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LGBTQ Advocates Hope to Ban ‘Gay Panic’ Defense in Texas, Other States

Illinois joins California in outlawing use of victim's sexual orientation as justification for violent crime. 

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Local News

“I Think Somebody Did Something To Him”

Search coordinator fears the worst in case of missing gay UH student.    By Megan Wadding An Vinh Nguyen, a…

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Community News

Justice Delayed: One Year Later, Gay Houston Man Still Fighting for Murdered Ex-Boyfriend

On July 17, 2015, the 19-year-old Stephen Sylvester was brutally murdered by his new boyfriend, Bryan Michael Canchola.

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International News

Israel jails Jewish extremist for 6 months without trial for Pride attacks

Israel has jailed a Jewish extremist for six months without charges or trial, expanding a crackdown against militant Jews and…

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Houstonian convicted in murder of gay man

On September 4, a Houston man was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison for his part…

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Man sentenced for assaulting transgender woman

A man who pleaded guilty to pistol-whipping a transgender woman in a convenience store in Washington has been sentenced to…

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Ohio cop says hate motive in transgender slayings

A Cleveland police official says police believe the recent slayings of two transgender women were motivated by hate.

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Nebraska man attacked relative for being gay

Lincoln police say a 20-year-old man attacked a relative with a crowbar because she's gay, and investigators are treating the…

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Pa. agency owner sought hit on gay worker

The owner of a central Pennsylvania social service agency solicited his uncle to kill or harm a worker who he…

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Defense attorney wants 11 1/2 years in Family Research Council shooting

A man who planned a mass shooting at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group should spend 11…

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