Human Rights Campaign Condemns Brutal Slaying of Gay Teen in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today condemned the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López, 19, in Cayey, Puerto Rico.  López’s body was discovered on an isolated road, dismembered and burned, last Friday.  Late Monday night, police arrested Juan A. Martinez in connection with [...]

It has been hitting the news everywhere, you decide…Does miley Cyrus say “You’re gay”

During her Louisville concert when She sang “7 things”, she allegedly changed the lyrics from ‘You’re Game’ to ‘You’re gay’.  You decide…
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History in the Making

It took much too long, more than a decade. And it came at too great a price: the brutal killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. are just two among the thousands of crimes motivated by hate and bigotry.
But this week, the president put pen to paper and fulfilled a campaign promise, the signing [...]

Mich. boy says teens used gay slurs during beating

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan teenagers accused of beating a 15-year-old boy because he is homosexual were charged as juveniles with aggravated assault, and one has pleaded guilty.
Although the victim’s mother calls it a hate crime, officials say the closest thing under state statute — an ethnic-intimidation law — requires attacks to be [...]

Report: Iraqi gays face torture, death

A new report says anti-gay killings are continuing in Iraq, years after the U.S. military first acknowledged the problem.
Human Rights Watch says in its 67-page report, “They Want Us Exterminated: Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation & Gender in Iraq,” that there was a “sharp spike in killings this year” of gay men and men who were [...]

NYCLU says school didn’t protect gay teen

MOHAWK, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Civil Liberties Union says a central New York school district failed to protect a gay student from harassment, abuse and threats.
The NYCLU has filed a federal lawsuit against the Mohawk Central School District in Herkimer County on behalf of 14-year-old Jacob, whose last name is not being [...]

Huge crowd shows solidarity with Tel Aviv gays

TEL AVIV (Reuters)
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to express solidarity with the gay community, a week after a gunman killed two people at a gay youth center.
President Shimon Peres led political leaders in the show of support and spoke from a podium decorated with the rainbow flag.
“The bullets [...]

Will Fort Worth Cops Claim Gay Panic as Defense?

Via Dallas News

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission allows that its agents committed more than a half-dozen potentially fireable offenses during the June raid on a Cowtown gay bar – and the agency hasn’t even addressed the part about how one patron got his noggin busted.
This is not looking good for anybody who still maintains that [...]

Report cites violations in raid of Texas gay bar

Via Chron.com
FORT WORTH, Texas — Two Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents who took part in a June police raid on a gay bar failed to report they used force when arresting a patron or that he suffered a serious head injury, according to a report released Thursday.
Agent Christopher Aller and agent trainee Jason Chapman also [...]

Gunman kills 3, injures 11 at gay club in Tel Aviv

Via Mercurynews.com
JERUSALEM—Israeli police say a gunman entered a youth club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic rifle fire, killing three people and injuring 11.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said it was “most likely a criminal attack and not a terror attack.” Tel Aviv has been a [...]