Nevada Father Murred Son for Beg Gay, Former Foster Mom Claims

Contents:

• THE 6 COUNTRI EXECUTE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY
• MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
• ALIREZA FAZELI MONFARED WANTED TO LIVE AS A EE GAY MAN THE WT. HIS FAY IRAN BEHEAD HIM DAYS BEFORE HIS DREAM ME TE, SAY ACTIVISTS.
• MURRS OF GAYS, LBIANS U.S. CREASED LAST YEAR, GROUP SAYS
• 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
• GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• NEVADA FATHER MURRED SON FOR BEG GAY, FORMER FOSTER MOM CLAIMS
• THREE ARRTED AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN TO ATH GALICIA

THE 6 COUNTRI EXECUTE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY

2017 was close behd wh 53 died acts of gome vlence, like Frank Yazzie, a gay Navajo man who was cut half and stuffed two trash bags 2009.

It was a factor dozens of murrs the last 20 vlence claimed the life of Michael Stt Goucher, a 21-year-old whe gay man who met one of his assailants onle. 357 Magnum pistol, cludg three fal, and fatal, skull-cshg an tercepted jail letter McKney wrote to Shepard's other attacker, Rsell Henrson, while the two were awag trial, McKney ed a gay slur to scribe Shepard. "Why there are discrepanciWhether due to nonexistent laws or nsistent reportg, lol law enforcement agenci rarely report LGBTQ aths to feral thori that track hate crim — even if the killer ed slurs, rpond vlently to rmatn that a person was gay or transgenr, or showed signs of overkill.

Many of the aths noted earlier reports didn’t clu nam, but we were able to gather nam for most victims by piecg together intifyg rmatn om other reports, cludg media reportg advocy studi and police, we searched through several reports and onle listgs of LGBTQ murr victims, cludg Gay History Wiki, Internatnal Transgenr Day of Remembrance, In Memoriam: Lbian Murr Victims, Unerased: Countg Transgenr Liv, the Genr Public Advocy Coaln’s 50 Unr 30 report and a Human Rights Campaign report documentg hate crim between 1998 and 2002. Siarly, we didn’t clu victims whose attackers ed the gay panic fense or people victimized at gay clubs unls we found other ditns that they intified as members of the LGBTQ muny. The public ng of a gay uple for nsensual sex Aceh, a remote Indonian provce that practic Shariah law.

MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR

They had nsensual the Aceh provce of Indonia, homosexualy is a crime that n be punished this btal and gradg More: Disturbg Details of Executns Emerge From Chechnya's 'Gay Torture Camps': ReportEverywhere the world, LGBTQ people are routely harassed, discrimated agast, beaten, and even murred for simply beg who they are. In 74 untri around the world, homosexualy remas a crime — an egreg nial of equal rights unr the law for untls people. But 11 untri, the state acts as the vehicle of ath, threateng executn for homosexual acts.

ALIREZA FAZELI MONFARED WANTED TO LIVE AS A EE GAY MAN THE WT. HIS FAY IRAN BEHEAD HIM DAYS BEFORE HIS DREAM ME TE, SAY ACTIVISTS.

Half of the untri never follow through on this absolute threat, but e other methods to strip a person of are the six untri that actually kill people for engagg homosexual acts. But the polil ele, by nature, shap the laws and their extremely nservative worldview classifi homosexualy as a crime punishable by ath.

Stong to ath is another form of public executn  a untry that kills hundreds of people each More: Taiwan Be First Place Asia to Legalize Same-Sex MarriageNigeriaRunng unter to much of the rt of the world, Nigeria’s print cid to strengthen anti-homosexual laws 2014.

MURRS OF GAYS, LBIANS U.S. CREASED LAST YEAR, GROUP SAYS

Earlier this year, two men were shot public by the terrorist group after beg found havg More: Lebanon Jt Celebrated Its Very First Gay Pri ParaSudanThe first two tim a person gets ught havg gay sex Sudan n lead to 100 lash and imprisonment up to five years. YemenFollowg a civil war 1994, Yemen adopted Sharia law and clared that homosexual acts uld be punished wh ath.

13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH

In recent years, another civil war has torn the untry apart and the ensug chaos has led to the executns of numero gay men. Acrdg to one man profiled Narratively, 14 gay men were executed by Al Qaeda 2016 the pal cy of An.

Twenty years ago, Matthew Shepard was a "smart, funny" 21-year-old, no different than any other young man that was an "ordary kid who wanted to make the world a better place, " his parents October 1998, that all changed, when the openly gay llege stunt was abducted, beaten and tied to a fence life end a few days later, and wh me a wispread awarens of the dangers that members of the LGBTQ muny face every day. The homophobic btal killg also served as a talyst for progrs Ameri's laws and the two s that have passed, however, remas batable how far the untry has e sce the shock of that crime. They later nfsed they had "veloped a roe which they'd pretend to be gay to w Matt's nfince, " Marsn said.

(MORE: 'Gay panic' fense still ed vlence s may be banned by new feral bill)McKney h Shepard about 20 tim the head and face wh the end of the pistol, Marsn said, before the two stole Shepard's sho, got their tck and drove back to town.

GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Agast the gay muny until after he grew up to bee very terted ternatnal human rights, particularly women's rights the Middle East and Asia, and he studied polil science, said Marsn. "He said, 'Mom I'm gay.

"Everybody he met, he said, 'Jt to let you know ahead of time, I'm gay, '" Dennis Shepard said. Agast the gay muny until after he died, " he said.

NEVADA FATHER MURRED SON FOR BEG GAY, FORMER FOSTER MOM CLAIMS

"The natn mournsThe shockg homophobic crime the sparsely-populated state garnered natnal sympathy. A ndlelight vigil is held for Sla gay Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, Oct. Members of the Wtboro Baptist Church protted the funeral, picketg wh anti-gay Fred Phelps and his parishners traveled om Kansas to Laramie for the funeral and trial, prottg wh brightly lored signs and spewg hatred.

THREE ARRTED AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN TO ATH GALICIA

McKney went to trial, and fense attorneys argued his vlent actns were "gay panic" -- a reactn to Shepard makg a sexual advance.

"When the fense gets out there and starts talkg out of, the victim's flt, you know, 'gay panic, '... "The "gay panic" fense is still legal most stat but has been outlawed a few. McKney has cled to speak to ABC News while Henrson did not immediately rpond to a requt for WashgtonShepard's murr shed a light on the spe of feral hate crime laws, which at the time did not clu sexual orientatn or genr gay activists monstrate the streets of North Hollywood to prott agast the ath of Wyomg Universy stunt Mathew Shepard, Oct.

13, Mata/AFP via Getty Imag FILEDemonstrators prott the hate killg of gay stunt Matthew Shepard, Oct. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murred 1998 and was targeted for beg gay, acrdg to wns. "Beyond the feral hate crime law, the years sce Matthew Shepard's ath, among the most substantive legislative ws for the LGBTQ muny were the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell 2010, so gay ary members n serve openly whout fear of beg dismissed, and the legalizatn of same-sex marriage across the untry 2015.