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Another Horrific Murder, Jason Mattison Jr, in Baltimore

Pams House blend  5 days ago

The murder of a gay teenager in Baltimore has left a family grieving and a community questioning why he was killed.
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Suspect in killing may claim 'gay panic'

Google Gay News / United Press International  6 days ago

Memphis Flyer Suspect in killing may claim 'gay panic'United Press International19 (UPI) -- The man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico will likely use "gay panic" as a defense, .
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Suspect Charged for Slaying in Puerto Rico

Advocate  Nov 19 09

A suspect was charged on Wednesday for the first-degree murder of 19-year-old gay man Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Man charged with murder of gay Puerto Rico teen

Pink News  Nov 19 09

A man has been charged with the first degree murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Lopez Mercado, 19, was found dead by the side of a road Saturday in the city of Cayey.
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Hundreds mourn ‘funny’, ‘boisterous’ gay Baltimore teen who was brutally murdered

Qnews  Nov 19 09

Jayson Mattison, Jr (Photos supplied by friends to Baltimore Sun)

At a of a West Baltimore church Wednesday morning, an overflow crowd spilled out of the sanctuary and into the vestibule for the funeral of Jason Mattison Jr.
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Man charged with killing gay teen in PR

Google Gay News / United Press International  Nov 19 09

Dallas Voice Man charged with killing gay teen in PRUnited Press International18 (UPI) -- The suspect in the slaying of a gay teenager who was decapitated and dismembered in Puerto Rico was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder, .
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Justice for Ryan and Something More

Bilerico  Nov 04 09

Editors' note: Brian Winfield is the Equality Florida Communications Director. In March of 2007, Ryan Skipper was stabbed 19 times and left to die on a dirt road in rural Polk County, Florida.
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Second Killer in Ryan Keith Skipper Murder Found Guilty

Towleroad  Nov 03 09

William Brown Jr. has been found guilty of first degree murder and robbery in the March 2007 death of Ryan Keith Skipper: "The verdict was announced at 2:56 p.
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Transgender murder, hate crime conviction a first

Topix Gay News  Oct 19 09

A Colorado man was convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime and sentenced to life in prison for killing a transgender teen he met on an online social networking site.
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Durham: jealous anti-gay pastor's closet door kicked open during murder trial

Pams House blend  Oct 04 09

A case here has captured the attention of local media and has exposed the pathological world of the closet, and the hypocrisy and jealousy of an anti-gay pastor who allegedly took the life of an North Carolina Central University student Latrese Curtis, who was "in the way" between him and his roommate, who was the object of the Pentacostal minister's sexual obsession.
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Weekend This & That: Open Thread

Pams House blend  Aug 29 09

It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread...
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Brandon McInerney Pleads Not Guily

Joe My God  Aug 28 09

Teenage killer Brandon McInerney, who last year walked into his 8th grade classroom and shot openly gay classmate Lawrence King in the head, has pleaded not guilty in a Ventura County, California classroom.
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Brandon McInerney Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Murder of Lawrence King

Towleroad  Aug 28 09

15-year-old Brandon McInerney pleaded "not guilty" Thursday to first degree murder and other charges in the shooting of his classmate Lawrence King in February 2008, the Ventura County Star reports: "McInerney, 15, who is being prosecuted as an adult, was.
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Angie Zapata's Murderer Has A MySpace Page

Pams House blend  Aug 03 09

I'm feeling a little disconcerted today, as a page for Allen Ray Andrade on MySpace was brought to my attention.
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Billy Bob's Daughter Released on Bail

Holly Scoop  Jul 27 09

Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter has been released on $279,000 bail. According to the Orlando Sentinel 29-year-old Amanda Brunfield was released Friday from an Orange County, Florida jail pending her first-degree murder charges.
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Brandon McInerney to Stand Trial for Lawrence King Shooting.

The Gaytheist Agenda  Jul 24 09

McInerney has been charged as an adult with First Degree Murder and is also facing a Hate Crime charge.
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Neo-Nazi ideas blamed in gay Oxnard teen's slaying

Gay News Blog  Jul 22 09

July 22 marked the third and likely final day of testimony in the pre-trial hearing of a boy accused of gunning down a gay classmate at an Oxnard junior high school.
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Calling Brandon "obsessed with Nazis" seems restrained now

Bilerico  Jul 22 09

Yesterday I posted about the first day of the trial against the killer of Larry King, Brandon McIrnerney.
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The Little Nazi

Joe My God  Jul 22 09

Prosecutors say that Brandon McInerney killed gay teen Lawrence King in part because of the influence of neo-Nazis who had befriended him.
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Lawyer presents ‘gay panic’ defense to justify killing of junior high student

Qnews  Jul 20 09

King shooting

A defense attorney introduced a “gay panic” defense at a preliminary hearing for Brandon McInerney, 15, the Oxnard junior high student who is accused of shooting a gay classmate,

Defense attorney Scott Wippert said the victim, Larry King, provoked the shooting by taunting McInerney with his effeminate dress and romantic pursuit, according to Los Angeles Times.
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