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Contents:

• MURRER WHO KILLED THREE GAY MEN READG ‘TERROR’ ATTACK ‘WAS PERFORMG RELIG JIHAD’, URT HEARS
• READG ATTACK TERRORIST WHO STABBED THREE GAY MEN TO ATH JAILED FOR WHOLE LIFE
• LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER
• KGOV'S LIST OF GAY MASS MURRERS
• SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST NOTOR GAY MURRS REMA UNSOLVED
• REFUGEE WH ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY SLGHTERS 3 GAY MEN DURG PRI MONTH, BUT ’S TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA?
• MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS

MURRER WHO KILLED THREE GAY MEN READG ‘TERROR’ ATTACK ‘WAS PERFORMG RELIG JIHAD’, URT HEARS

Khairi Saadallah stabbed to ath three gay men a Readg park. A man who killed three gay men a ‘terror’ attack Readg, England, last year believed he had to “kill as many people as possible” as he was “performg an act of relig jihad”, prosecutors said Tuday (5 January). Readg ‘terror’ attacker shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he killed three gay men, says prosecutor.

READG ATTACK TERRORIST WHO STABBED THREE GAY MEN TO ATH JAILED FOR WHOLE LIFE

Furlong was a school teacher the area, scribed by iends as a “proud gay man” who “wanted equaly for all”.

LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER

Khairi Saadallah, the terrorist who killed three gay men the Readg terror attack, has been jailed for the remar of his life.

Jam Furlong was a school teacher, scribed by iends as a “proud gay man who wanted equaly for all”. In fact, the people who were most at risk – this se, gay men who met for hook-ups at New York Cy bars that served the muny – were given no staed or amplified warngs by eher the thori or the media, creatg a safe space for the murrer to ntue to wreak havoc. In fact, the se got so ltle attentn relative to s horror that today few remember , even wh the gay, three s after the murrs, journalist Elon Green has wrten a book tled Last Call: A Te Story of Love, Lt, and Murr Queer New York that go beyond the facts of the story to reveal the larger issu that surround them.

KGOV'S LIST OF GAY MASS MURRERS

Worse, that perd reprented the height of ignorance and fear about Aids, as well as the peak ath toll the gay muny the wt, greatly impactg how the muny was viewed. “Aids took what was, at bt, a level of difference towards gay people and turned to revulsn, ” said Green.

SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST NOTOR GAY MURRS REMA UNSOLVED

Between 1987 and 1994 the cy saw a greater number of killgs than any other stretch more than half a that benighted era, gay bars were often ‘the one refuge om the perils of everyday life’, says Green.

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REFUGEE WH ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY SLGHTERS 3 GAY MEN DURG PRI MONTH, BUT ’S TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA?

Back that benighted era, gay bars were often “the one refuge om the perils of everyday life”, said Green.

MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS

At the same time, was a particular type of gay man equentg a specific kd of bar, who tend to be the victim this se. As to why he elud jtice the s, Green said, “most likely the jury believed that this was a gay man attackg another gay man and they didn’t re about the circumstanc. Given a chance to acqu, they took ” the same time, Green said that he “ultimately realized that the killer (who was himself gay) was laborg unr the same societal nstrats his victims were.