On the night of Sept. 11, two gay men were walkg on a downtown Philalphia street, jt a few blocks away om one of the most gay-iendly areas the cy.
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- PHILALPHIA GAY BASHG: 3 CHARGED IN ‘VIC ATTACK’ ON GAY COUPLE
- 2 MEN WHO BEAT GAY UPLE PHILALPHIA TAKE PLEA
- POLICE CHIEF'S DGHTER, OTHER SPECTS BEATG OF PHILALPHIA GAY COUPLE SURRENR TO POLICE
- WHY DID A PACK OF TWENTYSOMETHGS ALLEGEDLY BEAT A GAY COUPLE IN PHILLY?
- TWO MEN WHO HOSPALIZED GAY UPLE HOMOPHOBIC BEATDOWN PHILALPHIA AVOID JAIL TIME
- THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
- DGHTER OF POLICE CHIEF AMONG TR CHARGED GAY COUPLE'S BEATG
PHILALPHIA GAY BASHG: 3 CHARGED IN ‘VIC ATTACK’ ON GAY COUPLE
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LGBT activists petned Philalphia lawmakers to clu sexual orientatn the cy's hate crime laws after two gay men were btally attacked.
Three people were charged the beatg of two gay men Philalphia, the cy’s District Attorney’s Office announced Tuday.
Two men and one woman face charg of aggravated asslt, simple asslt, nspiracy and reckls endangerment the attack on two gay men, a 27-year-old and a 28-year-old, Center Cy on Sept.
2 MEN WHO BEAT GAY UPLE PHILALPHIA TAKE PLEA
Three Bucks County rints acced of vicly beatg a gay uple along a Center Cy Philalphia street surrenred to police Wednday morng. * gay beating in philadelphia *
The gay bashg sparked lls for state lawmakers to adopt legislatn that would expand the state’s hate crime laws to clu lbian, gay bisexual and transgenr people.
POLICE CHIEF'S DGHTER, OTHER SPECTS BEATG OF PHILALPHIA GAY COUPLE SURRENR TO POLICE
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PHILADELPHIA -- Two men acced of beatg a gay uple a se partly solved by social media slths will avoid prison time unr a plea agreement announced Thursday that outraged members of the gay muny.
WHY DID A PACK OF TWENTYSOMETHGS ALLEGEDLY BEAT A GAY COUPLE IN PHILLY?
Two men who vicly attacked a gay uple Philalphia will be gettg away wh a slap on the wrist for their homophobic beatdown. * gay beating in philadelphia *
Prosecutors say Williams and Harrigan, om the suburban muni of Warmster and Warrgton, were part of a group that hurled gay slurs and profany and beat Hse and Hght near Philalphia's rzy Rtenhoe Square on Sept.
"This affected the sense of secury for all people Center Cy, particularly people who are gay and lbian, " Assistant District Attorney Michael Barry said. The fendants, he said, damaged Philalphia's reputatn as a safe, gay iendly cy.
TWO MEN WHO HOSPALIZED GAY UPLE HOMOPHOBIC BEATDOWN PHILALPHIA AVOID JAIL TIME
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Three Bucks County rints -- cludg the dghter of a police chief -- acced of vicly beatg a gay uple along a Center Cy Philalphia street surrenred to police Wednday morng.
THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
Knott's attorney, Louis Bi, has also nied that the dispute was motivated by anti-gay bias and said his client, whose fay has a law enforcement background, neher threw any punch nor hurled any sults. 11 vlent attack on two gay men Center Cy which one man suffered ser facial juri, cludg an orbal acture, and had his jaw wired.
Philalphia Police Commissner Charl Ramsey, along wh openly gay state Rep. 11, two gay men were walkg on a downtown Philalphia street, jt a few blocks away om one of the most gay-iendly areas the cy. Their attorneys have alleged that the gay uple stigated the cint, but prosecutors aren’t buyg .
DGHTER OF POLICE CHIEF AMONG TR CHARGED GAY COUPLE'S BEATG
Now the muny is left to figure out what to do next — and gay rights advot are phg for a change to state law bee the tr will not be charged wh a hate crime, even though the entire altertn allegedly started wh a qutn about the victims’ sexualy.
The unnamed gay uple, both their mid-20s and together for six years, scribed the attack to Fox 29 Philalphia. “the ppl we were jt dancg wh jt turned and mafe out wh eatch other #gay #ew, ” read one March 2012 tweet on Knott’s personal acunt, which has sce been taken down. Early the vtigatn, an unnamed attorney alleged that vio would show that the gay uple iated the fight.
Brian Sims (D), who is openly gay, said he plans to troduce a bill when the state legislature renven January. Two men who vicly attacked a gay uple Philalphia are gettg a slap on the wrist for their homophobic beatdown, crics Williams, 24, Kev Harrigan, 26, along wh a Pennsylvania police chief's dghter, Kathryn Knott, were arrted after a btal attack on a gay uple Sept.