Boston opens new park named after murdered Black transgender woman Rita Hester
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
JULY 15, 2025
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The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
More than three decades after her murder, Johnson’s case remains unsolved.
Redd, also known as Barbie to her friends, is the 26th known trans or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence this year.
Ricky Espinoza was last seen alive by his family on June 23, 2001, five days before his killing.
The Irish actor has spoken out for the first time about the 1997 incident.
U.S. marshals arrested Charles Mitchell, 40, over the weekend in Henderson, Nev.
Author and former Roman Catholic priest Francesco Lepore (pictured) examines a double murder and 40 years of Italian activism.
In an ongoing series in The Advocate, we're looking into cold cases in hopes of shedding new light on the investigations.
The commission opened with a challenge to those with knowledge of the deaths.
The Human Rights Campaign released its annual report on Transgender Day of Remembrance, highlighting the disproporionate violence transgender and gender nonconforming people face.
In this installment of The LGBTQ+ Cold Case Files, we explore how evidence that could have convicted a killer went missing.
The journalist investigated Toronto's gay serial killer, his many victims, and how the media and police failed the LGBTQ+ community.
Fifty years after the uprising, trans activist Victoria Cruz has a message for her sisters and brothers.
Charges over corruption, extortion, and a sex tape rile the unsolved case.
The Australian judge overseeing the inquest into the cold case murder of Crispin Dye and 87 other suspected gay men slammed police as “shambolic.”
Julianne "Julie" Williams and Laura "Lollie" Winans' killer is still unidentified after their 1996 slayings in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.
Police arrested Ruben Alvarado on murder charges in the death of Chynal Lindsey.
Bruce Hughes admitted to threatening to kill Doug Coleman. But Salt Lake City police never made any arrests.