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Contents:

• BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY
• MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
• GAY UPLE BEATEN AND BLOODIED OUTSI CONNECTICUT GAY BAR
• FOUR GUYS TRIED TO BEAT A DU UP FOR BEG GAY AND LET'S JT SAY THEY LEARNED A LTLE SOMETHG ABOUT TOLERANCE
• GAY PRO BOXER BEATS UP GUY OVER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS
• GAY UPLE BEATEN UP FOR REFG TO KISS FOR MEN’S ENTERTAMENT
• 12 YEAR OLD BEATEN UP AT FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR WEARG GAY PRIDE FLAG [WARNING: SENSIVE VIO]
• BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY - STUNT LEFT VERED BLOOD AFTER HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK LIVERPOOL
• VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG
• THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
• GAY MAN BTALLY BEATEN BY ATTACKERS SHOUTG ANTI-LGBTQ+ SLUR
• TEEN BOYS ARRTED AFTER SCHOOLBOY, 14, BTALLY ATTACKED ‘FOR BEG GAY’

BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY

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

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GAY UPLE BEATEN AND BLOODIED OUTSI CONNECTICUT GAY BAR

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FOUR GUYS TRIED TO BEAT A DU UP FOR BEG GAY AND LET'S JT SAY THEY LEARNED A LTLE SOMETHG ABOUT TOLERANCE

" and om that moment we realised we were both gay.

GAY PRO BOXER BEATS UP GUY OVER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS

" My brother turned round and said, "I may be gay but…" And then there was some kd of altertn. Thoands of people wh lights attend an extraordary g together of gay and straight people Trafalgar Square bee of what had happened.

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GAY UPLE BEATEN UP FOR REFG TO KISS FOR MEN’S ENTERTAMENT

" Every sgle pansy marks a story of someone who has experienced homophobia on the streets.

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.

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12 YEAR OLD BEATEN UP AT FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR WEARG GAY PRIDE FLAG [WARNING: SENSIVE VIO]

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.

BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY - STUNT LEFT VERED BLOOD AFTER HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK LIVERPOOL

"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. "The natn mournsThe shockg homophobic crime the sparsely-populated state garnered natnal sympathy.

VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG

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.

THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT

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.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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.

Michael Loccisano/Getty Imag, FILEFor Judy Shepard, one of the bt signs of cultural progrs is seeg Gay Straight Alliance groups rampg up schools.

In Wyomg, where there's a populatn of jt 500, 000, she said there are 19 Gay Straight Allianc.

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

Five teenagers have been arrted nnectn wh a homophobic attack on two women on a London b that prompted wispread nmnatn the UK. “I found out many gay iends have been beaten up bee they were gay and many women iends are feelg harassed bee they are stg a bar wh a iend and harassed by men, ” she said.

GAY MAN BTALLY BEATEN BY ATTACKERS SHOUTG ANTI-LGBTQ+ SLUR

“We have to endure verbal harassment AND CHAUVINIST, MISOGYNISTIC AND HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE bee when you stand up for yourself s**t like this happens.

A gay uple was beaten and bloodied ont of the Connecticut gay bar they own. Wele to the webse for Strange Flh, a sexy, gay, adult beat 'em up game. Bee They Thk He’s ‘GAY’...

But The ‘GAY’ Man Ends Up... Gay or straight, you see a guy enthiastilly ready to go head to head wh four dus and you need to immediately regnize that man is very likely to be a problem. Even wh a four on one advantage, unls you’re dog a classic “shload of Agent Smhs jumpg on Neo” dogpile, there’s a very high likelihood you’re leavg that suatn wh some ser when you add the fact that this du was not only fightg for himself, he was fightg for every gay du out there whom people size up and thk they’re not tough.

TEEN BOYS ARRTED AFTER SCHOOLBOY, 14, BTALLY ATTACKED ‘FOR BEG GAY’

Every fist he ate and dished back 10 tim worse, every time he shot for the takedown, every cheap shot he absorbed and gave out jt as hard, he was fightg wh the strength of every du wh bleach breath wh a 10 e radi, a Capta Pla of righteo gay vlence. Why is homosexualy nsired pecially offensive by some? Homosexualy is a venerable taboo across many cultur, possibly related to ncerns over procreatn and the survival of the speci.