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Zelimkhan Bakayev was last seen on August 8 in Chechnya. A Russian singer who has been missing since August is now feared to have been detained by authorities and sent to an anti-gay concentration camp in Chechnya. Zelimkhan Bakayev was last seen on August 8 in the Chechen capital Grozny, and his family has been unable to get answers from authorities about happened to him. At a press conference on Monday, which featured a victim of the anti-gay purge in Chechnya giving...

Early Sunday morning, a Florida man was murdered after he came to the defense of his gay friends. He’d been dining with his friends before a drunk homophobe followed them out of the restaurant and onto the street to harass them. The suspect, Nelson Hernandez Mena (above), reportedly became angry after one of the victim’s gay friends asked for the phone number of a man Mena was eating with. Multiple witnesses said that Mena aggressively came after the group, shouting, “If...

Friday's ceremony in Stockport is expected to be attended by hundreds. Manchester bombing victim Martyn Hett will “exit like a diva” in “fabulous” funeral on Friday (June 30) which is expected to be attended by hundreds. The PR manager and social media personality, 29, was one of 22 people who died when Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on 22 May. Martyn’s funeral is set to take place at Stockport Town Hall at 12:30...

RIP Matt Murrey A gay man was stabbed to death in his apartment in Maryland. Matt Murrey worked as a security guard in D.C and had attended many of the Black Pride events in the city. On Tuesday, 30 May, police were called to go to his apartment to check on his welfare. ‘When they arrived, they found the victim suffering from trauma inside of his home,’ the statement says. ‘He was pronounced dead at the scene.’ He was just 26. Homicide detectives are working...

Police are appealing for help after a man was subjected to homophobic abuse on a London train. British Transport Police put out a plea to help identify three men in connection with an incident on a London Overground train. The incident took place around 10:30 PM on March 31. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was on his way back from a concert with friends when he was targeted for abuse on board an Overground train from Highbury & Islington to Willesden Junction. Pictures...

“A party in the park just for him, he’d be so impressed." On Sunday, May 28, hundreds of mourners gathered in Stockport to remember Martyn Hett, one of the 22 victims of last week’s bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Hett was a 29-year-old PR Manager from Stockport, a town outside of Manchester, who had appeared on U.K. shows such as Come Dine With Me. Aside from loving Grande, he was also a huge fan of Mariah Carey,...

Manchester Police have confirmed that 29-year-old Martyn Hett is the 10th named victim of the Manchester bombing. Hett, a gay journalist and PR manager, went missing Monday night (21 May) after a suicide bomber targeted concertgoers who were leaving the Manchester Arena moments after the Ariana Grande concert had concluded. The blast killed 22 people, including an eight-year-old girl, and injured 59. His heartbroken boyfriend, Russell Hayward, tweeted the news this morning: “We got the news last night that our wonderful,...

Superstar Mariah Carey has paid a moving tribute to a victim of the Manchester bombing attack. Martyn Hett, from Stockport, by Manchester, was confirmed dead by his ex boyfriend in an emotional post posted yesterday. The 29-year-old had been due to embark on the trip of a lifetime, holidaying in America for two months. He was due to meet-up with other Mariah Carey superfans on the visit, having been a longtime fan of the diva. Now Mariah herself has paid tribute to the...

The singer and his boyfriend Shane Cooper were confronted at knife point over the weekend. Craig Colton – who competed in The X Factor back in 2011 – has revealed that he was the victim of a homophobic attack at his own home. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning on Sunday (23 April), when a 20-year-old woman confronted them while brandishing a knife. “After a horrible night, of being attacked with a knife and homophobic rants at...

The Minnesota couple died in an apparent murder-suicide pact after a gay teenager accused them both of abuse Police this week released a report into the circumstances surrounding the murder-suicide of an elementary school teacher and his husband. The bodies of Aric Babbitt, aged 40, and his husband, Matthew Deyo, 36, were found 25 August on Lopez Island beach, Washington. Both died from gunshot wounds. A suicide note was found with their bodies. Police at the time said that both men, from South...

'How would you feel if your own privacy is invaded? How would you feel if tables are turned against you?' Ever wonder what it’s like if one day naked images of you end up on the internet for hundreds and thousands for people to see? How would you feel knowing that the ‘delete’ button is useless? And that traces of those pictures, gifs or videos would always be out there in the world, in the hands of strangers, in websites you...

Philadelphia man suffers injuries to face, chest, and hands. A mail package a Philadelphia man thought was asthma medication exploded and caused injuries to his face, chest, and hands. Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime because the 60-year-old victim has a rainbow ‘Love Trumps Hate’ sign in his front window, according to Philly.com. A neighbor and a law enforcement source identify the victim as Jim Alden who is recovering after surgery at Jefferson University Hospital. He opened the package...

When Paul Jefferies’ corpse was discovered, investigators counted over 40 injuries on the customs official, including a slashed throat. As The Standard reports, the 52-year-old was found naked with a tea towel tied around his head. He was slumped across the kitchen floor at his home in East Sussex, where he’d moved from London after a romantic relationship dissolved. On February 23, 18-year-old Ben Bamford murdered Jefferies with intent to rob him in order to pay off a £400 drug debt. During his trial,...

A mother who lost her son in the Orlando Pulse massacre has spoken out ahead of the Presidential election. Christopher Leinonen died in the horrific attack in June, when a gunman opened fire in the Pulse gay club, killing 49 people and injuring 53. In a ad for the Human Rights Campaign, Christopher’s mother Christine Leinonen opened up about the tragedy. She wrote: “My son Christopher Leinonen was shot and killed at the Pulse nightclub along with his boyfriend Juan and 47 other people. “This is definitely...