Category: hate crimes
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Family of murdered transgender woman finally get justice ending nearly 5 year wait
Rating: Transneutral, FOX 2 Detroit, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Family of murdered transgender woman finally get justice ending nearly 5 year wait Family of murdered transgender woman sees her killer plead guilty Albert Weathers pleaded guilty to killing 36-year-old Kelly Stough – a transgender woman, and leaving…
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Salt Like City police investigating series of LGBTQ+ flag burnings in homophobic attacks
Police in Salt Lake City are investigating after a number of Pride flags were set alight in the Utah capital. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, July 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Michigan Pronouns Law Declared an ‘Abomination’ by Former Judge
Michigan’s recent bill making it a felony for people to harass or intimidate someone by misgendering them and using the wrong pronouns has sparked controversy in the state, with former judge and television personality Joe Brown calling the measure an “abomination.” Rating: Transneutral, Newsweek, July 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Ohio lawmakers and religious lobbyists coordinate on anti-trans legislation
Communication on trans athlete bans, other anti-trans bills goes back years Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Police ‘assessing’ Laurence Fox Pride flag burning video
The Metropolitan Police are “assessing” a video of Laurence Fox burning a LGBTQ+ Pride flag on Father’s Day. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (Transphobic Video archive)
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‘Gender-critical’ activists attempted to protest a Primark in Lincoln. Two people showed up
Hundreds of pro-LGBTQ+ activists came together in Lincoln to drown out an anti-trans protest against Primark’s Pride campaign, which which was attended by just two ‘gender-critical’ campaigners. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)
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Mapping the transphobia/far-right Twitter nexus
The convergence between “gender critical” anti-trans activists and the far right is becoming increasingly apparent. Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak rallies are attended by anti-abortion campaigners and Sieg Heil-ing Nazis. The LGB Alliance have found a new home at 55 Tufton Street alongside neoliberal and climate-misinformation think tanks. And fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) have been leading anti-drag protests. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 23,…