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Queer TikTok influencer arrested for bloody murder of gay therapist

Terryon Thomas aka Mr. Prada is accused of murdering William Abraham.

Louisiana Republicans Vote Against LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections

They claimed that protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination would open business up to lawsuits.

Police Chief Apologizes For Unconstitutional 'Sodomy' Arrests

A police chief in Baton Rouge, La., issued an apology Friday after two men were arrested using an unconstitutional and unenforceable anti-sodomy law.

Trans Women Beaten to Death in Los Angeles, Baton Rouge

A 28-year-old man is in custody for the suspected murder of Melony Smith, 26, near Los Angeles last week.

Emotional Images from Baton Rouge: Mourning Alton Sterling

An emotional vigil to remember the 37-year-old black man shot dead by white police officers was followed by a march and demonstrations in Louisiana's capital city.

Calm Defiance: Who Is the Woman Seen Standing Up to Police?

Ieshia Evans, 35, is a nurse practitioner and a mom to a 5-year-old boy, who posted on Facebook upon her release from jail: "This is the work of God."

Sparring with Antigay Jindal, IBM Cancels Louisiana Event

IBM will not be hosting a ribbon-cutting for their new Baton Rouge office, thanks to the governor's discriminatory executive order.

D.C. Is a Disaster. Fight for LGBTQ Rights in Your Backyard

Political advances can't happen with a government in paralysis. But systems aren't as broken in Nevada, Dallas, or Baton Rouge.

Black Lives Matter's DeRay Mckesson Released from Jail

Baton Rouge police jailed the out Black Lives Matter activist after protesting the death of Alton Sterling.

Louisiana: Men Arrested Under Unconstitutional Sodomy Law

Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie issued a reminder to cops to stop arresting people under the state's defunct sodomy law.

DeRay Mckesson Sues Police for 'Unconstitutional' Arrest

The out activist's federal class action lawsuit that demands all Baton Rouge protestors' arrest records be expunged, and their court costs reimbursed by the state. 

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Louisiana theatre students take to the state capitol's steps to protest ‘don’t say gay’ bill

Thirteen students traveled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on March 27 to protest several anti-LGBTQ+ bills up for consideration by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

Black Trans Man Demarkis Stansberry Killed in Louisiana

The death toll for trans individuals rises yet again this year with the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Demarkis Stansberry, a black trans man, in Baton Rouge, La.

Video Shows Scuffle, then Shooting of Black Man by White Cop

This report contains graphic video of the shooting of Alton Sterling by a Baton Rouge police officer. His partner reportedly pulled a gun from the 37-year-old's pants pocket. 

Feds Probe Deadly Shooting of Black Man by White Officers

Federal investigators from the Department of Justice moved swiftly in an attempt to forestall protests after white Baton Rouge police officers shot and killed a black man selling music CDs. 

Seven Dead in Shooting at Northern Illinois University

Another student shot at a Northern Illinois University lecture hall has died, raising the toll to seven, including the gunman, who had graduated from the school and had been considered a good student, officials said Friday. The shooting was the latest in a spate of attacks in U.S. schools and universities, including the shooting of a gender-nonconforming student at an Oxnard, Calif., junior high school who has since been declared brain-dead; a 17-year-old accused of shooting and critically wounding a fellow student Monday during a high school gym class in Memphis, Tenn.; and a woman who shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge late last week.

American Men Are Still Being Arrested for Sodomy

Thirteen years after the Supreme Court struck down antisodomy laws, some Southern officials plead ignorance of the ruling.

Can't Sue Movement or Hashtag, Judge Rules in Black Lives Matter Case

A federal judge dismissed a suit that a police officer brought against Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, seeking to hold them liable for the officer's injuries at a protest.

Black Trans Woman Keeva Scatter Fatally Shot in Louisiana

Her death occurred in October but is just now being widely reported, bringing 2021's total to 55.

Three More Trans Americans Have Become Homicide Victims

Two trans women were killed this week, and the death of a trans man a month ago is still under investigation.

Transgender Woman Murdered in Louisiana

Amia Tyrae Berryman, who died of gunshot wounds Monday, is the seventh trans American reported murdered this year.