Tag: hate crime
Police investigate ‘hate crime’ allegations over Tyson Fury’s comments
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s outspoken comments about homosexuality are being looked at by police following a complaint by a member of the public.
For gay people under Isis rule, isolation and fear of a cruel death
Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Isis group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of the nearby Wael Hotel.
HRC President Chad Griffin Testifies At First-Ever Congressional Forum on Anti-Transgender Violence
Today, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus held the first-ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against the Transgender Community in an effort to raise awareness of the scourge of violence impacting the transgender community – particularly transgender women of colour.
FBI Releases New Hate Crimes Report Ahead of First-Ever Congressional Forum on Anti-Trans Violence
For the second year in a row, report includes statistics for bias-motivated violence against trans people.
Ahead of First-Ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against Trans People, HRC & TPOCC Release Report
Human Rights Campaign and the Trans People of Color Coalition issue call to action in response to violent deaths of transgender people.
Transgender homicide rate hits historic high in US, says new report
The report documented 21 homicides so far in 2015 – and none prosecuted as hate crimes – leading members of Congress to set first-ever forum on the issue.