Moscow Police Are Seeking Masked Men After a Violent Attack on a Gay…

On Friday, police in Moscow were searching for about two dozen masked men who'd stormed into one of the city's most popular gay bars on Thursday, Coming Out Day, and brutalized several patrons, mostly women. According to the New York Times, more than ten people were injured, including three women and a man who all had…

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Iraqi Woman Dies After Apparently Xenophobic Attack

32-year-old Shaima Alawadi, an Iraqi mother of five, died late last night, less than a week after she was found by her teenage daughter brutally beaten in her Southern California home with what investigators deemed a "xenophobic letter" left beside her.

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Racist Vigilante Killer of Trayvon Martin Once Blamed an Ex for…

After unregistered gun-toting neighborhood watcher George Zimmerman shot unarmed black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the shooter claimed self-defense, that Martin instigated the violent encounter. But as more details from the case emerge, Zimmerman's claim seems increasingly flimsy. Now, it seems that this isn't the…

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Woman Sentenced To Prison For Beating Transgender Woman In McDonald's

Teonna Brown pleaded guilty last month to assault and hate crime charges for beating Chrissy Polis, a transgender woman, in a Maryland McDonald's. In court today, she asked for a second chance, which is absolutely appalling if you've seen the viral video of Brown and a 14-year-old girl beating Polis into a seizure.…

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Because Nobody Listened, a Gay-Bashing Victim Takes His Story to…

On March 7, 23-year-old Justin Alesna went into a Detroit gas station to buy cigarettes. He left, instead, with a fractured skull—thanks to a hateful, gay-bashing stranger. Justin begged for help. Nobody listened. Here, he tells his story.

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Firsts: Hate Crime Law Applied To Transgender Murder In Colorado

Allen Andrade is accused of beating an 18-year-old transgender woman to death with a fire extinguisher, saying, "gay things need to die." The defense argues she tricked him by claiming to be a woman.

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