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Transgender-Targeted Hate Crimes up by a Third in England and Wales

Anti-transgender hate crime reports have jumped almost a third in one year in England and Wales. There were 1,651 reports of anti-trans hate crimes in 2018, up from 1,248 in 2017. This is a 32.1 percent incr...

Oklahoma Man Arrested for Using LGBTQ Dating App to Lure and Rob Victims

31-year-old Oklahoma man Deaunte McPherson was arrested on September 16 after police found him to be involved in kidnapping and robbing several men by luring them through the gay dating app Grindr, reported New...

Two Gay Men Reportedly Attacked, Beaten in Possible D.C. Hate Crime

In Washington D.C. on September 19, two gay men were reportedly attacked and beaten by five unknown suspects less than two blocks from the Third District D.C. Police Station, according to the Washington Blade. ...

Suspect in California Murder Allegedly “Pranked” Others on Grindr

A California man, Samuel Woodward, 21, was arrested on suspicion of killing a gay man, Blaze Bernstein, 19. Woodward is standing trial in Orange County Superior Court. Now, the media is reporting that Woodwa...

Dejanay Stanton, a transgender woman, killed in Chicago

Dejanay Stanton, a 24 year old transgender woman, was killed on August 30. She was not the only trans person murdered that day. Last Thursday, Stanton was found dead in an alley in Chicago, Illinois. Her dea...

The Turkish backlash to LGBTQ people is growing

According to multiple reports, the country that once held the Pride parade known as the Muslim’s world’s largest has now turned its back on its LGBTQ population. Although homosexuality is legal in Turkey, discr...

France Witnessed a 15% Increase in Homophobic Assaults in 2016-2017

Like many countries, France has progressed in its protection of LGBTQ rights. The country legalized same-sex marriage in May 2013, two years before the United States allowed same-sex marriage nationally. How...

Unknown Arsonist Attacks Lithuanian Gay Rights Organization

On Friday morning at 4 a.m (August 10), a twenty-five year old LGBT organization in Lithuania was attacked by an unknown arsonist. According to members of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), the entrance to the...

Missouri Man Charged with Bias-Motivated Assault After Alleged Anti-LGBTQ Brawl

A southeast Missouri man has been accused of assault motivated by discrimination from an incident at a Lake of the Ozarks bar in Missouri. The Camden County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged and arrested...

Suspect arrested in shooting of Detroit trans woman

Law enforcement officers have made an arrest in a case involving the shooting of a Detroit trans woman. The city's police chief, James Craig, made the announcement on Saturday. Craig said that the suspect wa...

Man charged in shooting of Jacksonville trans woman

A suspect has been charged in the shooting of a Jacksonville trans woman. The alleged gunman is an ex of the victim. The trans woman was shot multiple times, but lived despite several bullet wounds. Now t...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

Rachel Slawson to be First Bisexual Miss USA Contestant

Record Number of Businesses Earn Perfect 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Season 12 Cast of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Announced

Lizzo Says She Wants Her Music to Make Black Trans Women Feel Good

RuPaul Set to Host SNL