ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
(ChattahBox)—The Federal Bureau of Investigation released the hate crime statistics for 2008, and the new data shows a marked increase in anti-gay hate crimes. In light of the recent passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded the categories of hate crimes to include sexual orientation, the FBI [...]
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
... crime. If Puerto Rico agrees, this could be the first case tried under the new Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. For more pictures from the vigil, visit: “Remembering Jorge Steven Mercado, a vigil”
glaadBLOG.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
... crime. If Puerto Rico agrees, this could be the first case tried under the new Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. For more pictures from the vigil, visit: “Remembering Jorge Steven Mercado, a vigil”
Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback - (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
State Sen. Steve Russell’s plan to try to exempt Oklahoma from federal hate crimes guidelines drew heavy criticism last week from state Rep. Al McAffrey, the state’s first openly gay legislator. Russell, a Del City Republican, has announced he will introduce legislation next session that will exempt the state from the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention...
JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, passed the US Senate and House of Representatives as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (NDAA). Conservative members of Congress in both instances charged that the hate crimes provision was an inappropriate measure...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... agree that it is unacceptable! Hopefully President Obama signing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law will turn these statistics around!
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... country, I’ve heard it over and over again. President Obama’s signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act last month was the product of over a decade of hard work by thousands of committed activists and advocates, here in Washington and all across America. But it’s only the beginning. If our goal is to bring an end to bias motivated violence against...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... crimes, behind race and religion. This is now the backdrop under which the new Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act comes into law. Now the Justice Department has the power to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated crimes of violence where a perpetrator has selected a victim because of the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin,...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... crimes, behind race and religion. This is now the backdrop under which the new Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act comes into law. Now the Justice Department has the power to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated crimes of violence where a perpetrator has selected a victim because of the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin,...
Feministing (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
New data from the FBI shows a 11 percent increase in hate crimes based on sexual orientation. Racially motivated hate crimes were down less than 1 percent and remain the largest category - with nearly 5,000 incidents in 2008. Think Progress points out that the FBI will now start to record hate crimes motivated by gender and gender identity due to the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... of an anti-bisexual bias. The FBI notes that with the recent passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act , it will now “begin the process of adding the collection of hate crimes motivated by gender and gender identity and incorporating them into our annual report.”
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... drop from 164 incidents in 2007 to 161 incidents in 2008.Last month, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law.The legislation is the first expansion of federal civil rights laws since the mid-1990s and criminalizes violence or attempted violence against people because of race, color, religion, or national origin.The law also adds four...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This book, by emerging author James Byrd, paints a telling portrait of the true agenda of the Green Movement. It successfully exposes the underlying agenda of collective power in the hands of the State; at the expense of the individual. Mr. Byrd creates a world of dynamic characters, their interrelations, and the societies in which they are cast. It is a powerful first book, by...
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... seen some inroads in dealing with hate violence, notably the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, covering sexual orientation and gender identity. The National Transgender Discrimination Survey , a forthcoming joint study from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality, found over one quarter of...
Jesus Lives! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From WND A former U.S. Navy chaplain who was removed from the service after he exercised his right to pray “in Jesus’ name” against the wishes of his chain of command read the biblical condemnation of homosexuality at a rally in front of the U.S. Justice Department to protest the nation’s new “hate crimes” law. Two weeks ago, President Obama signed into law the “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd...
