Hate Crimes

Grand jury charges four Texas teens with felony graffiti in anti-gay crime spree

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
October 3rd, 2012

FORT WORTH, Texas — A grand jury on Monday indicted four teens who stand accused of writing anti-gay slurs and other vulgar messages on vehicles and homes in an Arlington, Texas neighborhood earlier this year.

Tarrant County grand jurors returned the indictments of felonious graffiti causing $1,500 to $20,000 in damages against John Austin Cartwright, 17, Seth Stephen Hatcher, 18, and Morgen Rae Aubuchon, 18, all of Arlington. Daniel Damian Sibley, 18, of Fort Worth, was also indicted.

Nebraska lesbian who allegedly faked hate crime headed to trial

Chris Dyer - LGBTQ Nation
September 28th, 2012

LINCOLN, Neb. — Lancaster County, Neb., District Court Judge Gale Pokorny on Thursday continued until Nov. 19 the case against a Nebraska woman charged with providing false information to police in connection to an alleged anti-gay hate crime that investigators now say was an elaborate hoax.

The case against Charlie Rogers, 33, stemmed from her allegedly filing a false report with Lincoln police on July 22 in which she claimed that three masked attackers invaded her home, painted homophobic slurs on the walls, and carved them into her skin, before attempting to set her house on fire.

Gay athletic director at prep school targeted in hate crimes

Nick Wilson - SanLuisObispo.com
August 17th, 2012

PISMO BEACH, Calif. -- The gay athletic director of Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School was targeted with two vandalism incidents that police in two local cities investigated as hate crimes.

On the morning of April 26, Mission Prep athletic director Bailey Brown went outside her home in Pismo Beach to discover her car spray-painted, her tires slashed and the vehicle’s body scratched throughout, according to Pismo Beach Police Department Lt. Steve Weir.

Federal appeals court: Hate Crimes Act stands, does not prohibit anti-gay speech

Brody Levesque - LGBTQ Nation
August 3rd, 2012

CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought by three Michigan pastors challenging the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled the Act — which imposes harsher punishments for individuals who commit violent acts on individuals due to their sexual orientation — was constitutional, and did not suppress anti-gay speech.

Boy blinded in one eye after anti-gay bullying attack

SDGLN Staff
June 19th, 2012

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- A 14-year-old Brooklyn boy brutally assaulted by bullies shouting anti-gay slurs has been blinded in one eye, and his family is suing New York City for $16 million, media are reporting.

The teen, Kardin Ulysse, was called "f*g" and "gay" and "transvestite," among other slurs, as one teen pinned him down and another teen pounded his face, head and neck.

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THEATER REVIEW: “Parade” is brilliant at Cygnet Theatre

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
March 22nd, 2012

Cygnet Theatre scores another bull’s-eye with a truly excellent production of Jason Robert Brown’s Tony-winning “Parade.”

This musical about a sorry chapter in U.S. history – the lynching of Leo Frank by anti-Semitic hooligans in 1915 – is frighteningly relevant today.

A backlash set in after the South was defeated in the Civil War. Atlanta in particular was left devastated by Sherman's march to Savannah. Residents, left to pick up the pieces, harbored fear of and hatred for Northerners and other outsiders.

VIDEO: Hollywood man says he was attacked for being gay

KABC
March 19th, 2012

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Authorities are searching for three men in connection to a possible hate crime in Hollywood against a man who said he was attacked because he is gay.

The assault happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard and Yucca Street.

Police said three men approached the victim and asked him if he was gay. When he said yes, they suddenly began beating him. The suspects fled the scene when a witness intervened.

The victim was taken to the hospital, where he was listen in stable condition.

Chilean leaders call for hate crimes law after brutal attack on gay man

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
March 8th, 2012

SANTIAGO, Chile — A brutal attack on a gay Chilean man over the past weekend has drawn sharp criticism over the lack of LGBT-inclusive hate crime laws in the South American country.

Doctors in Santiago said 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio had been put in a medically induced coma while being treated for severe head trauma and a broken right leg suffered in the attack on Saturday by unidentified assailants.

Zamudio also had swastika-like shapes drawn on his chest, fueling speculation that neo-Nazis were involved.

VIDEO: Santa Barbara police investigate possible "hate crime" attack

Joshua Molina - The Daily Sound
January 4th, 2012

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Police Chief Cam Sanchez vowed to find and arrest three men suspected of severely beating one man and injuring another, in what authorities are calling a “hate crime.”

The attack occurred at 1:42 am Sunday, after a night of New Year’s Eve revelry. The suspects believed the victims were gay, which authorities believe was the motivation for the attack.

The assault was also captured on video.

“Hate crimes like these will not be tolerated and those responsible will be held accountable,” Sanchez said.

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San Diego Remembers to commemorate 20 years since anti-gay murder of John Wear

SDGLN Staff
December 12th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- To commemorate the 20 years that have passed since a local teenager was killed in Hillcrest because he was perceived to be gay, a local organization will host a small ceremony called "San Diego Remembers John Wear" on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Reports say that the 17-year-old Wear was walking down Essex Street in Hillcrest with a groups of friends on the evening of Dec. 13, 1991, when they became victims of a hate-motivated attack.

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