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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 6:36pm By Chris HallFriends and family of Jorge Steven López Mercado said goodbye to him in a funeral ceremony yesterday in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. The murder of the 19-year-old López Mercado, who was found decapitated, dismembered, and burned by the side...
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Friday, November 20, 2009 - 3:00pm By Chris HallToday is the Eleventh International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the deaths of the people who were killed because they were transgender or perceived as such. What do you say about a day devoted to remembering the people who...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 3:43pm By Tim McElreavyPresident Obama today signed into law a defense bill that also expands federal hate crime law to include sexual orientation. After years of impasse in Congress, Democrats attached the hate crimes measure to the vital defense bill, thereby finally...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 7:35am By Jessica O'ReillyA report published by Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reveals that fear of homophobia is keeping lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people from working in schools and other professions. Though there have been a number of...
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Friday, August 21, 2009 - 10:24am By Chris HallIn some quarters, the "gay panic" defense is almost as cherished as a symbol of American values as apple pie, motherhood, and cheap bulk sales of steel-core ammo. To eliminate it from our justice system would be as nakedly repressive and...
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Monday, June 15, 2009 - 5:57pm By Chris HallWhat is it with transphobes and their obsession with bathrooms? Every time someone brings up the possibility of treating transsexuals like, say, human beings, the family values crowd goes screaming straight for the potty. Look at Massachussetts, for...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 2:54pm By Chris HallAngie Zapata's killer, Allen Ray Andrade, was convicted this afternoon on all charges, including first-degree murder. Colorado law demands mandatory life imprisonment without parole for murder in the first degree. He was also convicted of a bias-...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 11:38am By Chris HallThe trial of Angie Zapata's alleged killer, Allen Ray Andrade, begins in Greeley, CO today. As the first time that a murder prosecution has used hate crime laws in the death of a transgendered person, a lot of people are watching this trial. But it'...
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Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:46am By Chris HallAs we anticipate the trial of Angie Zapata's alleged murderer next week, good news in the field of trans rights is even more welcome than usual. By a 68-30 vote, the Washington House approved the addition of "gender identity or expression" to the...
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