Tag: hate crimes
Eleven teenage boys in Chicago face felony charges after allegedly luring and assaulting two gay men using dating apps in July 2024.
According to a statement from the Mount Prospect Police Department, the suspects, aged 16 and 17, were inspired by a viral social media trend known as “post...
A 22-year-old Michigan man has pleaded guilty to plotting mass killings targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, with the possibility of facing life imprisonment.
Mack Davis admitted to planning attacks on a political party's headquarters and a bar he associated with the LGBTQI+ community, driven by explicit hatred.
Court documents reveal Davis had been...
Alan Edward, a 55-year-old former journalist from Falkirk, Scotland, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a series of offences under terrorism and criminal laws.
His sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, 19 December, followed a conviction in September at the High Court in...
More than 350 transgender and gender-diverse individuals were killed globally in the past year, according to a "sobering" report released by the Trans Murder Monitoring project ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance, observed on 20 November.
The annual report from Transgender Europe and Central Asia (TGEU) revealed that between 1...
LGBTQ+ Ukrainians stood strong at Kharkiv Pride, held just 30 kilometres from the Russian border, even as the war between the two nations continues.
On Sunday, 15 September, the sixth annual Kharkiv Pride parade saw queer participants take part in an “auto Pride,” where cars adorned with Ukrainian and LGBTQ+...
Neo-Nazi Alan Edward is facing a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of multiple terrorism offences in Scottland.
Edward, 54, had amassed an arsenal of weapons with the intent of targeting the LGBTQ+ community. He was found guilty following an 11-day trial at the High Court in Stirling.
Edward, a former...
London's Metropolitan Police are conducting a thorough investigation and house-to-house enquiries to track down a masked vandal who painted over three Pride flags outside Forest Gate station in east London early on Friday morning.
Dressed in a green hooded jacket, dark tracksuit bottoms, and a white face mask to conceal...
The Australian State of Queensland has extended its legal protections against hate crimes, updating the law by introducing stricter penalties for offences motivated by deep-seated hatred or serious contempt towards individuals based on their sexuality, gender identity, sex characteristics, race, or religion.
For the first time, the legislation now includes...
