The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new study finds that hate crimes actually declined slightly in 2008, despite an economic recession, increasing demographic diversification, and an apparent rise in the number of active hate groups.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A horrendous murder has been committed against a gay teenager in Puerto Rico. The LGBT community has demanded that the crime be prosecuted under the Hate Crime Law. Bloggers react to this terrible crime.
Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dan Savage asks the right question: Remember how anti-Mormon, anti-Christian hate crimes totally skyrocketed in California after Prop 8 because gays and lesbians are so angry and violent and hateful and intolerant? From The Los Angeles Times: Overall number of hate crimes drops in L.A. County but crimes against gays increase, new report says Los Angeles County saw an [...]
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NPR (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
With the Latino population booming in Suffolk County, N.Y., so is anti-immigrant sentiment. Illegal immigrants see a rise in the kind of violence that took Rosario Lucero's son, but often won't report it for fear of the police and deportation. Now the Justice Department is probing whether local police are turning a blind eye.
Transadvocate Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Could Hate Crime Laws Backfire? http://tr.im/Fj9f #glbt #transgender #hatecrimes #p2
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The AP catches up with the story of slain Puerto Rican gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Over the weekend the decapitated, dismembered, and partially charred body of gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was found by the side of...
Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | yesterday
Possible Hate Crime Against Gay Teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado: " What can one say? Killing a teen so brutally – Mercado was found decapitated, dismembered and partially burned – speaks of a sickness that I am very doubtful any counseling can cure. Can you imagine that not only do you take another person’s life out of hatred, but then you go through extra steps to brutalize...
Menstrual Poetry (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On November 14th the body of 19 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was found on an isolated road in Cayey, Puerto Rico. His body was partially burned, both of his arms and legs, as well as his torso were dismembered and he was also decapitated. While giving a televised statement, the police officer [...]
Alternet (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Nor, obviously, hate crimes themselves.
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Juan Martínez Matos – the man who has confessed to brutally murdering, decapitating and dismembering 19 year-old Jorge Steven López – was charged with murder in the first degree and a series of weapons charges on Wednesday, according to Puerto Rico’s Primera Hora newspaper. A hate crime charge has yet to be filed and Martínez Matos [...] UPDATE: Suspect Charged...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters Submitted for your approval and laughter, scenes from the anti-hate crimes rally : For those who are not aware of this fact, the first speaker at .09 seconds is Scott Lively, the head of Abiding Truth Ministries. Abiding Truth Ministries is an officially declared hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and mostly because of Lively. A while back,...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Don't condone what this woman has done - but the possibility of 3 years in prison and $25,000 fine - does seem a bit excessive. Crimes should be equal. Amal Abusumayah says her hijab was yanked by a woman who made derogatory comment about Islam A southwest suburban woman has been charged with a hate crime for an alleged attack on a Muslim woman at a grocery earlier this month. Amal Abusumayah said...
Transadvocate Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
What Does Transgender Day of Remembrance Mean to You? – Monica Roberts http://tr.im/Fj6F #tdor #glbt #transgender # Utah: Becker Says Fight Against Discrimination Not Over http://tr.im/Fj76 #transgender #glbt # Could Hate Crime Laws Backfire? http://tr.im/Fj9f #glbt #transgender #hatecrimes #p2 # And if “Gender Identity” Hadn’t Been in the Hate Crime Law, Mercado Murder Wouldn’t...
Stuff Queer People Need To Know (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today members of GenderBloc, a radical queer organization on the University of Cincinnati’s campus, observed Transgender Day of Remembrance by placing white flags on McMicken Commons, one for each person who dies yearly because of hate crime perpetrated against a transgender person. The students also chalked messages explaining the flags and denouncing hate. Posted in activism, [...]
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glowan77 | 06/11/2009
June 6 is D-Day, June 14 is Flag Day and this year we will celebrate Fathers Day on June 21. These observances have long been a deep and revered part of American culture. Lookout, here comes change . June has traditionally been a month of honoring fathers, soldiers and patriots now thanks to the social engineering of Barack...
glowan77 | 02/25/2009
Appearing briefly on Fox’s Glenn Beck show Feb 23, 2009, Dutch Freedom Party MP, Geert Wilders said “we should throw out every bit of hate crime legislation that is ever proposed.” Why would he say this and why should we take him seriously? Besides being asked to leave Great Britain on his arrival there outcast Wilders is...
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