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Man Pushed Into Canal As Liverpool Homophobic Attacks Rise

Elle Yap | Sep 06 2021, 10:19PM EDT

A man was found in a canal in Liverpool as hate crimes and homophobic attacks rise in the city, with authorities taking a stand against hate crimes.

LGBTQ People Fear For Their Lives In Afghanistan: Report

Natalia Ningthoujam | Aug 22 2021, 11:28PM EDT

A gay man in Afghanistan fears that as the Taliban is gaining control of the Afghan government, LGBTQ people are in grave danger.

Newly-Wed Lesbian Campers Shot Dead In Utah Wilderness

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Aug 22 2021, 09:36PM EDT

The bodies of a newly-wed lesbian couple were found with gunshot wounds in the Utah wilderness four days after they told their friends that a "weirdo" was roaming around near their campsite.

Germany's Heath Minister Slams Vatican For Its Refusal To Bless Same-Sex Unions

Pooja Prabbhan | Aug 19 2021, 02:49AM EDT

Jens Spahn lambasted the Vatican for letting priests bless guinea pigs, motorcycles but refusing to do so to same-sex couples upon entering into wedlock.

Cameroon Trans Women Attacked By Mob After Being Jailed For ‘Attempted Homosexuality’

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Aug 11 2021, 10:01PM EDT

Two Cameroon trans women were brutally assaulted by a mob of bike riders in the early hours of Sunday just days following their prison release pending their appeal of a five-year sentence on...

Trans Woman Shot Dead Hours After Three Men Used Paintball Guns To Assault Her

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Aug 08 2021, 10:02PM EDT

Three men have been charged by a federal grand jury over the assault of a transgender woman in Puerto Rico, which was filmed by the offenders last year, federal prosecutors bared on Friday.

Fordham Accused Of Junking Gay Student's Rape Allegations Against Influencial Roommate

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Aug 06 2021, 01:26AM EDT

Fordham University has been accused of remaining tight-lipped about the rape of a gay former Naval training student, who was attacked by his “closeted homosexual” roommate, the son of a high...

Black New Jersey Transgender Woman Murdered in Suspected Hate Crime

Elle Yap | Aug 03 2021, 10:33AM EDT

A 23-year-old transgender woman from New Jersey was murdered on Friday in a suspected hate crime perpetrated by a 36-year-old man.

President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez

Argentina Launches Non-Binary ID Cards

Nina Siena | Jul 22 2021, 02:33AM EDT

Argentina is the first country in Latin America to adopt this gender option on identification documents.

Three Adults Arrested After Homophobic Attack Of 12-Year-Old Boy, Word ‘Gay’ Shaved On Head

Glory Moralidad | Jul 20 2021, 09:15AM EDT

Three people were arrested and charged with child abuse for their homophobic tirade against a 12-year-old boy with the word "GA" shaved into the side of his head.

Bolsonaro Under Fire For Stoking Gang-Rape Of Young Gay Man

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Jun 13 2021, 10:41PM EDT

A gay man in Florianópolis has been viciously gang-raped and tortured by unidentified assailants in a "barbaric" act of violence, drawing flak from the LGBTQ+ community in Brazil.

Gay Teen Mauled For Wearing Pride Flag

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | Jun 01 2021, 01:10AM EDT

A 14-year-old gay student in Ohio has revealed that he was hit and choked using a pride flag he was carrying at school in a brutal homophobic attack on Thursday after a video of the ordeal gained...

Lesbian Soldier Commits Suicide After Her Rape In Military

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | May 24 2021, 10:31PM EDT

A young lesbian soldier committed suicide on May 3 reportedly after she became the target of an alleged hate crime and was sexually assaulted by a military colleague.

Classmates Assault Bisexual Teen In Homophobic Hate Crime

Mary Adeline Dela Cruz | May 19 2021, 10:16PM EDT

Two high school students have been placed under two months of house arrest by juvenile court after savagely assaulting a classmate during the IDAHOBIT celebrations in their school in West Flanders,...