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- HATE CRIME CHARG ADD GOME GRDR ATTACK ON GAY TEEN
- OREGON MAN CHARGED WH FERAL HATE CRIME AFTER ATTACKG GAY MAN
- VIO SHOWS MAN PUNCHG 24-YEAR-OLD WHILE MAKG ANTI-GAY REMARKS, NYPD SAYS
- GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
HATE CRIME CHARG ADD GOME GRDR ATTACK ON GAY TEEN
The shootg rekdled memori of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. * gay attacks *
Pri Month is off to a vlent start, acrdg to the first week of June, the killgs of two gay men and a transgenred woman Detro and a gay man outsi Atlanta have highlighted an alarmg uptick attacks agast LGBTQ people and hate crim general, activists say. "Chynal Ldsay was found ad Dallas on Saturday, June 1, Dallas Police DepartmentOn Thursday, 18-year-old Devon Robson was charged nnectn wh the May 25th fatal shootg of three people a home east Detro: two gay men Alunte Davis, 21, Timothy Blancher, 20, and a transgenr woman, Paris Cameron, 20.
On Tuday, Ronald Peters, a 28-year-old gay man was shot and killed Detur, Geia on his way to work, acrdg to The Atlanta Journal-Constutn.
Geia Equaly's Graham noted that visibily for the LGBTQ muny is pecially high this month, particularly bee the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rts agast a police raid of an inic gay bar is on June 28. Dpe the progrs agast homophobia on many onts, "amidst all the good, there tends to be a backlash, " Graham said.
OREGON MAN CHARGED WH FERAL HATE CRIME AFTER ATTACKG GAY MAN
In 2021, there were 617 victims of anti-gay hate crim the Uned Stat, makg gay men the group wh the most victims attacked for their genr or sexual orientatn that year. * gay attacks *
27, 1978, Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francis Board of Supervisors and a proment gay figure at the time, was assassated by polil opponent Dan Whe. Whe also shot and killed San Francis Mayor Gee was one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat and beme an outspoken advote for LGBTQ+ liberatn.
Cmpley, a former trans police officer, began an armed rampage the New York Cy neighborhood, gunng down two outsi a li before openg fire on a crowd gathered ont of Sneakers, a gay bar. The attack, which Cmpley admted was a targeted asslt on the gay muny, ultimately left two ad and jured six more.
VIO SHOWS MAN PUNCHG 24-YEAR-OLD WHILE MAKG ANTI-GAY REMARKS, NYPD SAYS
* gay attacks *
Mathew Shepard murrIn early October 1998, Mathew Shepard, a gay teen Laramie, Wyomg, was btally attacked and tied to a fence.
He met attackers Rsell Henrson and Aaron McKney at a gay bar. ”Backstreet Cafe shootgIn September 2000, a man opened fire at the Backstreet Cafe, a gay bar Roanoke, Virgia.
Assailant Ronald Gay had gone to another bar and asked where the neart gay bar was, police later said. Hate crime charg have been add a grisly asslt last summer that left a gay Louisiana teen a a for three Whe of Lafayette was jt 18 when he met 19-year-old Chance Sene on the gay datg app Grdr. After munitg for a month, the two young men cid to meet person late, a sophomore at Louisiana State Universy, Eunice, said he ved Sene over to his new apartment, but Sene nvced him to e to his father's hoe to play vio some awkward nversatn, Whe said his next memory is of beg pulled backward by a rd and beg choked so severely that “all the blood vsels my face ptured” before he passed Whe the hospal shortly after his attack.
GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
Dpe the police’s ial misgivgs, Whe is adamant he was targeted bee he is a gay man. “He went on an app signated for gay people. He chose to choose someone who is gay and very proud of his sexualy.
“We always have homophobia southern Louisiana, so if that was a part of , I wouldn’t be surprised, ” he said. Tom Holland’s fans are fendg him agast homophobic backlash after he appeared a sex scene wh another man the latt episo of his Apple TV+ seri “The Crowd Room. ”After the episo aired over the weekend, homophobic viewers h Twter to pla about the Marvel star’s scene, postg a lany of bigoted tweets wh the hashtag “NotMySpirman.
— Theo Foxx (@FoxxDoThgs) July 14, 2023throwg love at tom holland, bee my man do not serve the homophobia that's beg thrown his way rn — pla ? || is gog to afhf & eras tour (@lilysdreamworld) July 15, 2023The homophobia directed at Tom Holland is sickeng, pathetic, and utterly unsurprisg. Pl Dawks (@Pl__Dawks) July 16, 2023The fact that a sgle scene on an Apple Pl show featurg Tom Holland has brought out so much homophobia om the stupist people is... — Lee (@lee_g_b) July 17, 2023the homophobia towards tom holland’s role is very awful to see!!