All posts tagged "violence"
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Senators demand answers from State Department on decision barring embassies from flying Pride flags
Senators say refusal to acknowledge Pride month calls into question U.S. commitment to LGBTQ rights abroad
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Muhlaysia Booker, the trans woman attacked by a mob in Dallas, found shot to death
The 27-year-old becomes fourth transgender person to be violently killed this year
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Detentions of gay men and women signal another anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya
Several men and women have been detained in Russia’s Chechnya region on suspicion of being gay, signaling yet another renewal of efforts to purge the...
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Education Department recommends rescinding Obama-era school discipline guidance
A federal commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is recommending rescinding Obama-era guidance that was intended to reduce racial discrimination in how students are...
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VIDEO: 12-year-old transgender girl says she won’t let “hateful and rude” people drag her down
Maddie and her family are moving from Oklahoma town after residents threatened her for using the girls' restroom
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Bill introduced in Congress to ban use of gay and trans panic defenses
Bill would stop use of a victim's LGBTQ identity to justify a defendant's violent actions against them
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Empowerment self-defense is about more than just physical attacks
Want to learn how to defend yourself against verbal and physical harassment? There's a class for that.
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Study: Bisexual women more likely to be victims of domestic abuse than heterosexual women
A British study found that 11 percent of bisexual women had been abused by their partner
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Police searching for suspect involved in alleged homophobic attack on 14th Street NW
The man yelled homophobic slurs and punched one of the victims as they tried to call police
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Kansas teacher forced to leave the state due to homophobic parents
The teacher made the decision to move after months of harassment targeting his sexuality.
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GoFundMe pages started for victims of anti-gay beating at 10th & U Streets NW
One of the men was knocked unconscious, while the other suffered facial injuries in the attack
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Police searching for 3 suspects in anti-gay beating near U and 10th Street NW
MPD says attack that left two gay men severely injured appears to have been "unprovoked"
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Investigators found “no evidence” Pulse shooter was gay, or deliberately targeted LGBTQ community
Omar Mateen apparently chose Pulse at random, fueled by hatred for America's foreign policy
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Widow of Pulse shooter found not guilty of helping him prepare for attack
Noor Salman was accused of aiding her husband and lying to the FBI
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Senate committee approves resolution condemning anti-gay violence in Chechnya
Arrests and illegal detentions of gay and bisexual men have been taking place since December 2016
