The Angry Fag

News and Views from a Man Who Likes Men

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 [...]

Alabama Man Wins Lesser Murder Conviction from Using the Gay Panic Defense

Last evening Pam Spaulding posted a story about how some animal in Alabama getting a conviction of felony murder in the shooting death of Birmingham Southern College professor Sammie Speigner III on February 17th, 2005. It read the first couple of lines and I was ready to spit nails. Speigner, a 37 year-old gay man, [...]

Thursday, February 23rd In Brief - International Edition

It has been kind of a slow news day but here you go…

365Gay.Com - An Italiam drag queen is running for Parliament… and my win
Good As You - Over 3500 legal Gay Unions in the UK in two month and Marriage has yet to be destroyed
IOL - Six arrested for murdering teen lesbian
PlanetOut [...]

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, [...]

Monday, February 13th In Brief - Morning Edition

This is my first post in my new "In Brief" category. I created this one because I noted that while tagging my posts I have a tendency to not post resolutions to things and I that I leave out some items I would deem important because I cannot offer much of an opinion on them [...]

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