A Florida man has been arrested after cutting the power to the home of a gay couple and then brutally attacking one of them. Damiek Jones, 31, has been arrested and charged…
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Adult Performer Matthew Camp Woke Up To Arson Attack
Adult performer Matthew Camp woke up in the early morning hours of January 14 to find his home in Poughkeepsie, New York had been set ablaze in an apparent hate crime. “An…
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Gay Black Man In Coma For 4 Days After Late Night Stabbing Attack
A 25-year-old gay Black man in Boston, Massachusetts, was stabbed while walking home on December 18. The attack left him in a coma for four days, and fearing for his life knowing…
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News Round-Up: September 17, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • TBT: Remembering a year ago when we discovered Sitges, Spain, for the first time (above) – and it just happened to be Bear Week…
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Gay Man Beaten Unconscious Amid Barrage Of Anti-Gay Slurs
Two people who allegedly beat a gay Oklahoma man unconscious are not expected to face hate crime charges despite the victim and a witness telling police officers the assailants hurled anti-gay slurs…
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Gay Man Loses Front Teeth In Homophobic Attack Over Pride Flag
A gay man in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Taunton was attacked in his own front yard in late June for hanging a rainbow Pride flag. Tom Anderson told local news affiliate…
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Justice Dept To Launch Hate Crime Investigation In Georgia Shooting
From CBS News: The U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Georgia as a hate crime, according to attorneys for the…
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News Round-Up: May 22, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • Buzzfeed News: Mike Shultz (above), a gay nurse who attended the Winter Party Festival in Miami Beach, shared side-by-side before and after photos on…
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News Round-Up: May 19, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Joe Blizzard (above) is giving you boo-boo face over having to deal with home-gym workouts. Don’t worry, Joe, the gyms will open…
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Pride Flag Burner Charged With Masturbating In Front Of Prison Guards
File this under “Making a bad thing worse.” Adolfo Martinez is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence after ripping down and burning a Pride flag flying at the Ames United Church of…
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Jussie Smollett Indicted On New Charges Over Alleged Hoax Attack
Former Empire star Jussie Smollett has been indicted (again) on charges relating to an alleged racist and homophobic attack he reported to the police in January 2019. According to FOX 32 News,…
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Syracuse: Hate Crime Assault Results In 6 Month Jail Sentence
A man in upstate New York pleaded guilty to violently attacking a gay couple as they were leaving the New York state fair last August. Nicholas Ferlenda, 28, pleaded guilty to two…
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Iowa Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Stealing/Burning Pride Flag
Adolfo Martinez, of Ames, Iowa, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for ripping down a church’s pride flag and burning it outside of a strip club. A jury in Story…
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News Round-Up: December 19, 2019
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Hottie Tyler James has folks’ safety in mind when he asks, “Anyone need their driveway shoveled?” Is that a euphemism…? • The Hill:…
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Gay Bashing Victim Left With Severe Head Injuries
A gay man was brutally attacked on the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, after kissing another man in a bar. Christopher Haughey’s injuries to his head were so severe from the beating…
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Pride Flag Burner Found Guilty Of Hate Crime, Faces 15 Years In Prison
A man in Ames, Iowa, accused of tearing down a Pride flag from the front of a church and setting it on fire has been found guilty of a hate crime. A…