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Transgender teen girl stabbed 14 times at roller rink birthday party

A teenaged girl has been charged with the stabbing, which occurred the day before the one-year anniversary of the brutal stabbing murder of Brianna Ghey.

Man Knocked Out for Standing Up to Homophobes

Authorities are looking for a man who may have information related to an attack on a man who was punched unconscious after challenging someone calling him antigay slurs. 

Gay Man Says Security Guards Savagely Beat Him at Popular Nightclub

The staffers accused of attacking Ronan Gordon have been suspended, according to a statement by the nightclub.

Here's Why Most U.K. Gay Men Are Afraid to Hold Hands

A fifth of LGBT people say they've been victims in the past year.

Gay Couple Beaten on Way Home From Club by Group of Five Men

"It was terrifying...We knew straight away they were coming straight for us," said one of the victims, Dan Wilson.

Queer Man Demoralized After Homophobic Attack on London Tube

The victim said that nobody on the train tried to intervene in the assault. "If I saw someone getting hurt I would jump in and help," he said.

S.F. Cops Arrest Suspects in Trans Woman's Second Attack

As San Francisco gentrifies, the "gayborhoods" decline, and violence spikes for trans residents, a trans woman is attacked for the second time this year.

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones Says Gay Son Led Him to Be More Pro-LGBT

The Democrat who defeated Roy Moore reaffirmed his support for the LGBT community.

Philadelphia LGBTQ+ Activist Kendall Stephens Charged with Rape of Two Boys

The activist became an advocate for trans hate crime protections after a violent transphobic home invasion attack.

Home of Gay Man and Two Trans Women Destroyed in Possible Arson Attack

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the three who barely escaped with their lives but lost everything in the fire.

Suspect Arrested in Vandalism at Two Orlando LGBTQ+ Centers

Murals at the centers were spray-painted with hateful graffiti and images.

J.K. Rowling Is No Transphobe, New York Times Columnist Writes

The column by Pamela Paul was published the day after activists and Times writers called the paper out for anti-trans bias.

Second Suspect Arrested in Attack on NYC Trans Filmmakers

David Gonzalez is accused of dousing the filmmakers with an unknown liquid while making anti-LGBTQ remarks.

Brooklyn Trans Hate Crime Victim Going Home Brain-Injured

Kimy Hartman has an uphill climb ahead after suffering brain damage from a transphobic beating last month, and friends have set up a fundraiser to defray ongoing medical costs.

Boulder Man Faces Hate-Crime Charges in Transphobic Attack

Paul Wettengel is accused of punching and grabbing the victim after yelling transphobic and homophobic slurs.

Could European Union Ban Antigay Speech?

The European Parliament pushes the EU to take action.

Well-Known Chilean Trans Activist Murdered

Authorities are trying to determine if Claudia Diaz Perez's death was a hate crime.

Transphobic, Anti-Semitic Flyers Found in Atlanta Neighborhood

The flyers rhetorically ask “Who is behind the rise in transgenderism?”

Trans Filmmakers Attacked While Making Film on Anti-Trans Violence

A couple followed the women in the streets of Queens while hurling anti-LGBTQ slurs.

Ohio: LGBT Leaders, Politicians Call for Justice After Transgender Hate Crime

A leading transgender activist's brutal attack in Toledo, Ohio has drawn local and national attention.

Brooklyn Transphobic Attacker Sentenced to 20 Years

Mashawn Sonds, 26, was convicted of first-degree assault as a hate crime on Wednesday for a brutal 2014 assault that left a Native American trans woman with permanent brain damage.