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“Gay” man shot dead in Yemen
A gunman has shot dead a man he suspected of being gay in Lahj, Yemen – the latest in a series of attacks on gay people in the country.
Dailystar.com.lb is reporting that a man suspected of being gay has been shot dead in the Southern province of Lahj.
It has been reported that at least 34 people have been killed in attacks that target gay people.
Being gay in Yemen is illegal.
The reports comes from a security official who spoke anonymously.
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Chris Brown arrested
Chris Brown allegedly punches and hurls a gay slur at man in Washington DC.
The singer Chris Brown has been arrested, after a man was punched in the face in an attacked that the victim is calling ‘homophobic’.
Entertainment website TMZ reports that both Brown and a bodyguard were arrested and charged with assault.
The alleged incident happened outside the W hotel in Washington DC as Brown was having his picture taken with two women, when two men tried to get in on the act.
The victim reports that Brown said:
‘I’m not into this gay sh*t, I’m into boxing,’
Brown then apparently punched the man in the face who was taken to hospital for his injuries that included a broken nose, which he may need surgery for.
TMZ reports that the alleged victim didn’t understand why Brown was ‘so homophobic’. The unnamed man has already hired a lawyer.
The singer’s team has denied the allegations, suggesting that the man was trying to board Brown’s bus and that the singer was trying to stop him.
In a ‘worst case scenario’ TMZ reports that because Brown is still on probation for beating Rhianna in 2009, this latest incident could see him behind bars for up to 4 years for ‘violating his probation’
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Gay activists picket former Prime Minster of Jamaica
A Dozen Activists from Jamaica protested a speech by the country’s former Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, on Tuesday night in New York.
The gay rights activists shouted ‘Bruce, you’re wanted! Unrepentant murder!’ and ‘Gay rights are human rights!’
The protesters lined the pavement outside the Harlem Institution for over an hour and received comments from supportive and non-supportive bystanders.
A statement from the National Anti-Discrimination Alliance (NADA) said that Golding is symbolic of Jamaica’s homophobic culture. He publicly announced his opposition to gays serving in his Cabinet on BBC Hard Talk in 2008 and has since made other homophobic statements.
This year there have been a number of anti-gay crimes in Jamaica, including the brutal murders of 16-year-old Dwayne Jones and 41-year-old Dean Moriah. Dwayne was murdered in July this year; he was dressed as a woman. His gender identity and sexuality are unconfirmed at this time.
In September, two men escaped a ‘mob’ of men, who became violent towards them, after a car accident in the small town of Old Harbour. The crowd assumed that the two were gay.
Dwayne Brown, organiser of the demonstration and a gay Jamaican who fled to the USA because of death threats, said he would not go inside for Golding’s speech because he feared a violent response from the audience.
The press release from NADA continued with:
‘The Jamaica Anti-Homophobia stand feels strongly that Bruce Golding must be held accountable for the human rights offenses he oversaw during his tenure, including the Tivoli Gardens Massacre and the perpetuation of anti-gay attacks.’
Watch video from the protest here
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Texan Gay Man Badly Beaten After App Hook Up
A 24 year-old man from Springtown, Texas has ended up in hospital after a hook up on the MeetMe app went terribly wrong.
Arron Keahey was beaten and brutalised by an 18-year-old suspect, after meeting up with him an hour after the two men struck up conversation on the MeetMe app.
Keahey said to ABC News8 reporter Steve Stoler that he was ‘ambushed almost immediately’ after his arrival at the 18-year-old’s address saying,
‘He started getting all frustrated and talking all angrily,” Keahey said. “I don’t remember anything after that.’
Police in North Texas are currently investigating the attack after Brice Johnson called 911 to say that he had ‘found Keahey outside his house in the trunk of a car.’
The police later arrested and charged Johnson with aggravated assault, causing serious bodily injury and are treating it as a ‘possible hate crime,’ however as the victim doesn’t remember the attack and Johnson is also saying that he remembers very little about the incident.
Keahey has broken facial bones, nerve damage and has lost some teeth. He will require corrective cosmetic surgery for his injuries.
A spokesperson for the MeetMe app has said,
‘Safety is MeetMe’s top priority. To ensure that our 1 million daily users have a safe and enjoyable experience online, we employ a variety of human and technological filters that include real-time review of every image posted to the site and a zero-tolerance policy for interactions that violate our terms of service.
‘As this tragic incident illustrates, offline meetings can carry significant risk – which is why MeetMe prominently displays safety messages to every user of our mobile apps and logged-in users of our website see reminders at the bottom every screen about the dangers of meeting people they don’t know.
‘In addition, MeetMe created and operates the website www.socialsafety.org as a resource to help users and their families stay safe online and links to it from throughout MeetMe’s website and app.’
To watch the news report click here.
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Police arrest suspect for gay murder
Police in South Africa have arrested a man who is suspected of being linked to a series of killings which have targeted gay men.
iafrica.com is reporting that a suspect has been arrested in connection to a number of murders in Gauteng and Cape Town in South Africa.
Police are investigating whether a man is connected to the murder of Siphiwe Nhlapo who was found dead in his home in Kliptown. Had been strangled and his face covered in acid. He is also being investigated to see whether he has connections to the murders of eight other gay men.
The man had evaded arrest for over a year, but on the 19th August 2013 was arrested for another crime, a hijacking in Dobsonville.
He will appear at the Protea Magistrate’s court on Monday.
A report by the Human Rights First organisations said that the, ‘day-to-day reality for many LGBTI individuals remains grim due to the ongoing harassment, intimidation, and violence motivated by a sexual orientation or gender identity bias.
‘Openly gay men and women—as well as human rights defenders working to promote the rights of LGBTI individuals—have been targeted across the country due to their visibility.’
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Russian Gay Teenager Tortured By Anti-Gay Group Believed To Have Died
Gay Teenager Tortured by Russian Anti-Gay Group believed to have died.
- Teenager was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by Russian neo-Nazis
- Spectrum Human Rights Alliance (SHRA) say he died from injuries caused by his torture
- Victim was forced to come out to parents and soaked with urine.
TheGayUK recently reported that gay teens were being tortured anti-gay groups who used personal ads on popular social networks to lure their victims. According to SHRA, Dr. Valentin Degtyarev, MD, who closely monitors infamous Neo Nazi group “Occupy Pedofilyaj” reports the victim shown in the pictures has died from numerous tortures against him. TheGayUK has censored the picture.
The SHRA also claims that no arrests or charges have been filed against any of the men in the picture. The identity of the victim in the photo has yet to be verified, so we’re unable to validate the claim.
The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance is a leading international organization devoted to human rights advancement on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression in Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and former Soviet Union countries.
The SHRA also reports that an activist Artem Gorodilov who dared to stand-up to the gang, was kidnapped in the middle of the night and taken a local cemetery in Kamensk-Uralsk. He was brought the grave of another alleged victim of this group, who later committed suicide, a point the kidnappers were pleased to point out. He was tortured and bullied for being gay and spreading gay propaganda.
‘Eventually this Nazi group dismantled a huge wooden cross from one of the graves nearby and made Mr. Gorodilov to run with it for his life while being chased by their car. This incident caught attention of the local branch of the Russian Orthodox church who thought that the Nazi group displayed a disrespect to the Holy Cross and offended feelings of their believers thus the church representatives complained to the police. As a result, these Nazi group was brought by the police for questioning and immediately released,’ a statement from the SHRA reads.
In June, President Putin signed into law a bill that could see both nationals and international visitors promoting “non-traditional relationships” to anyone under 18 face hefty fines and prison.
A mass protest is due to take place this Saturday in London to demonstrate against the violations against LGBT people in Russian.
Over 3000 people have signed up to protest near the Russian Embassy in London.
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Boy, 16, arrested in connection to ‘homophobic attack’ in Reading
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a homophobic attack in Reading last week.
Thames Valley police have released a statement which confirms that one 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a homophobic assault which happened in the early hours on Sunday 21st July in Cintra Park, Reading.
The two gay men were walking through the park just after midnight after spending the evening at a barbeque, when they were set upon by a gang of youths, beaten and one of the men robbed of cash and cards.
The boy from Reading, was released on police bail until 20th August.
PC Nick Hook of Reading Local CID, is calling for help from anyone who may have seen the attackers, who are described as youths aged 15-20, some of them are described as being stripped to the waist.
One was a white male of slim build approximately five ft with short dark hair and wearing no top. Another was a white boy of slim build, aged about 15, and about five ft with short dark hair, wearing long trousers and no top. A third boy was white, of slim build aged about 16 with dark hair, wearing dark tracksuit trousers and a top.
He said: “We are investigating the incident as a homophobic hate crime which has left the victims understandably shaken.
“This incident is being treated extremely seriously. We will not tolerate hate crimes in our community and will be making every effort to track down and bring to justice those responsible.”
Call the police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Russian thugs allegedly post fake personal ads to torture teens
Neo Nazi groups in Russia are allegedly creating fake personal ads to tempt gay teens on dates;only to bully, attack and torture the unsuspecting victims.
Gay Community News is reporting that Russian Neo-Nazi groups are posting fake personal profiles on the popular Russian VK.com website, which is a social network, in order to lure unsuspecting gay teens for dates, except when they arrive they are beaten and tortured, often in public places.
The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance (SHRA), an Eastern European LGBT advocacy organisation reports that over 500 groups have been created on the VK.com website, with the aim to organise anti-gay vigilante style groups in cities across Russia.
The reports states:
“These self-proclaimed “crime fighters” perform their actions under the broad day light, often outside and clearly visible to general public that indifferently passes by or even commend them. Video recordings of bullying and tortures are freely distributed on the Internet in order to out LGBT teens to their respective schools, parents and friends. Many victims were driven to suicides, the rest are deeply traumatized.”
The SHRA also notes that the Russian police have taken no action against these vigilantes – even though it’s against Russia’s criminal code.
The report also states that:
Social network VK.com intermittently shuts down selected groups and profiles only to allow them to be re-open on the next day.
The found of VK.com Pavel Durov has not released a statement about the creation of these groups.
This report comes just weeks after President Putin signed a law, which prevents the ‘promotion’ of a homosexual lifestyle to anyone under the age of 18.
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Two men robbed in ‘homophobic attack’ in Reading
Two men in Reading have been beaten and robbed after a homophobic attack in local park by a gang of youths.
The two men, who have not been named, were in Cintra Park in Whitley at 12:04am after spending the evening at a barbeque when they were set upon by a large gang of youths, who shouted abuse, kicked and punched them before robbing one of the men.
PC Nick Hook of Reading Local CID, is calling for help from anyone who may have seen the attackers, who are described as youths aged 15-20, some of them are described as being stripped to the waist.
One was a white male of slim build approximately five ft with short dark hair and wearing no top. Another was a white boy of slim build, aged about 15, and about five ft with short dark hair, wearing long trousers and no top. A third boy was white, of slim build aged about 16 with dark hair, wearing dark tracksuit trousers and a top.
He said: “We are investigating the incident as a homophobic hate crime which has left the victims understandably shaken.
“This incident is being treated extremely seriously. We will not tolerate hate crimes in our community and will be making every effort to track down and bring to justice those responsible.”
Call the police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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FRANCE: 18-Year-Old Gay Rights Champion Left Brain Dead After ‘Skinhead’ Attack.
Clément Méric, an 18-year-old student and well known gay rights activist in Paris was violently attacked by a group of three ‘far-right skinheads’, including one women near the Saint-Lazare train station on Wednesday evening, the Local is reporting.
Four arrests have been made in connection to the attack including the individual suspected of delivering the final blow to Méric’s head in Wednesday’s attack.
The Local also reports that at least one of the attackers wore knuckle-dusters according to initial reports.
An eyewitness, named only as Aurelia, described to French journalists the horrendous scene she had witnessed.
“I was out doing some shopping, when I found myself face to face with the attackers,” who she told reporters had shaved heads and wore leather jackets.
“I saw the young man falling, and his head hitting a bollard. There was blood coming out of his ears and nose, and then he went into convulsions.”
“He had a huge lump at the back of his head, and his face was covered in blood,” she added.
Anti-gay crime has soared in the last few months, as France became the 14th nation to equalise same-sex marriages.
In April a gay dancer, Raphaël Leclerc was beaten unconscious in Nice, and Wildred de Brujin was attacked in Paris. Also in the same month four people were detained by police on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a gay bar in the French city of Lille.
A vigil will take place this evening for the victim.
