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Sacramento man still in coma six weeks after suspected anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime

While Alvin Prasad remains comatose, his alleged attacker pleads not guilty and the local LGBTQ+ community organizes.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes reached record-highs last year in this gay haven

In one of the friendliest cities for LGBTQ+ people, hate crimes based on gender identity reached a "record-high" last year.

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Man pleads guilty to murder of gay University of Mississippi student Jimmie 'Jay' Lee

Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jimmie "Jay" Lee.

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Florida man partially paralyzed after neighbor allegedly shot him and used anti-LGBTQ+ slurs

A man in Florida was left partially paralyzed after an incident his friends call "a violent crime perpetrated by a hate-filled neighbor."

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have risen around the world since 2020: report

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have increased in the past five years across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

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5 suspects charged in Boston for attack on gay couple with baseball bat

The attack has not been charged as a hate crime, despite the couple's account that they were targeted because they are gay.

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Boston police need help identifying suspects in assault of gay couple with baseball bat

The Boston Police Department has released images of the men allegedly involved in the assault of a gay couple.

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Pennsylvania man charged with beating and choking drag artist outside bar

The strangulation of a Pennsylvania drag artist isn't being charged as a hate crime. Here's why.

Richmond Virginia lesian Amylah Majors suffered car accident hate crime by three white supremacists caught on video
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Black lesbian couple in Virginia almost killed in what authorities say is ‘potential hate crime’

The incident left one of the women with multiple head injuries and a fractured spine.

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A gay Arizona man's death is still unsolved, but Phoenix police closed the case: report

Marcus Freiberger, 45, was found dead and without clothes in March. Police have closed his case without solving it.

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Transgender woman who escaped Alabama for her safety beaten & left for dead near National Mall in D.C.

Cayla Calhoun left Alabama seeking safety as a trans woman. Instead, she was nearly killed on D.C.’s streets, and now she refuses to stay silent.

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Exclusives

How drag artists can protect themselves from the far-right attacks

Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.

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A man in Provincetown was called a homophobic slur and assaulted. Police need information

Provincetown police are investigating a potential hate crime after a man was assaulted and called a homophobic slur.

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News

Brandon Wolf won’t return to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub where he survived the murder of friends who never left

On Thursday, nine years after he survived the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, he will carry the victims’ stories forward but won’t set foot back into the condemned building.

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Strangers raise more than $70K for transgender woman hospitalized after shocking West Philly acid attack

Diana was on her way to a Pride celebration when three kids attacked her.

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A gay man in D.C. was attacked in his home with a rock. He believes it was a hate crime

Addam Schauer-Mayhew was watching tennis on his couch Friday when a man threw a rock through his window.

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Hate crime or neighborhood feud? Man indicted in killing of King of the Hill's Jonathan Joss

Jonathan Joss's neighbor has been indicted for his murder after a years-long feud.

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San Antonio police were 'premature' in saying Jonathan Joss's murder wasn't a hate crime, police chief says

"We issued a statement the day after Jonathan Joss's murder that was way, way, way premature. Shouldn't have done it," Police Chief William McManus said.

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52% of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks targeted transgender and gender nonconforming people

There were 932 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents between May 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025 – equal to 2.5 incidents every day, according to GLAAD.

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Two teens face hate crimes charges in McDonald's lesbian attack

The attack left Kady Grass with multiple injuries and PTSD. Here's how you can help donate to her medical expenses and recovery.