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LGBTQ Celebrities Speak Out Against Surge of Anti-Asian Violence

“It is a hate crime. I don’t know why that’s even a question.” LGBTQ celebrities and activists are using their platforms to condemn the recent tide of anti-Asian violence across the United States. In the wake of this week’s deadly shooting at an Asian-owned spa in Atlanta, Georgia — which claimed…

California Gay Couple’s Xmas Decorations Torn, Smeared With Feces

“I just want to make sure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else or, if it already has, that they feel empowered enough to speak up about it.” Brian Kleinmeyer and his boyfriend Daniel Kain were shocked Wednesday morning when they awoke and saw that the Christmas decorations outside their…

Man Says Church Members Held Him Down and Beat Him in Attempt to Expel His Homosexual Demons

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…

4 Men Charged In Beating Of Gay Couple In Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police say they have charged four men with aggravated assault after a gay couple was beaten in Texas. Frank Macias, his brother Miguel Macias, Quinn O’Connor and Kolby Monell were in jail Wednesday in Travis County. They each were charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated…

Jussie Smollett of “Empire” Attacked With Noose, Bleach, Reportedly by MAGA Supporters

Police are treating the attack as a possible hate crime. Out Empire star Jussie Smollett was reportedly attacked around 2am Tuesday morning in Chicago by two masked men who put his neck in a noose, poured bleach on him, and, according to TMZ, yelled “This is MAGA country!”—referencing the popular slogan among…