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As U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill testifies before Congress today, Iraqi’s security is far from assured. Militias now targetting the socially marginalized could soon take their killing spree mainstream. From: ForeignPolicy.com – BY RASHA MOUMNEH – When my colleague and I sat down last April with Hamid, an Iraqi man from Baghdad, his trauma-induced stutter [...] From: CrimeBlog – by Jennifer Emily – A Dallas County jury just sentenced Bobby Singleton to 75 years in prison for brutally beating and robbing another man in what prosecutors say was an anti-gay attack. The same jury earlier this week convicted Singleton of aggravated robbery in the July 2008 attack on Jimmy Dean in Oak [...] If your own suffering does not serve to unite you with the suffering of others, if your own by Queer Activists – On the evening of August 1st in Tel Aviv, someone [...] From: The Washington Blade – SYRACUSE (AP) – An upstate New York man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for the hate crime killing of a transgender woman. Dwight DeLee was found guilty of manslaughter last month for shooting Lateisha Green because of anti-gay bias. The 20-year-old construction laborer is just the [...] From: GayRights.Change.org – by Michael A. Jones – What’s it like for LGBT people in Iraq? According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the current condition facing Iraq’s LGBT population can be best summed up by the title of their new report: “They Want Us Exterminated.” The report is out today, drawing light on a story that [...] From: InsideLookingOut.com – A San Francisco Muni train dedicated to the late Harvey Milk has been taken out of service due to anti-gay graffiti discovered inside the trolly. Muni officials believe the defacing took place near the end of Pride Month in June. From the Bay Area Reporter: |
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