Posts Tagged ‘Hate Crimes’
NYT Editorial: Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push
KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks.
The theme of the event, according to Stephen Langa, its Ugandan organizer,...
January 5th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More
Author of Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Faced With Death Threats
David Bahati, author of Uganda’s fascist anti-homosexuality bill, says he fears for his life following the disappearance of his cousin and after receiving numerous death threats over the past few weeks, according to All Africa.com. Bahati has reported to the Ugandan Ministry of Internal Affairs...
December 30th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More
St. Joseph, Benton Harbor Residents Report Hate Crimes
BENTON HARBOR – A Benton Harbor resident was attacked over the weekend of Dec. 11-13 in what is believed to be hate-motivated violence based on his sexual orientation. Another similar incident was reported to St. Joseph police a few weeks earlier.
Both attacks occurred at local gas stations. No...
December 17th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Staceyann Chin Speaks Against Buju Banton Grammy Nomination
From GLAAD:
NEW YORK — The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today welcomed the decision by Jamaican performance artist Staceyann Chin to speak out about Buju Banton’s...
December 14th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More
It Took More Than 165 Days, But The White House FINALLY Steps Up and Speaks Out
The first buzz of an “anti-gay” bill that would criminalize homosexuality in Uganda was ignited this past summer. Initially, there were no talks of death penalties and life sentences, but there were talks of restrictions such as forbidding homosexuals to publish literature that advocates...
December 13th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
International Pressure Forces Condemnation of Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has for the first time publicly expressed his opposition to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill recently proposed in Uganda. His statement follows weeks of pressure, numerous calls for him to speak out and a petition signed by thousands urging him to condemn the...
December 13th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Gay Rights Activist Attacked, Brutally Beaten For Dancing With Another Man
Merely two months after two men were caught on tape beating a gay man nearly to death, and a week after the New York State Senate rejected a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, Tarlach MacNiallais, a prominent gay activist was tackled and beaten by bouncers at a Queens nightclub.
According to police...
December 12th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
UPDATE: Uganda To Drop Life Sentances and Death Penalties For Homosexuals
(Bloomberg) — Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity, said.
The draft bill, which is under consideration...
December 9th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Sky News: South African Lesbians Subjected to "Corrective" Rape
Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and raped in an effort to “correct” them, Sky News reports.
Sky News has found evidence of widespread abuse against the lesbian community — resulting in a new trend of so-called “corrective rape”.
In the the township...
December 9th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
McDonald's Fires Manager For Harrassing, Degarding Transgender Applicant
An Orlando McDonald’s (MCD) has fired one of its managers after he told a 17-year-old job applicant (via voice mail), “You will not get hired. We do not hire faggots.”
The manager didn’t even get his terminology right — “faggot” is a hateful term for a male homosexual, whereas the applicant...
December 9th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

