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“Justice for Julio”: 25-year-old found dead in taxi after leaving gay bar with three men

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Julio Ramirez was found dead in the back of a taxi after leaving a gay bar in Manhattan, New York City with three unidentified men. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. Footage from nearby CCTV cameras shows Julio walking away from the Ritz Bar and Lounge at 3:17am on 21 April with the men, NBC News reported. The group then got into a taxi together and, at 4:10am, the driver approached a police officer in the Lower East Side (three miles away from the…

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Man admits to starting fire outside LGBTQ+ bar because seeing the word “queer” angered him

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Kalvinn Garcia, 25, of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, admitted to committing a hate crime because seeing the word “queer” angered him. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for starting a fire outside an LGBTQ+ nightclub named Queer/Bar in Seattle, according to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Garcia was arrested within minutes of doing so on 24 February, 2020 and he reportedly told law enforcers that seeing the word motivated him to target the venue. “I think it’s wrong that we have a bunch of…

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9 in 10 LGBTQ+ sexual violence victims did not report assault to police, study finds

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Almost 9 in 10 LGBTQ+ sexual violence victims did not report the incident to police, a ground-breaking study from Galop has found. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. More than half (51%) feared they would not be taken seriously if they did come forward, with 25% being worried that the police would discriminate against them because of their LGBTQ+ identity. Almost 6 in 10 (56%) did not report what happened because they thought the police would not be able to do anything. Of the…

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Gay man hospitalised after ‘homophobic attack’ in South Africa

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A 24-year-old gay man is recovering in hospital after being the victim of an alleged hate crime in Durban, South Africa. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. Mfundo Ngobese, a PA and model, was attacked on 24 April near the City Hall when three men reportedly approached him and his friends. After the people he was with ran away, one of the group went up to Mfundo and is said to have told his accomplices, “here’s another one”. “I tried to run away from…

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Norway apologises for law banning gay sex 50 years after decriminalisation

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The Norwegian government has apologised to homosexual men for a law that once made the act of gay sex illegal in the country. It is believed that 119 individuals were sent to prison between 1902 and 1950 under the legislation, which was abolished on 21 April 1972. The day before the 50th anniversary of this, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre issued an official apology on behalf of the government for the legislation ever being in place. “Through legislation, but also through a network of sanctions, we as a nation and…

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Irish police arrest man in connection with brutal killings of two men in Sligo

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Irish police are investigating if the recent killings of two men in Sligo had a homophobic motive behind them. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. Aidan Moffitt, 42, and Michael Snee, 58, were both found dead in their homes on 11 and 12 April, respectively. Moffitt, an auctioneer and Fine Gael activist who was referred to as a warm and witty man by loved ones, was stabbed multiple times and was reportedly left badly mutilated by his attacker. Snee lived alone with…

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Trans woman Miia Parker shot and killed in Philadelphia: ‘She was the life of the party’

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Miia Parker, a trans woman described by loved ones as “the life of the party”, was fatally shot in a parked vehicle in Chester, Philadelphia. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. She was driven to hospital by a friend she was with at around 3:30am, though this person is not cooperating with the police’s investigation, CBS Philadelphia reported. Miia, who was just 25-years-old, passed away from the injuries she sustained in hospital on 1 April. Family told the outlet that the crime…

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Three people sentenced to life for homophobic murder of Dr Gary Jenkins

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Two men and a teenage girl have been sentenced to life for the homophobic murder of Dr Gary Jenkins. Lee Strickland, 36, and Jason Edwards, 26, will spend a minimum of 32 years in prison, with Dionne Timms-Williams, 17, facing at least 17 years behind bars. Dr Jenkins, who leaves behind two children, was tortured and beaten by the trio in Bute Park behind Cardiff Castle in Wales in July 2021. The 54-year-old was reportedly at the park to “explore his bisexuality” and was hoping to meet “like-minded men” after…

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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in staged hate crime case

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Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months probation after being found guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. The actor will also have to pay $145,000 (£110,000) in restitution fees and fines, the latter of which was set at the maximum allowed by law ($25,000). He will do his jail time in Cook County prison in Chicago, Illinois, though only 75 days will be spent behind bars as the total 150 days is part of his probation sentence. “I did not do this,” he…

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Trans woman Cypress Ramos killed in Texas aged 21: “She just loved everyone”

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Cypress Ramos was found dead in Texas, making her at least the third trans or gender non-conforming person to be killed in America in 2022. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. The Latina woman “died after being struck with a hard object,” KCBD reported. She was found in Lubbock, Texas on 13 February and a man has since been charged with her murder. Security camera footage caught him entering a storage unit with another person and coming out alone, which police used…

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