All posts tagged "hate crimes"
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Iowa Senate approves transgender hate crimes protections
On Tuesday, the Iowa Senate voted 27-21 to pass a bill that adds gender identity and gender expression to the state’s hate crimes law. The...
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Virginia bill proposes Kim Davis-style clerk exemptions
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
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Kathryn Knott convicted of assault in Philadelphia gay bashing
The daughter of a Philadelphia-area police chief on Friday was convicted of simple assault in a violent attack lodged against a gay couple in Philadelphia’s...
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Virginia delegate re-introduces hate crimes reporting bill
“One of the things you learn when you get sent to Richmond is that sometimes you have to take the long view,” says Virginia Del. Rip...
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GLOV changes name to DC Anti-Violence Project
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) has changed its name to the more inclusive DC Anti-Violence Project (DC AVP), according to an announcement from the...
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Transgender Targets: Trans murder rates are out of control
The number of trans women killed in 2015 has already exceeded that of the previous year
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Texas men who tortured black gay man indicted
Two Corpus Christi men face hate crimes charges for 2012 attack
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Jewish community reacts to Jerusalem Pride stabbings
Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Arthur Slepian on the divide between secular and Orthodox Israel
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First gay couple married at West Point attacked in Soho
Police continue to search for assailant and are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime
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Seattle residents targeted in three anti-LGBT attacks over Pride weekend
Amid celebrations commemorating Seattle Pride and the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide, Seattle Police are investigating three separate incidents that appear to have targeted the LGBT community. According...
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Laramie passes nondiscrimination laws 17 years after Matthew Shepard’s death
–Jeran Artery, head of Wyoming Equality, speaking with the Associated Press after Laramie City Council approved a law designed to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination....
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Dead: Hate Crimes Bill Fails House Subcommittee
As expected, a bill that would have classified crimes or acts of violence committed against people because of their real or perceived sexual orientation or...
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Virginia’s Hate Crimes Bill Rests in Their Hands
When a Republican-led Virginia House of Delegates committee shuttled a hate crimes bill to a subcommittee on Jan. 15, it was considered a signal by political...
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Virginia Lags Behind on Equality Measures
Flanked by supporters, progressive leaders and legislative allies, Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, held a press conference in the General Assembly House Briefing...
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Va. House Hate Crimes Bill Shuttled to Subcommittee
One day after their Senate counterparts rejected a bill that would have added crimes committed against people because of their real or perceived sexual orientation...
