Tag: homophobia

Relatives and school officials had been reporting signs of abuse for years A 10-year-old California boy’s suspicious death is being investigated, following years of reported abuse, and officials said his coming out might have played a part. Anthony Avalos came out to as gay to his family before he died in Lancaster, and Brandon Nichols, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, told The Los Angeles Times authorities are investigating whether homophobia played a role...

'My dad loves my husband Jacob as if he was his own son' The gay son of the bouncer accused of discriminating against a gay couple last weekend in Italy has spoken up to defend his father to Gay Star News. Giuseppe Pitirollo and Daniele Bausilio said they couldn’t enter a beach party in Bacoli, 15km west of Naples. The couple also claimed the bouncer told them a traditional couple ‘is only made of a woman and a man’. The venue Lido...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear arguments in the case of Charles Rhines, a South Dakota prisoner who says he was sentenced to death by a homophobic jury. Keep in mind that Rhines is not innocent in the slightest. In 1992, he was caught in the middle of a burglary. Rhines tried to rob a doughnut shop in Rapid City, which was the workplace of 22-year-old Donnican Schaeffer. Rhines ended up stabbing Schaeffer in the abdomen and...

E3, one of the biggest annual video gaming conferences in the world, has just ended and one of the biggest moments happened to be a gay one. That said, one streaming service didn’t want its viewers to see it. During Playstation’s press conference on Monday, fans were shown a clip of The Last of Us Part II. The sequel video game, developed by Naughty Dog, follows Ellie after a time skip from the first game. Then, the trailer for the game...

Teens threw rocks and two hit this gay guy on the back of his head A gay guy was attacked with rocks after leaving queer music festival Mighty Hoopla in London. Teens yelled homophobic slurs and pelted Jeff Ingold, the media manager at Stonewall, with rocks. Attacked with rocks after Mighty Hoopla This is what Jeff has to say: Last night, I was walking to the corner store with some friends and we passed a group of teenagers. We had just come from a...

In a new video from Fondation Émergence, a gun is fired at 193 rainbow Pride flags - one for every country in the world. Together, the flags can stop a bullet - just as when citizens of the world stand together we can stop LGBTQ violence and discrimination through the power of our togetherness. From the video: LGBT people around the world are still the targets of prejudice and violence. What if we all took a stand against it? We created this flag to...

Who ever said that the older generation was intolerant? A grandmother has gone viral on Twitter, after her epic comeback to her son who was displaying some homophobia was posted on Twitter. The son in question was complaining about all of the different sexual identities, saying that it was “getting too confusing to keep up with.” And that’s when the grandmother struck back, saying: “The way things are now is better than when people had to hide away or killed themselves because...

'I hope the trials you face give you the strength to open your heart & mind to differing views.' As Australian rugby union player, Israel Folau, stays in the headlines for his ongoing anti-gay comments, more people are speaking up against him, including a leading member of Tonga’s royal family. Folau who has Tongan heritage got himself in hot water last month when he said ‘God’s plan’ for gay people was ‘HELL’ unless they repented. For those comments Folau was hauled...

A spokesperson called the mural "a symbolic way for the community, including police, to show that we’re taking a stance against violence and discrimination." Students threw balloons filled with paint against a police station in Australia to create a rainbow design to show support for LGBT equality. Around 400 students, from seven different schools, took part in the action at the Fawkner police station in Victoria, creating a mural that stretches some 260 fee https://twitter.com/VictoriaPolice/status/990826403233857536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fstudents-pelted-a-police-station-with-paint-filled-water-balloons-to-promote-lgbt-equality%2F05%2F2018%2F The project was organized ahead of the International...

Hate crimes against the LGBTI community have risen significantly in Germany in 2017 Three gay sex workers were beaten up in Cologne yesterday (29 April). One is reportedly in a coma and is ‘near-death’. Three men, a 30-year-old, a 31-year-old and 40-year-old, were together near the street at Cologne Eifeltor. It is alleged a 50-year-old and a 53-year-old man, at 1am, paid the men for sex. During the encounter, three darkly dressed men and attacked the sex workers with crowbars. The two men fled towards...

'Even if I bleed...I will fight to the end.' A young man has posted an emotional Facebook post after allegedly being attacked by his sister for being gay. Diogo Camargo, 22, from Brazil, took a shocking selfie of his head bleeding profusely and posted it on social media. He said he was attacked by his sister and brother-in-law. ‘Do you also have an abusive and homophobic sister?’ he wrote. ‘I hope not.’ Attacked by brother-in-law and sister Camargo wrote his relationship, which he had been...

When Australian rugby star Israel Folau spoke up last month in a since-deleted Instagram comment about his views that gay people end up in hell unless they “repent their sins and turn to God”, folks were understandably upset. Among those were fellow athletes who’ve been actively trying to combat the homophobia that’s long been associated with professional sports. But despite Folau’s comments clearly being at odds with Rugby Australia’s inclusion policy, the institution did not impose a sanction on him. And that’s...

A gay couple was leaving a local gay club in the city of Monterrey, in Mexico last week when they were targeted and beaten by police officers based on their sexuality. Armando Ocampo Zambrano and Sergio Eduardo Bueno were finishing off their night of partying at 5 a.m. as they headed to a nearby restaurant. It was then that two police cars chased them and upon arriving at their location were stopped and removed by force by the cops....

As time changes and society becomes more accepting of gay people, people of color, and others who don't match the "average joe" persona, the hate directed towards those people changes as well. You see, hate and intolerance have levels to themselves. As much as we would like it the other way, racism and homophobia aren’t as simple as "some are and some aren't." Many good meaning people can say something racist and many people can pretend to be accepting while...