Tag: hate

Give it up for your weekend heroes: the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. Performing at Knoxville Pride in Tennessee this weekend as part of their Southern Equality Tour, the men witnessed some haters showing up to ruin the party. What did they do? Use their beautiful voices to drown them out. Waving anti-LGBT signs and shouting out their hatred, the protesters’ message was ultimately cancelled out by the choir’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome”. Watch below: https://twitter.com/GMCWashington/status/876163659411673093 https://twitter.com/robserpa/status/876156984143302657 Beautiful!

An investigation is underway to decide whether or not to charge him with a federal hate crime. The Atlanta truck driver who poured boiling water over a sleeping gay couple in February has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, a jury found 48-year-old Martin Blackwell guilty of eight counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated assault. The assaulter couldn’t be charged with a hate crime because Georgia is one of five states...

A gay couple have said that they feel “shook up” after a homophobic attack on them by two teenagers in Brooklyn, New York. Tanner Gardella, 25, and Gino Boffa, 26, were walking arm-in-arm when two boys aged 13 and 15 called the pair “faggots” for wearing skinny jeans.  Boffa stopped and asked the teens to repeat themselves — and that was when the situation escalated. “It went from 0 to 60. They shoved us and started spitting at us calling us ‘faggot.’ That’s...

Bias crimes in the Big Apple have spiked in 2017. A gay man was viciously attacked on a New York subway Thursday by a stranger because of his sexual orientation. The unnamed victim, 29, was on his way from Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn to Manhattan when he was accosted on the C Train. The assailant, who was not apprehended, punched and spit on the man as he shouted homophobic slurs. The NYPD says there has been an increase in bias crimes reported in...

And no, it's not because they're really, ridiculously good looking Filipino power couple Francis Libiran and Christian Mark Jacobs got married last week and their wedding photos have caused a huge controversy. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRuXeICF3ZH/ Libiran is one of the Philippines leading fashion designers who wed his longtime boyfriend Jacobs in a stunning ceremony on Borocay Island last week. American born Jacobs works as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Libiran’s bridal label. The couple met in Paris and are very loved-up after their nuptials. ‘I...

Gyo Mendez had a gun held to his head as a vandal sprayed "fag" on his car. A married couple in Kansas City, Missouri is hoping to raise money for security cameras in their new home after being targeted in a hate crime over the weekend. Paul Oldham shared a post to his Facebook page that detailed the terrifying ordeal his husband, Gyo, endured late Friday night. “He explained between gasps that he had heard something outside and went out the back...

These things. All of these things happened to people of color the day after Trump won the presidential election. Welcome to America in 2016. I’d say you may not recognize it, but for so many of our brothers and sisters, they sadly do; they’ve seen it every day of their lives. Get mad. Be angry. But be determined to change the country’s direction. Be resolved to do your part to end racism and xenophobia. Be intent on becoming the change you...

In March, Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, now known simply as HB2, which outlaws transgender people from using public restrooms in accordance with their gender identity and bans local ordinances that would in any way protect gay people from discrimination in housing, employment or accommodation. The Daily Show decided to take a closer look at how easy it is to take advantage of the discriminatory law by setting up a ‘no gays allowed’ fast food...

We first met Jakub and David through our blog Roxette Says "Nice One!" To Gay Couple's Lip Sync Of "Some Other Summer."  The boys did a great job on the video, lip synching, and even earned the praises of the artist.  Unfortunately, where there are lovers, there are haters and we shared Polish Couple Threatened After Their Roxette "Some Other Summer" Video Went Viral. So what do you do when you ride the high and then feel a little defeated. ...

I cheered when some of my friends on Facebook were booking their flights to San Francisco and Folsom Street Fair. When friends stated they were going to Southern Decadence in New Orleans I told them be careful and be safe.  Was my cheers and warnings backwards? What was supposed to be a weekend of revelry and excitement for two friends in town for San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair turned ugly Saturday night when five assailants attacked the men with pepper...

A man who says he was beaten up for being gay has shared a image of his injuries. Gay Saskatoon resident Eugene Grosh recounted details of the horrific incident, which happened in the early hours of Saturday morning at a local bar. Mr Grosh said he had gone out with a group of female friends, and had been dancing before going to use the bathroom. He said “hi” to a man inside the bathroom, who accused Mr Grosh of trying to flirt with him. The...

Victims Were Mother and Daughter A double homicide in Camden County, Missouri is being investigated as an anti-LGBT hate crime by local and federal officials. Steven Ray Endsley, 54, was arrested for the murders of out-lesbian Danielle M. Smith, 27, and her mother, Teresa A. Jackson, 61, on Saturday. Smith’s and Jackson’s bodies were discovered in the remains of their burned out trailer home on the morning of Aug 29, according to a press release. Their identities had not been released until their...

Austin Richardson looks like a greeter at your local Abercrombie & Fitch chain, but don’t let that fool you. The 18-year old, arrested in June after firing paintball pellets at revelers hanging outside a gay bar in Stockton, California, was charged on Tuesday in connected with the attack. The incident occurred at the Paradise Club on June 12th, just as two customers were leaving the establishment. 19-year-old Branden Staples and an unnamed 16-year-old were also apprehended. The three youngsters have been charged with assault...

A 28-year trans woman in Columbus, Ohio, was shot and then brutally beaten by her mother’s ex-boyfriend, who was living with the family at the time. Rae’Lynn Thomas is the 19th trans person known to have been murdered in the U.S. this year, and the fifth transgender women to have been killed in the past two months. Thomas’ mother, Renee Thomas, shared her daughter’s final words with the local news station: “Mom, please please don’t leave me. Mom, I’m dying,” she said....