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British police have arrested four teenagers over a brutal attack on a same-sex couple that took place on a London bus. Melania Geymonat, 28, from Uruguay, was left with a suspected broken nose while girlfriend Chris, who is from the USA, was also beaten up. The couple, who live in the United Kingdom, were catching […]
Tags: attack, hate crime, Lesbian, London
8 Jun 2019 /
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Police in the Australian Capital Territory have charged a 36 year old Canberra man with arson and property damages offences in relation to an incident that occurred at the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) in December. Yesterday the police announced that they had delivered a brief of evidence to the Director of Public […]
Tags: ACL, attack, Australian Christian Lobby, Canberra, car bomb, car fire, explosion, Lyle Shelton, SKY News
25 May 2017 |
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The policeman who was killed by a gunman on the Champs-Élysées this week was a respected gay rights activist who worked with refugees. Xavier Jugelé was killed by a gunman on Thursday in an attack which is being treated as a terrorist incident. He was shot and killed on one of Paris’ most famous avenues. Two […]
Tags: activist, attack, gay rights, Paris, policeman, Xavier Jugelé
22 Apr 2017 |
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Shira Banki, a 16 year-old woman who was murdered during a Pride Festival in 2015, will have a new hate crime centre in Israel named after her. Banki was killed and five other people were injured when Rabbi Yishai Shlissel attacked them with a kitchen knife during the annual Pride celebrations in Israel’s capital. The […]
Tags: attack, hate crime, Israel, Jerusalem, Pride, Shira Banki
17 Dec 2016 |
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Star Observer have reported that a gay couple in Sydney were attacked last week at a fast food restaurant by a man who was vocally celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s recent electoral win in the US as a victory for “straight white men”. The couple, known as Sam and Andrew, told Star Observer they were at […]
Tags: attack, donald trump, Homophobia, Sydney, trump
28 Nov 2016 |
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Attorney General George Brandis has clashed with Labor’s Senator Penny Wong during the Senate Estimates Hearings. Senator Wong asked the Senator Brandis if an appearance by Tim Wilson at a Liberal party event had constituted the then Human Rights Commissioner being a draw card to a fundraiser. Wilson, who is now the Liberal member for […]
Tags: attack, fundraiser, gay, George Brandis, LGBT, Penny Wong, queer, Questions, Ryan Bolger, Same-Sex, Senate, Tim Wilson
19 Oct 2016 |
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A man has been arrested after allegedly being caught putting hydrochloric acid into lubricant dispensers in a Sydney sex-on-premises venue. NSW police have confirmed that a 62 year old man was arrested after allegedly putting the highly corrosive acid inside dispensers in a room within a club. It is understood that the club in question is […]
Tags: Aarows, acid, attack, Bisexual, gay, hydrochloric acid, lube, lubricant, Rydalmere, Sydney
28 Aug 2016 |
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In Paris yesterday afternoon the office of a satirical magazine, ‘Charlie Hebdo’, was stormed by armed attackers. Reports are currently stating that the attack left twelve people dead and eleven injured. The fatalities include the magazine’s editor, eight journalists and two policeman. French President Francois Hollande declared Thursday a day of national mourning, stating that […]
Tags: attack, Charlie Hebdo, France, Islam, Muslim, Paris, prophet muhammed, same sex kiss
8 Jan 2015 |
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A trans woman in New Zealand is in intensive care after being attacked by three unknown men on Saturday. The men reportedly attacked 33 year old Anahera Rangitaawa, also known as Angel, in Palmerston North when she was on her way home from a quilting exhibition, and she was found on the ground near the […]
Tags: Anahera Rangitaawa, attack, New Zealand, transgender, Transphobia, violence
24 Jun 2014 |
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Two male members of the GLBT community were assaulted in Northbridge last month in an unprovoked attack. The two men, who wish to remain annonymous, were walking down the street together on the evening of Friday March 14 when they were suddenly attacked by two passers by on the corner of Newcastle Street and William […]
Tags: attack, hate crime, violence
9 Apr 2014 |
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