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Terlingua Hate Rapists Still Unpunished
Boathouse Bar, Terlingua, Texas where two alleged rapists kidnapped their victim (Stephen Sprinkle photo) Brewster County, Texas – Two alleged power rapists in Far West Texas, jailed since December...
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Anti-LGBT Junk Suit Fails Against Shepard Hate Crimes Law
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights Campaign Back Story reports that a suit brought against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act failed in the U.S. District Court of Eastern...
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NC Gay Couple Harassed for a Year, Then Burned Out of Home
WRAL photo and graphic Clayton, NC – A gay couple anonymously hiding in a motel out of fear for their safety, were burned out of house and home on Friday. Neighbors say the gay men suffered at least...
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Anti-Gay Murder Spikes Up 23% in 2010, Report Says
Mother of murdered Puerto Rican Transwoman, Ashley Santiago Ocasio, in April 2010 (Israel Gonzales photo for Primera Hora) New York, New York – Alarming 2010 statistics from the National Coalition of...
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Breaking: Alleged East Texas Gay Bashers Charged with Hate Crimes
Burke Burnett, gay bashing victim, shows bandaged burns and cuts (Advocate photo) Paris, Texas – Three alleged gay bashers in the horrific Reno gay bashing case will face hate crimes enhancement...
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Gay Men and Trans People in the Cross Hairs: Behind the FBI’s 2010 Hate...
Washington, D.C. – Hate crimes statistics for 2010 are out from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The good news is that, overall, the numbers of reported hate crimes last year held steady. The...
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Two Kentucky Men Charged By Feds With Anti-Gay Hate Crime: First Use of U.S....
Cousins Anthony Ray Jenkins (l) and David Jason Jenkins (r), indicted under the Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Act for anti-gay attack. Lexington, Kentucky – Two cousins face the first charges filed by the...
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Two Women Plead Guilty to Gay Bashing and Kidnapping in Kentucky
Alexis Jenkins and (Mable) Ashley Jenkins, both 19, convicted of anti-gay hate crime in Eastern Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky – Two teenaged women pled guilty on Wednesday as accomplices in the...
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Gay, Lesbian, Transgender Murders Skyrocket; Highest Hate Crime Murder Rate...
Burke Burnett, 26, of Paris, Texas narrowly missed being murdered in an October 2011 anti-gay hate crime (Dallas Voice photo). Two of the three persons who assaulted him have received long prison...
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Teen Lesbian Shootings Spark Urgent Calls From Advocacy Groups to Solve the...
L to R: Mary Chapa, 18, and Mollie Olgin, 19, gunned down in what many believe was an anti-lesbian hate crime in Coastal Texas. Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C. – The savage shooting of two Coastal...
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Your Rights and Ours This Hallowe’en Season: A Special Comment
Dallas, Texas- In this unprecedented year of tragedy and hope, in the aftermath of the worst nature can do to many of our readers and supporters, the Unfinished Lives Project Team wishes your family...
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Oregon’s “Pink Poodle” Gay Bashing Draws Federal Hate Crime Charges
Gay Bashing victim David Beltier (l), partner Jeremy Mark (r), and their poodle Beauty. Hillsboro, Oregon – A bizarre anti-gay crime case at a busy highway street crossing has attracted national...
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Gay Hero Defies Anti-Gay Smear Campaign; DOJ Called to Investigate
President Obama congratulates gay hero Daniel Hernandez for his role in saving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life in 2011 [AP photo].Tucson, Arizona – One of the heroes to emerge from the horrific 2011 mass...
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Gay Bashing in North Texas Leads to Hate Crime Charge
Gay bashing victim Arron Keahey, 24, after teen assailant savagely beat him last Labor Day. Dallas, Texas – A Springtown man who lied about his encounter with a gay man via social media in September...
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