Houthis sentence 9 men to death on dubious 'sodomy' charges in Yemen
A Houthi court sentenced 32 men on charges of "sodomy" earlier this year, a Human Rights Watch investigation has found.
March 27, 2024
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Houthi court sentences 13 men to public execution for gay sex
Activists say the rebel group is escalating its human rights abuses at home as it attacks international shipping.
February 9, 2024
My Cancer Is Not a Death Sentence, Thanks to the ACA
This young gay man's life is evidence that Obamacare works.
July 20, 2017
Iran Sentences 2 Women LGBTQ+ Activists to Death
Activists say it's the first time women have been sentenced to death over their sexual orientation.
September 6, 2022
Supremes Won't Hear Appeal of Gay Man's Death Sentence
Lawyers for convicted murderer Charles Rhines say jurors sentenced him to death rather than life in prison because they thought he'd enjoy imprisonment.
April 16, 2019
Trump’s Muslim Ban Could Be a Death Sentence for Many LGBTs
This revised travel ban remains completely unacceptable, writes Jessica Stern of OutRight International.
March 13, 2017
California Man Sentenced for Anti-LGBTQ+ Death Threats to Merriam-Webster
Jeremy Hanson pled guilty last year to making threats.
April 15, 2023
Bi Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Commutes All Death Sentences
Brown, the nation's first out bisexual governor, changed the sentences to life in prison without parole.
December 14, 2022
Arkansas Man Gets 50-Year Sentence in Death of Trans Teen
Prosecutors said Trevone Miller killed Brayla Stone in order to cover up their relationship.
August 16, 2021
L.A. Man Gets 12-Year Sentence in Trans Woman's Death
Ezekiel Jamal Dear had been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing Yasmin Vash Payne to death.
December 2, 2016
Man Who Beat Trans Woman to Death Sentenced to 12 Years
The judge negotiated a shorter sentence for the defendant in exchange for a guilty plea.
April 19, 2016
Three Men Sentenced in Hate-Related Death of NYC Gay Man
Three men convicted of beating a New York City gay man and then chasing him onto a highway where he was struck by a car and killed were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, prosecutors said. All three had been part of what prosecutors called a hate-inspired robbery scheme. On October 8, 2006, they found Michael Sandy in an Internet chat room frequented by gay men, lured him out to Brooklyn's remote Plum Beach with a promise of a date, and then attacked him. When Sandy tried to escape, he was hit by a car on the Belt Parkway.
November 22, 2007
Alleged Killer of Two Gay Men Says He Wants Death Sentence
Steven Lorenzo is accused of sexually assaulting and torturing two men in Florida before killing them in 2003. He'd allegedly drugged them with GHB.
December 7, 2022
Gay Man Sentenced to Death, Allegedly Because Jurors Thought He'd Enjoy Prison
The lawyers of convicted murderer Charles Rhines say homophobia played a role in his sentencing.
June 12, 2018