Results for: bisexual
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Missouri Bisexual Woman and Her Mother Murdered By Homophobe In Suspected Hate Crime
Witnesses told police Steven Endsley had an “ongoing disagreement” with Danielle Smith about her sexual orientation.
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Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime Soars in the UK
One in five lesbians and one in six bisexual women have experienced a hate crime in the last twelve months.
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What We Know About the Pulse Shooting in Orlando So Far
Links, updates, and further reading on the Pulse shooting, the aftermath, the victims, the gunman, gun control, politics, some resources and centering queer Latinx voices.
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Daily Fix: House Passes Two Anti-Choice Bills, Really Really Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood and More News
Planned Parenthood created a new video series about consent, an infographic on the issues bisexuals face, a mother and daughter were assaulted in an anti-gay attack, Shadi Petosky, a trans woman, was detained by TSA at an Orlando airport and more news stories.
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Love Isn’t All You Need: Michigan Woman Assaulted After Her Same-Sex Wedding
The attack of this woman just nine days after she made her girlfriend her wife in the eyes of the law brings into sharp relief the problem with the LGBT movement focusing so intensely on marriage.
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After Yet Another Trans* Woman’s Murder, Change Is Coming for Hate Crime Sentencing in DC
Last year Deoni Jones was stabbed to death at a bus stop. This year, at her vigil, her family asked some tough questions about why the murder was not prosecuted as a hate crime. Mayor Vincent Gray responded to those questions.
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Charlie Made The Whole Thing Up: How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Lesbian Faking a Hate Crime?
Police have determined that the 33-year-old lesbian who claimed she was attacked in an anti-gay hate crime made the whole thing up.
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South Africa Starts Anti-Hate Crime Task Force
South Africa’s Ministry of Justice has established a national task team to address homophobia-based hate crimes. After 170,000 people accused them of maybe not doing enough.
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Did Kentucky Lesbian Teen Lie About Being Hate Crimed By Her BFFs?
Evidence suggests that Cheyenne Williams was not attacked by her three best friends in an alleged hate crime on April 16, 2010. A judge has acquitted one of the three teens and the other acquittals are expected tomorrow. Is this the result of a homophobic court system, or is it possible that Cheyenne Williams was lying about the attack?
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Friends of Lesbian Teen Gave Her Six Months to Go Straight Before Attacking Her
New information in the Cheyenne Williams case (maybe), and shocking violence in Edmonton. Gay and bisexual politicians abound, and the petition on Ref. 71 is finally going to court. Also, a defense of the Boy Scouts, and an investigation of the gay dollar.
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Teens Attempt Throwing Lesbian Classmate Off Cliff on Day of Silence
Some classmates tried to push their lesbian friend off a cliff because she’s gay; but police are saying this attempted murder, committed on the day of silence, could just be a “prank gone awry.” It looks like DADT won’t be repealed in 2010, and Dan Choi’s civil disobedience got little to no mainstream news coverage. Plus, it’s harder for LGBT victims of violent crimes, Jon Stewart’s Gaywatch, and the Tories in the UK are courting gay voters.
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Religious Right & Ex-Gay Movement Inspired By Hate Crimes Bill to Lie More, Be Hateful
The ex-gay movement and Pat Robertson’s religious righteousness army want you to think they’re going to be persecuted under the Hate Crimes Law (but they’re not). THAT’S GAY does ex-gays, Wanda Sykes gives her Obama eval and Argentina considers gay marriage.
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Maine’s Gay Marriage Advocates Need More Face Time, More Phillip, Less Wanton Fearmongering Distractions
With only ten days to go, the marriage equality fight in Maine heats up — we bring you the latest arguments from all sides on how to win this thing. Also, an interesting perspective on hate crimes and the war-spending budget attached to the Matthew Shepard Act.