Witnesses Needed in Beating of Man at West Hollywood Bar by Staff and Police
Normally I would never do what I am about to do in this entry, which is directly copy another blogger’s entry and post it here, but in this rare case I will do so because of nature of the post I feel that it is extremely important to get word of this out so potential [...]
Yet Another Attack on a Gay Man by Military Members
Yet another case of homophobic violence perpetrated by members of the US Military has made headlines again. This time it was five soldiers ganging up on a gay man and beating him severely outside a bar in Georgia on Sunday and then leaving him barely conscious and laying in his own blood. Police picked up [...]
Federal Court Denies Henderson Appeal in Matthew Shepard Murder
The Washington Blade is reporting the a federal judge has denied Russell Henderson’s request for a review of his case. On October 6th, 1998, Henderson, along with Aaron MicKinney, kidnapped, robbed, beat and then tied Matthew Shepard to a fence near Laramie, Wyoming, and left him for dead. Shepard was still alive when a cyclist, [...]
New Jersey Gay Rights Figure Laurel Hester Dies
Laurel Hester, the lesbian cop in New Jersey who was at the center of a horrendous fight against five heartless Republicans, died yesterday at the age of forty-nine. Hester was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year and began a fight that lasted months to secure transfer of her benefits to her wife, Stacie Andree. [...]
Fox News Shows Supposed al Aqeda Target Being Destroyed During Coverage of Bush’s Press Conference
I largely chose to ignore Bush’s whole self-congradulatory masturbation fest of "we thwarted an attack on LA going on four years ago!" mostly because I do not believe it due to certain things like the timing of the announcement coinciding with criticism of his illegal spying program, the fact he neglected to tell the Mayor [...]
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