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Mercado's murderer 'not fit' to stand trial: Is Matos faking it?

Jorge Steven Lopez-Mercado's murderer, Juan Martinez-Matos, who was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation earlier this month for the savage slaying of Lopez-Mercado who was openly gay, has been deemed 'not...

Hate Crimes Spike: Religion, Race, Sexuality are Main Targets

"Conservative religious leaders were some of the sharpest opponents of the federal legislation passed in October that expanded federal hate crimes law to include protections for homosexuals." Here are some interesting statistics about hate crime in the US. Now, I am undecided...

Hundreds attend NYC vigil for slain gay teens Mercado & Mattison

Hundreds attended a NYC vigil yesterday for slain gay teens Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason Mattison, Jr. According to Boy in Bushwick, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, City Council-member...

Baltimore Gay Teen murdered by ex-con Dante Parrish

A fifteen year-old Baltimore gay teen was murdered by ex-con and 'family friend', Dante Parrish. Parrish, who was released early from prison under the Innocence Project, served only 10 years of an original 30-year...

Mercado's killer identified, "homosexual panic" likely defense

A suspect arrested in the murder of gay Puerto Rico teen George Steven Lopez Mercado has been identified as 26-year-old Juan Antonio Martinez Matos, a father of four who is likely to use "homosexual panic" as a...

Suspect arrested in murder of gay Puerto Rican teen

A suspect in the horrific murder of gay teen, nineteen year old George (Jorge) Steven Lopez Mercado, whose body was found November 14, decapitated, dismembered and burned in Caguas, Puerto Rico has been arrested....

Gay teen decapitated, dismembered and burned in Puerto Rico

Gay teen, nineteen year old George (Jorge) Steven Lopez Mercado, was found November 14th decapitated, dismembered and burned in Caguas, Puerto Rico. "On November 14 the body of a gay 19 year old was found a few...

Chris Skinner Killers , Please turn your self in !

Openly Gay Toronto Resident Christopher Skinner was Torontos 43rd murder for 2009 , 3 to 4 guys beat him up then ran him over with the Large Black SUV they were riding in ( Oct 18 ) he died a short time later in hospital We need to reach out to the guys responsable for Chris...

Pelosi: Health Care Rhetoric Reminiscent of 1970s San Francisco

On Thursday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed concerns that the angry rhetoric over the President's Plan for Health Reform is reminiscent of the rhetoric over Gay Rights that occurred in San Francisco in the...

'Agents of Change' Receive 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom

In a ceremony held today in the East Room of the White House, President and Mrs. Obama participated in a ceremony for the 2009 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama presented the 2009...

Femicide and Hell for Women in Guatemala

In Central America's Guatemala women are being 'punished' for their gender every day. Women are raped, tortured, mutilated and brutallly killed on a daily basis, as their perpetrators enjoy widespread impunity....

Israel's leaders stress tolerance after gay youth center attack

In the wake of a shooting at a Tel Aviv gay youth center, Israel's leaders stress tolerance after a masked gunman sprayed bullets into the basement meeting room at the center and local police pressed a manhunt for...

Shooting at Cafe Noir, Gay Club in Tel Aviv, Leaves 3 Dead

A shooting has taken place at Cafe Noir, a gay hangout in Tel Aviv, that leaves three people dead and about fifteen injured; six of the wounded are very badly hurt. Police are saying that most of the victims are...

Jay Phillips Fights Attackers in Racial Attack in Courtenay, BC

Three men have been charged with assault after a racially motivated attack on a black man in Courtenay BC was caught on video and posted to YouTube. The video shows three white men attack a black man while...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

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