Harvey Milk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California State Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) has introduced a resolution to support efforts to name a Navy ship after gay rights icon Harvey Milk.
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FRC shooter held without bond, ordered to undergo mental evaluation
WASHINGTON — Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Va., has been charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, and interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition as a result of Wednesday’s shooting incident at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington.
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FRC blames ‘hate group’ designation for ‘reckless environment’ that led to shooting
WASHINGTON — Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Thursday said he blamed the Southern Poverty Law Center for the “reckless rhetoric” that led to a shooting at the FRC headquarters on Wednesday.