Tag: homophobic attack

A man who pleaded guilty of committing an unprovoked attack on New Zealand Journalist and LGBTI Ambassador Aziz Al-Sa’afin has been sentenced to 11 months home detention in an Auckland court this morning. Joden Martin pleaded guilty in July to two charges of injuring with intent and assault with intent to injure after attacking Al-Sa’afin

Is Farrah Fawcett’s son guilty of a homophobic attack? That’s what one gay man is saying in a lawsuit. Ken Fox, a gay man living in L.A. has filed a statement of damages against Redmond O’Neal for 100 million. According to The Blast, the statement of damages includes: $15 million: pain and suffering $15 million: emotional distress $200,000: medical expenses $1 million: future medical expenses $200,000: lost earnings to date $5 million: future lost earnings $1 million: attorneys’ fees ...

His loved ones say 28-year-old Trevor Gray isn't actually gay, but "it wouldn't matter if he were." A 28-year-old man in Mississippi was brutally beaten up because his assailants thought he was gay. According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, Trevor Gray, who’d recently moved back to his home region of Wayne County, went out to a local bar in hopes of making new friends last week. His Friday night took a turn for the worse when two fellow patrons—Landon McCaa, 32,...

Not only leaving him bleeding, but the gang left with the victim's car, too A man was subjected to a horrific homophobic attack and robbery as he walked through a park in South London last weekend (7 April) The 36-year-old victim was walking on Blackheath Common, South London, when a group of six men set upon him, according to the Metro. They punched him repeatedly in the face, strangled him, dragged him unconscious by the hood, and fled in his car. What happened? A...

'It's definitely a hate crime' Homophobic attackers beat up gay American Adrian Brown in an unprovoked incident at a Bahamian carnival. Adrian Brown and friend Sylvano Demarco came to Junkanoo beach in the Bahamas for a a holiday but did not expect the events of last night (5 May). As Brown was dancing on the beach, he was unsolicitedly splashed with water from people he had never met. He told Gay Star News that he asked: ‘Why did you splash me with water?’ To...

The gay couple simply asked for the woman to move her bag so they could sit down London authorities are searching for a woman who threw coffee on a gay couple, then punched one of them several times in the face. At about 7:25am on 9 August last year, two men boarded a westbound Hammersmith and City line train at Plaistow. They simply asked a woman to move her bag from the seat so they could sit down. Do you know this woman? The...

A man became enraged when he saw another woman kiss his victim on the cheek A woman was brutally attacked by a homophobic man on a New York City subway. The disturbing incident happened on 30 November, around 5:10 PM. Police have released footage of the attack and are on the lookout for the perpetrator. The attack On a Manhattan-bound E train, a man became enraged when he saw another woman kiss the 20-year-old victim on the cheek. He began to argue with...

A gay couple in Las Vegas, Nevada, were the target of a violent hate crime that sent them both to the hospital. Charles Clements told local news affiliate FOX5 that when he picked his boyfriend Vincent up from work last Thursday night, they had no idea they were followed home. As he was unlocking the front door of their home, Clements heard Vincent call his name. “I was about to unlock the door, the next thing I hear, he’s calling my name,”...

A teenager who was beaten up on a bus in Bristol by a man yelling anti-gay slurs has spoken out about the attack. Kydis Zellinger, who uses the pronouns they/them, says they are proud to be part of the LGBT+ community and that the assault “won’t stop me be from being who I am.” The 18-year-old was attacked by 27-year old Paul Austin, of Inns Court, on October 15. Austin pled guilty to assault by beating at Bristol Magistrates Court on October...

The pair had been previously attacked while taking a walk in Verona's city center An Italian gay couple has been the victim of yet another homophobic attack. Andrea Gardoni, 23, and Angelo Amato, 59, got married in Spain three years ago. They now live in the village of Stallavena, near Verona. The two woke up on the night of 13 September to noises coming from the outside of their house. When Andrea opened to door to check, he saw a dark, tall figure...

His attacker called him a 'f**got' and then got mad when he stood up for himself A Scottish man went viral when he posted a selfie of his smiling, but bloody face after he a man allegedly assaulted him in a homophobic attack. Blair Wilson posted the photo just minutes after the man attacked him. https://twitter.com/gaytourism/status/1017191051684188165 Wilson, 21, was in the small town of Neilston when the alleged attack happened. He posted the photo shortly after the attack at about 10.30pm on 29...

London police have released a video of an altercation that happened in March in order to help find their culprit. Around 4 am on March 25, former army soldier Lee Wardle was taking a bus towards Clapham Junction. It was during this ride that he overheard a man having an obnoxiously loud conversation on his phone. As he told the Evening Standard: “A guy was sat on the top deck just in front of me having a really loud, obnoxious conversation using...

EXCLUSIVE: One of the gay guys received 30 internal stitches and 52 stitches on his hand An unidentified attacker verbally abused a gay couple, then stabbed them in the neck, back and hand. Christopher Giovanni Huizar, 19, and Gabriel Enrique Roman, 23, went out on Saturday night (26 May) to the Church Nightclub in Denver, Colorado. They live downtown, so decided to walk home because ‘it was nice weather out’. Then Huizar told Gay Star News what happened next. He said: ‘When we passed...

A Scottish gay couple were attacked while walking outside a night club. 32-year-old Andy Millin and 26-year-old Cameron Stringer were attacked after leaving CC Blooms in Edinburgh, Scotland on Sunday at 3am. As Millin told the Scottish Sun: "We crossed the road holding hands and there was a couple of guys behind us. One of them ran up and kicked Cameron in the back. He was about to attack him but my first instinct was to get him out of the way....