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TEL AVIV — (02-20-21) — LGBT hate crime cases have increased since the Coronavirus pandemic took over the nation in 2020 as one every three hours in 2020 were reported. An astounding 2,696 new incidents of LGBT hate and violence crimes against the LGBTQ community came to a staggering 27% increase compared to 2019. The [...]
PRAGUE — (08-14-23) — In honor of Prague's Pride celebration, BelAmi Entertainment has released a public service announcement video and webpage that strives to highlight how far the LGBTQ community has come, while at the same time honoring those who've lost their lives to hate crimes. The idea stemmed from anti-gay violence hitting close to [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (05-16-23) — LGBTQ American attacks are on the rise and intensifying, according to a new briefing by the Department of Homeland Security. According to DHS, 20% of all hate crimes reported throughout the USA in 2021 were motivated by bias linked to sexual orientation and gender, citing the FBI's hate crime statistics. [...]
RICHMOND, VA — (12-01-22) — Richmond scores another perfect score of 100 for LGBTQ Protections for its third year in a row by the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) scorecard for the City’s work in LGBTQ protections. “We are working hard every day to build a welcoming, inclusive and equitable city, and [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (08-31-22) — Independent U.N. expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz reported on Tuesday, that enormous progress has been made over the last 50 years for LGBT rights in the USA but unfortunately, “equality is not yet within reach and in many cases not within sight” for LGBT communities. Victor Madrigal-Borloz told a U.N. press [...]
KAMPALA, UGANDA — (08-08-22) — Ugandan officials on Friday announced the banning of a prominent LGBT rights group. A huge setback for LGBTQ community in a country that still suffers from gay bashings, hate crimes and murder due to one's sexual orientation. LGBT Rights Group, Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug), was ordered to shut down with [...]
LAS VEGAS — (06-19-22) — Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes are surging in the USA by right wing extremist groups due in no small part to right wing media outlets spewing lies about LGBTQ people daily. In Idaho, police arrested 31 members of a white supremacist group packed into the back of a U-Haul truck who were [...]
BRUSSELS — (12-11-21) — The European Union's move to insert ‘hate crimes’ wording into its founding treaties are being called hostile acts towards member states as Hungary and Poland who currently have anti-LGBT laws in their respective countries. Brussel's is moving forward in persuading the European Commission to add “hate crimes” to one of the [...]
TUNIS, TUNISIA — (12-10-21) — Prominent LGBTQ activist in Tunisia, Badr Baabou, has reported that two men, one dressed in police uniform, threw him to the ground, beat and kicked him during an assault that police claim was punishment for his “insulting” attempts to file complaints against officers for previous hate crimes against members of [...]
LAS VEGAS — (09-13-21) — Norwegian Pop Singer FERDINAND scores a hit with his new 'Party Monsters" debuting at #1 on the LGBTQ Music Chart UK Week 37. Known in Europe as the Queer Powerhouse Anthem of 2021, "Party Monsters' spotlights hate crimes, homophobia and more. The superstar artist, songwriter and dancer FERDINAND continues to [...]