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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.

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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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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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Gay man's face 'peeled off' in knife attack, police won't charge his confessed attacker

Former Uber driver Arnold Lawton admits to slashing Rene Alvarez last year. Here's why prosecutors won't file criminal or hate-crime charges.

Nancy Mace speaking to the press at the Capitol building November 2024

12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab

From slurs to false accusations, here are 12 times Nancy Mace manufactured political stunts just to feel the public eye's gaze.

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L.A. deputy sheriff pleads guilty to viciously assaulting transgender man

Joseph Benza III, 36, admitted to an incident in February 2023 where he followed a transgender man in his car for nearly two miles before brutally attacking him.

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Two gay men, a DJ and a model, were assaulted in D.C. on the same night. Police need info (exclusive)

Two assaults against gay men in Washington, D.C. Sunday are raising alarm about the growing number of high-profile cases of violence against LGBTQ+ people in the queer hub.

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Two Texas trans women were kidnapped and assaulted. Their accused attacker faces six felonies

Salih Ali Mohammed Alhemoud, 30, was indicted Wednesday on six felony charges related to the kidnapping and assault of two trans women he met through Grindr.

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Australia police arrest 13 people in string of 'concerning' attacks on gay men through Grindr

Police in Melbourne said that the victims met their assailants on gay dating apps before they were “then allegedly assaulted, robbed, threatened and subjected to homophobic comments.”

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Michigan bans 'gay and trans panic' defense as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs historic bill (exclusive)

HB 4718 prohibits using the "sexual orientation or gender identity of a victim as a defense to a crime."

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A lesbian couple was brutally beaten by group of men in Halifax. Police still haven't filed charges

Two LGBTQ+ women are seeking justice after a group of men violently assaulted them over the weekend.

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A trans girl was assaulted at a Minnesota high school. Her family is demanding justice (exclusive)

The mother of a transgender girl who was viciously attacked at Hopkins High School in Minnesota tells The Advocate about the response from both the school and local community.