While this isn't related to gaming, I wanted to take a second to post something about an issue that might have missed the radar for some of the readers here.
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Puerto Rico: Hate Crime Against Gay Teenager Causes OutrageGlobal Voices Online (blog)He was also a volunteer in organizations advocating for HIV prevention and gay rights.
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Remembering the victims: Candlelight vigil set in wake of murders of 2 gay ...Dallas VoiceMattison was a 15-year-old gay high school sophomore in Baltimore.
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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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“Gay Panic” Defense Expected for Jorge Lopez Murder SuspectJust OutMatos is expected to utilize a “gay panic” defense, considering that Matos' murderous rage (which may also usher in the first prosecution under the recently .
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Gay News Headlines for Thursday: A marriage update in Australia; Rhode Island’s Gov Deals a Blow; A Curious ‘Terrorism’ case; A Marine’s Gay-Panic Defense; DADT updates; Britain’s ‘gay hate’ law; And more…
Crime Files:
- Michigan State lawmakers question terrorism charges for HIV-positive man
- Pin-Up Marine Reservist Who Attacked Priest He ‘Mistook’ for a Terrorist Now Using [.
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Sexy marine/model Jasen Bruce was arrested for attacking and beating an elderly Greek orthodox priest! At first the marine claimed he thought the man was a terrorist, and now he is using the gay-panic defense.
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In yet another example of how a "gay panic" defense can still work, Robert Hannah, 19, has been sentenced to a mere 180 days in jail for the September 2008 murder of Washington, DC resident Toby Hunter.
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There was a protest this weekend over the bar raid in Atlanta. Monica Helms has lots of videos (in good quality), so hop on over to her site if you couldn't be there.
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An update in the "gay panic" defense of a teenager who killed a black gay Maryland man in a brutal street attack in Washington, D.
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Oxnard teen to stand trial in gay classmate's killingLos Angeles TimesAfter hearing testimony for three days, a judge Wednesday said a gay junior high school student in Oxnard was fatally shot in class "with .
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Neo-Nazi ideas blamed in gay Oxnard teen's slayingLos Angeles TimesToday marks 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 .
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Neo-Nazi beliefs partly blamed in Oxnard slayingLos Angeles TimesAttorneys for an Oxnard teen accused of killing a gay student at school dispute the prosecution's theory.
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As testimony got underway on Monday in the pretrial hearing for Brandon McInerney (pictured), the Ventura County teen accused of murdering openly gay classmate Lawrence King last year, his defense attorney attempted to argue that he was provoked by same-sex romantic overtures, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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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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In a plead deal that has outraged many in the DC LGBT community, a Washington D.C. teenager accused in the beating death of a Maryland man has used the "gay panic defense" and plead guilty to a lesser charge.
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Kill a gay man in D.C., use a 'gay panic' defense, and you're off scot free. Last October I posted about the arrest of 18-year-old Robert Hannah for the assault of a gay man on his way to meet friends.
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::: Movie viewers in the deeply religious island country of Samoa weren’t able to see Milk.
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A Chicago man used the "gay panic" defense in his murder trial, claiming his neighbor made advances toward him, so he slashed him 61 times.
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Last Friday, a jury in Cook County, IL acquitted Joseph Biedermann, 30, of first-degree murder in the death of his Hoffman Estates neighbor, Terrance Michael Hauser, in the early morning hours of March 5th, 2008.
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