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Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Will Be Treated as a Hate Crime

Queerty  8 hours ago

The murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will be treated as a hate crime by the Puerto Rico Department of Justice CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.
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EXCLUSIVE: London mayor Boris Johnson 'determined' to tackle homophobic hate crime

Pink News  9 hours ago

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said he is determined to tackle the problem of homophobic hate crime in the city.
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Westminster police promise LGBT liaison officers will not be reduced

Pink News  less than a day ago

Westminster police held a meeting today to reassure local businesses that homophobic hate crime is being tackled in the borough and that numbers of LGBT liaison officers will not be watered down.
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Homophobic bullying in schools at 'endemic' levels

Pink Paper  less than a day ago

Gay rights campaigners call on education authorities to challenge hate crime in their schools.
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Radio station helping to tackle hate crime

Pink Paper  less than a day ago

A Cambridgeshire radio station is hoping to turn up the volume of support for hate crime suffers in the county.
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Vigil for victims of anti-gay violence

Google Gay News / Bay Area Reporter  less than a day ago

Gay Socialites (blog) Vigil for victims of anti-gay violenceBay Area ReporterIn Baltimore, gay teenager Jason Mattison Jr.
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Cops in Puerto Rico to investigate Jorge Steve Lopez Mercado's murder as hate crime

GaySocialites  less than a day ago

Puerto Rico is evidently set to investigate Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado's murder as a hate crime.After rallies across the country, a call for attorney General Eric Holder to get involved and a meeting with local representatives of the American.
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Jamaica and their Homophobia is Back in the News Again

New Gay Travel Guide  2 days ago

AHHHHH.....Come to Jamaica,  Man! Tropical paradise? Not so much! Come and get bashed is more like it! Jamaica and their  homophobic attitude  is in the news once again.
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Puerto Rico To Investigate Murder Of Gay Teen Jorge Mercado As A Hate Crime

Joe My God  2 days ago

After an outcry from the LGBT community at home and here on the mainland, the government of Puerto Rico has agreed to investigate the murder of gay teen Jorge Mercado as a hate crime.
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Puerto Rico to Investigate Brutal Murder of Gay Teen as a Hate Crime

Rod Online  2 days ago

Important developments in the investigation into the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado, the gay 19-year-old who was recently brutally murdered and dismembered in Puerto Rico.
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UPDATE on Houston Gay Teen Bashing: Hate Crime Charges and Disciplinary Action

Rod Online  2 days ago

There are new developments in the case of the 16-year-old black gay Houston high school student who was viciously attacked by a group of 8 students, one of whom wielded a metal pipe.
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Reports of Violent Hate Crimes Trending Upward

Truth Wins Out  4 days ago

The FBI said Monday that reports of antigay hate crimes rose 11 percent from 2007 to 2008. The FBI survey defines a hate crime as a conviction for a crime ranging from intimidation and simple assault, to murder.
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Vigil for Slain Puerto Rican, Gay Hate Crime Victim

Google Gay News / My Latino Voice  4 days ago

NY1 Vigil for Slain Puerto Rican, Gay Hate Crime VictimMy Latino VoiceIn response to the brutal murder of 19-year-old gay Puerto Rican George Steven Lopez Mercado, New Yorkers will gather for a vigil to protest the senseless, .
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RESEARCH: Hate Crimes Continue to Rise in the U.S.

Opposing Views  4 days ago

By Federal Bureau of Investigation Hate crime has been much in the news lately, with an expansive new law put on the books just .
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Love, Survive, Organize: The Bull City Vigil for Jorge and Jason

Pams House blend  4 days ago

This is a cross-post from our lives., the blog of  Blue Devils United; BDU is the student group for LGBTQ undergraduate students and friends.
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Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Up 11 Percent in 2008. Because There Were More? Or More Reports?

Queerty  4 days ago

We're always skeptical of official numbers on hate crime incidents, since these figures rely on the crimes being reported, something that might not happen because a victim is shamed into silence or an arresting officer fails to mark the proper box.
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More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported

Google Gay News / The Associated Press  4 days ago

Society and Religion More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reportedThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — New FBI data show a sharp increase in hate crimes based on anti-gay or religious bias.
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Candlelight vigil for gay teenager brutally murdered in Puerto Rico

Google Gay News / New York Daily News  4 days ago

Candlelight vigil for gay teenager brutally murdered in Puerto RicoNew York Daily NewsHundreds of New York activists gathered Sunday at a vigil to honor a gay teenager brutally murdered in Puerto Rico and to demand his killer be .
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Protesting in Puerto Rico

Bilerico  4 days ago

I'm not sure readers know this, but Bilerico Project contributor Pedro Julio Serrano is in Puerto Rico working with the LGBT community to make sure the murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado's is prosecuted as a hate crime.
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Candlelight vigil for gay teenager brutally murdered in Puerto Rico

Yahoo Gay News / New York Daily News  5 days ago

Hundreds of New York activists gathered Sunday at a vigil to honor a gay teenager brutally murdered in Puerto Rico and to demand his killer be charged with a hate crime.
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