Tag: hate crime
HRC Statement On Charleston Church Shooting
Today, Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, issued the following statement regarding the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. In coordination with state and local authorities, the case is being investigated by federal authorities as an apparent hate crime.
Stonewall unveils equality manifesto ahead of election
Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality charity, has today announced its equality manifesto ahead of the upcoming general election.
Perth men found guilty of gay bashing murder
A Perth jury has found two men guilty of the fatal bashing of a gay man after barging into a toilet cubicle where he was having sex.
Transgender person killed in Baku, Azerbaijan
According to the information from law enforcements, the incident took place on February 28th around 11pm. A transgender person from Shamkir Bakhtiyar Aliyev, was stabbed multiple times and she was was killed.
TLDEF Responds to Indictment in the Killing of Islan Nettles
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to the announcement by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. that his office has indicted 24-year old James Dixon on first and second degree manslaughter and first degree assault charges for the August 17, 2013 killing of Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old African American transgender woman from Harlem.
Homophobic attacks ‘force grieving man from Belfast home’
A grieving man who has been the target of a series of homophobic attacks and death threats has said he can no longer live in his north Belfast home.