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‘Forgetting the Many’ remembers WW2 hero Alan Turing and other gay men like him

The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.

Malaysian Police Say They Broke Up Gay Sex Party, Arrested 37 Men

Police in Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime, broke up a gay sex party and arrested 37 men, including a Briton and a Chinese national, a senior official said Tuesday. Police, acting on a public tip-off, raided a fitness center in northern Penang island Sunday while a sex party was in progress and arrested the 37 men, aged between 20 and 45, said local police chief Azam Abdul Hamid. Apart from the two foreigners, all of the men are ethnic Chinese Malaysians, including three who work at the center, he said.

Hundreds Rally in Philadelphia in Support of Hate-Crimes Legislation

Hundreds gathered in Love Park despite the rain to demonstrate the need for hate-crimes law revisions.

Lesbian Says Attackers Carved Slurs Into Her Body

A woman in Lincoln, Neb., said three men broke into her home early Sunday morning, carved antigay slurs into her body, and then tried to burn down her house.

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Police Make First Arrest in Texas Vandalism Spree

The crime, for which police expect to make four more arrests, included the painting of antigay epithets on a lesbian couple's SUV.

Police investigate shooting at gay bar

A teenager armed with a hatchet and handgun opened fire inside a New Bedford, Mass., gay bar early Thursday, wounding at least three people in what police are investigating as a hate crime.

Gay hate-crime survivor becomes police officer in Georgia

Brandon White was attacked for his sexual orientation. Now he's working in public safety.

Maryland Man Faces Charges In Possible Hate Crime

A gender-variant victim was stabbed after sex.

Teenagers are behind a rash of antigay crimes that have been tied to dating apps

Gangs in Sydney are luring gay men to parks to beat and rob them, and sometimes forcing them to label themselves pedophiles on social media.

Was New York Man's Death an Antigay Hate Crime?

Conflicting reports are emerging about the death of Michael Jones of Mount Vernon, N.Y.

Pulse: Hate Crime or Terrorist Attack?

A year later, activists, politicians, and scholars debate Omar Mateen's motives.

4 Men Charged With Hate Crimes in Miami Beach Gay Bashing

Miami-Dade prosecutors upgraded the charges to hate crimes Thursday.

Sessions Condemns Killings of Trans People

The attorney general -- often hostile to LGBT rights -- makes a shocking statement in defense of transgender people.

Police Arrest Two Men, Seek A Third For Deadly Oslo Gay Bar Shooting

Little information was provided about the suspects.

WATCH: Train Hero Stabbed After Leaving Gay Bar

Police say the fight that left a U.S. airman severely wounded was not an act of terror or a hate crime. 

New York Police Arrest Man for Starbucks Antigay Hate Crime

The attacked shocked the tight-knit community.

Hate Crime in the Castro? Arrest Made After Alleged SF Attack

Police have asked for pretrial detention due to the 20-year-old man's alleged threat to the public.

Two more arrested in death of transgender man Sam Nordquist

Kimberly L. Sochia and Thomas G. Eaves are charged with second-degree murder "of depraved indifference" in connection with the death of the trans man.

Killer of Minnesota trans woman Savannah Williams sentenced to 30 years

Damarean Bible, 25, at first denied involvement in the killing, but investigators say he confessed after they showed him the surveillance footage.

A neighborhood approach to combating hate crimes in Los Angeles

“Because of our past conduct in law enforcement, and the government, there’s this built-in distrust of us, which to be frank, we’ve earned,” one police official said.