A young Oklahoma man has filed a police report against members of his own church after he says they tried to beat his homosexuality out of him. 23-year-old Sean Cormie says he was circled by about 15 of his fellow congregants at the 1st Assembly Church in Blackwell, Oklahoma, who…
25 guns and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized during a raid A teenager who threatened to open fire in a gay bar and a Planned Parenthood clinic has been arrested. Justin Olsen, from Ohio, bragged online when he turned 18 about how he couldn’t ‘wait to start…
The admission of a hate crime should never be an excuse for it. The New York legislators have passed a ban on Wednesday, barring the use of “gay panic” and “transgender panic” defenses in murder cases within the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign the bill. With this move, New…
Three out of four gay and bi men have faced aggressive sexual harassment, whereas four out of five lesbian and bi women have faced sexual assault A new report has shed a light on the sexual assault incidents reported by LGBTI Californians. Particularly, overall Californians who identify as gay or bisexual are…
A gay couple was attacked in an apparent hate crime early Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. Tristan Perry and Spencer Deehring were walking to their car around 2:45am after celebrating a friend’s birthday at Rain nightclub in downtown Austin. The couple passed a man on the street who called them…
No one disputes that the killer stabbed a gay man twice in the back. But, they say, it was self-defense. It’s been five years since the American Bar Association called on every state to end the use of the “gay panic” defense. It’s been 20 years since the death of Matthew…