Anti-LGBTQ+ attacks on the rise in Los Angeles: report
Sexual orientation incidents rose 24 percent to 148 reported incidents in just one year, according to a new report out of Los Angeles County.
APRIL 7, 2025
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Mitch McConnell will leave Senate with egregiously anti-LGBTQ+ record
The Republican, who announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2026, has a record of opposition to LGBTQ+ equality.
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Black Latine trans woman Ra'Lasia Wright fatally shot in Minneapolis
She was one of at least 31 trans Americans who died by violence in 2024.
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Black trans woman Cameron Thompson, 18, shot to death in Alabama
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Hate crimes skyrocket in Los Angeles, especially targeting LGBTQ+ people
Gay men and transgender folks were targeted most as hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community rose 45 percent in the past year.
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Three teens may be charged in assault on trans boy in Massachusetts
But authorities are not seeking hate-crimes charges.
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Jussie Smollett’s homophobic hoax conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
In 2021, a jury convicted Smollett on five counts of disorderly conduct.
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No Pride flags needed in French Polynesia
Discovering LGBTQ+ inclusivity in French Polynesia was a warm and welcome revelation.
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Vigils honor life of Sam Nordquist, trans man tortured and killed in upstate New York
Two vigils are being held tonight, and another one went on Monday night as the investigation into Nordquist's death continues.
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Bishop who confronted Trump led ceremony honoring Matthew Shepard
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and out Bishop V. Gene Robinson presided over a Washington National Cathedral ceremony honoring the hate-crime victim and the interment of his ashes there in 2018.
JANUARY 24, 2025
Jesse Watters calls LGBTQ+ people 'nuts' for buying guns ahead of Trump's second term
The Fox News host has championed purchasing firearms for self defense, but he thinks LGBTQ+ people who do it are "nuts."
JANUARY 8, 2025
Transgender 10-year-old worries about being murdered and other trans kids share their concerns on CNN
Violet DuMont says she fears that "I’m gonna be walking down the street and somebody’s gonna come up and, like, shoot me or something.”
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Mother of slain transgender teen Pauly Likens urges expansion of Pennsylvania hate-crimes law
The state has a hate-crimes law, but it does not cover crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
A mother reflects on justice days after her gay son’s murderer was sentenced to life without parole
Jeanne Pepper, the mother of Blaze Bernstein, sat down with The Advocate to talk about what it means for her family that Samuel Woodward’s anti-Semitism and homophobia got him locked up for the rest of his life.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Prosecutors say kids forced to torture trans man
Seven defendants have been indicted on first-degree murder and other charges but not a hate crime.
MARCH 6, 2025
Two more arrested in death of transgender man Sam Nordquist
Kimberly L. Sochia and Thomas G. Eaves are charged with second-degree murder "of depraved indifference" in connection with the death of the trans man.
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
World's first out gay imam shot to death in South Africa
Activists fear the attack on Muhsin Hendricks was a hate crime.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Ed Sedarbaum, veteran Queens, N.Y., gay activist, has died at 78
Sedarbaum, the widower of cartoonist Howard Cruse, has been called the grandfather of the Queens LGBTQ+ movement. He worked against hate crimes and for inclusive education.
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Here are the 31 transgender Americans lost to violence in 2024
The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Teenagers are behind a rash of antigay crimes that have been tied to dating apps
Gangs in Sydney are luring gay men to parks to beat and rob them, and sometimes forcing them to label themselves pedophiles on social media.
DECEMBER 13, 2024
North Carolina man charged with cyberstalking city's first gay council member and other men
Out Raleigh City Council member Jonathan Lambert-Melton said he had received death threats from the suspect.
DECEMBER 3, 2024