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A Look At Some Of Hollywood's Most Notor Gay Murrs

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ANDREW {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ANDREW CUNANAN WAS A MURRER WHO KILLED FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE, AND AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE, BEFORE MTG SUICI A MIAMI {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: OCT 12, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}JAMIE STT LYTLE/SYGMA VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1969-1997){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS ANDREW CUNANAN?ANDREW CUNANAN WAS BORN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO DISTRICT AND SOCIALIZED WH OLR, WEALTHY GAY MEN WHILE DULGG HEAVILY DGS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT SET HIM OFF BUT HE BEGAN A CROSS-UNTRY KILLG SPREE OF FIVE KNOWN MURRS — THE LAST OF WHICH WAS FASHN SIGNER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GIANNI VERSACE. CUNANAN KILLED HIMSELF ON A MIAMI HOEBOAT 1997.PARENTS & SIBLGSANDREW CUNANAN WAS BORN ON AUGT 31, 1969 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. CUNANAN WAS RAISED BY A RELIG ITALIAN-AMERIN MOTHER, MARY ANNE SCHILLACI, AND PRTIGE-NSC FILIPO-AMERIN FATHER, MOSTO CUNANAN. THOUGH A DISCIPLARIAN, HIS FATHER WAS NOT VLENT, AND CUNANAN DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD TRMAS THAT EXPERTS OFTEN TAG AS TYPIL OF VLENT CRIMALS. CUNANAN WAS THE YOUNGT OF FOUR, HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS BEG: CHRISTOPHER CUNANAN, ELENA CUNANAN, AND REGA CUNANAN. EARLY LIFEON THE SURFACE, THE HIGHLY TELLIGENT CUNANAN REVELED HIS LIFE AS A YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE GAY MALE. HE TYPILLY SOCIALIZED WH MUCH OLR, WEALTHIER MEN, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED SAN FRANCIS'S GAY CASTRO DISTRICT. BY THE TIME HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD, HE SPOKE SEVEN LANGUAG AND WAS BEG WELL ACQUATED WH THE FER THGS LIFE. HOWEVER, BENEATH THIS CHEERFUL FA LURKED A MUCH DARKER SI THAT BEME EXACERBATED BY AN SATIABLE NEED FOR DGS, KKY SEX AND MATERIAL WEALTH. IN HIS TEENS, CUNANAN HAD PROSTUTED HIMSELF, AND HE SOON BEME OBSSED WH VLENT PORNOGRAPHY, OFTEN TAKG PART THE FILMS HIMSELF.SERIAL MURRER BY 1997, CUNANAN HAD SUNK TO A PRSN AFTER ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF HIS WEALTHY LOVERS LEFT HIM. SOME WONR IF HE DISVERED HE WAS HIV POSIVE AND THAT PERHAPS THIS VASTATG NEWS, BED WH A BROODG, OBSSIVE JEALOY, WAS WHAT MAY HAVE LED HIM TO HIS FIRST VICTIM, FORMER LOVER JEFF TRAIL. THE GOME MURR STARTED A KILLG SPREE THAT LEFT THE FBI STUMPED. RATHER THAN GOG TO HIDG, CUNANAN FLOUTED THORI, KILLG THREE OTHERS BEFORE REENTERG THE GAY SOCIAL SCENE, THIS TIME MIAMI, FLORIDA.MURR OF GIANNI VERSACE UNABLE TO TCH CUNANAN, THORI HAD ALL BUT GIVEN UP, AND THE MEDIA SEEMED TO HAVE OLED AS WELL. THAT JULY, CUNANAN TOOK THE LIFE OF HIS NEXT AND FAL VICTIM, WORLD-FAMO FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE. POLICE WERE BLAMED FOR NOT HAVG WARNED THE MIAMI GAY MUNY ABOUT CUNANAN, AND THEIR EVERY STEP WAS SCTIZED FOLLOWG VERSACE'S MURR. AFTER THE POLICE HAD SURROUND HIM ON A HOEBOAT SOUTH FLORIDA, CUNANAN SHOT HIMSELF BEFORE HE ULD BE ARRTED. HIS TOPSY SHOWED HE DID NOT HAVE HIV WHICH BUNKED THE THEORY THAT THE DIAGNOSIS TRIGGERED HIS MURRO SPREE. HIS MOTIV WERE NEVER TERMED.'THE ASSASSATN OF GIANNI VERSACE' AND MOVIETHE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME STORY PICTED CUNANAN'S KILLG SPREE THE ASSSASATN OF GIANNI VERSACE. ACTOR DARREN CRISS PLAYED THE ROLE OF CUNANAN.CUNANAN HAS ALSO BEEN THE SUBJECT OF TE CRIME TELEVISN, CLUDG AN EPISO ON TTV'S MUGSHOTS ENTLED "ANDREW CUNANAN THE VERSACE KILLER."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Andrew Cunanan was born San Diego, California and eventually settled San Francis’s Castro district and socialized wh olr, wealthy gay men while dulgg heavily dgs.

Early LifeOn the surface, the highly telligent Cunanan reveled his life as a young, attractive gay male. He typilly socialized wh much olr, wealthier men, and eventually settled San Francis's gay Castro district. Rather than gog to hidg, Cunanan flouted thori, killg three others before reenterg the gay social scene, this time Miami, of Gianni Versace Unable to tch Cunanan, thori had all but given up, and the media seemed to have oled as well.

Police were blamed for not havg warned the Miami gay muny about Cunanan, and their every step was sctized followg Versace's murr. Kenya is largely a nservative society and the print has past said that gay rights are a non-issue the east Ain an Instagram post, Kenyan LGBTQ rights anizatn The Commissn mourned Chiloba, who was a fashn signer and mol, as "a loved and valued member of his muny who ed the platforms available to him to fight for what was right!

KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA

He was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugiv list, the subject of a natnal manhunt, and was hidg out Miami Beach’s gay scene at the time he killed Versace. The California native, who uld speak two languag, dropped out of llege and fund his liftyle thanks to relatnships wh olr, wealthier gay men, feral vtigatns found.

Feral vtigators believed Cunanan may have been targetg gay men. Although Cunanan and Versace were both openly gay and ran siar circl, the police failed to fd evince that they had ever met. "For a ltle black gay boy who reached for the stars om the south there were few people I uld look up to up there amongst the stars who looked like me jt more fab except for you Andre, " playwright Jeremy O.

Homosexualy is taboo Kenya and across much of Ai and gay people often face discrimatn or persecutn. Attempts to overturn Brish lonial-era laws banng homosexualy Kenya have proven unsuccsful, and gay sex remas a punishable crime wh penalti that clu imprisonment of up to 14 years. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsMichael Cser had never even nsired ncealg his sexualy: he was proud to be gay.

YOUNG. GAY. PROUD. MURRED: THE HAIRDRSER BATTERED TO ATH

“We won’t let Micky be phed asi bee he was gay, never a ln years, ” they Friday however, Mr Cser’s fay and iends who had packed to the public gallery at Liverpool Crown Court to hear a jury ci on Gav Alker, a 19-year-old man acced of rryg out his homophobic murr, were left tears as the fendant was acquted at the end of a three-week Sunday, 100 iends and relativ returned to the urt preccts to exprs their sense of shock and outrage at the verdict and to monstrate for what they see as jtice the se. Before the trial, Mr Cser’s one-time iend Jam O’Connor, 19, of Runrn, admted murr but nied he had been motivated by the fact his victim was gay.

But the jury accepted Mr Alker’s evince that he had been actg self-fence after he nied makg homophobic ments, blamg the attack on O’ murr has had a profound effect on Liverpool, a cy which is by re-ventg self as a gay statn wh the creatn of s own gay quarter, referred to as the Gay Village, and plans for an annual Pri March.

Many the cy are puzzled at the lack of tert shown the se by the outsi world, Friday’s acqutal aga failg to generate natnal media Radford, of the Liberal Party, who has been on the cy uncil for three s and has mpaigned for the Gay Village, is sadned that Mr Cser’s ath has failed to generate the same sense of natnwi outrage as that of the black teenager Anthony Walker, who was killed a racist attack as he crossed a park Huyton hundreds crammed to the church for Mr Cser’s funeral, and thoands more signed books of ndolence, mpaigners cludg Mark Feehily om Michael’s favoure band Wtlife, are angry that no one seems to be listeng. We had a lot of posive ments ma about the fay of Anthony Walker, but here we had a tragedy which is homophobic but is the word which will not speak s name, ” said Mr Radford. Merseysi Police have won praise not only for pursug Mr Cser’s murr as a hate crime, but also for reachg out to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni the wake of the tragedy.

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Lol officers cemented relatns by takg part a football match a team ptaed by the cy’s Lord Mayor agast a lol si, the Mersey Marrs, ma up of lol gay men and members of the Cser senr vtigatg officer the se, Detective Inspector Richie Carr, said ser vlent homophobic crime was a rary the cy. ”“The general public’s reactn was no different to that of the Anthony Walker se, but has severely impacted on the gay muny.

IS A SERIAL KILLER THAT TARGETED GAY MEN STILL ALIVE SAN FRANCIS?

Liverpool’s gay muny, nfint the support has received om the police, fought hard to keep the se the public eye.

In the days after Mr Cser’s ath, an emotnal tribute was paid to him on the dance floors of the cy centre’s thrivg gay clubs, when DJs led a silent tribute to the ad teenager.

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