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Two Dead, Many Wounded in Tel Aviv Anti-LGBT Rampage: Special Comment
The scope of this blog, LGBT hate crimes murders in the U.S. notwithstanding, the attack of a masked gunman on an LGBT youth nightclub in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday night merits special attention. The...
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Tampa Bay Gay Publisher Admits Neglecting Ryan Skipper’s Hate Crime Murder “A...
Tampa Bay, FL – Jon Ponder of the blog, Pensito Review, writes that Watermark publisher, Tom Dyer, counts missing the Ryan Skipper hate crime murder story the deepest regret of his publishing career....
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Protecting Wretches: Why Freedom of Speech Belongs to Fred Phelps, Too
Richmond, VA – The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a $5 million verdict Thursday against protesters from Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church who picketed the Maryland funeral of a U.S....
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The End of the Beginning: How the Passage of the Matthew Shepard Act...
Researching LGBT hate crimes for four years has changed my life. Now that the passage of the Matthew Shepard Act is imminent, I feel another sort of change coming: to my work, to the LGBTQ community,...
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Hope for 2010: A New Year’s Special Comment
As the old year passes, and with it the old decade, those of us who believe in Justice for LGBTQ people have memories to preserve, work to do, thanks to express, and hope to rekindle. The Unfinished...
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Repeal and Remembrance: Gay Military Martyrs and the End of DADT
Fallen Military Servicemembers Washington, DC – On a red letter day when lawmakers voted to end the most notorious anti-gay policy in the federal canon, LGBT servicemembers and veterans who have been...
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Suspect 3rd Century Women Put to Death in Arena: Ancient Hate Crime?
Carthage, North Africa Province – Roman authorities ordered the public execution of a young Roman noblewoman and a female slave in the arena of Carthage on this date, March 7, 203 CE (Common Era)....
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“It Gets Better” Makes Us All Stronger! A Special Comment by Dr. Stephen...
Dr. Stephen Sprinkle and Dan Savage (Unfinished Lives Project Director, Dr.Sprinkle, was an early contributor to the "It Gets Better Project"). When Dan Savage and Terry Miller conceived of the “It...
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Kobe Bryant Fined $100K For Anti-Gay Slur: A Special Comment
Los Angeles, California – Kobe Bryant, controversial star of the Los Angeles Lakers, has been fined $100,000 for an anti-gay slur he mouthed on live television at a referee. As E! Online reports, the...
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DADT Repeal Certification Friday, July 22nd, But at What Cost to LGBTQ...
Pfc. Barry Winchell's grave Both CNN and the San Diego Union-Tribune are reporting tonight that final certification of DADT repeal will take place Friday in Washington, D.C. But our celebrations are...
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Remembering Our Dead During the Holidays
Lawrence Fobes "Larry" King, one of our ancestors who received a measure of justice in 2011. 2011 was a year to remember. The stories of the LGBTQ sisters and brothers who have died among us are...
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Hate Crimes Blog Marks Quarter-Million Milestone!
Celebrating 250,000 readers and more! Many thanks! Dallas, Texas – A blog site created to change the conversation on anti-LGBTQ hate crimes hosted the 250K visitor today, marking a milestone in...
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Our Pets are First Victims of Right-Wing Hate: Response to Arkansas Cat Murder
Pet cat killed because of hate. Picture provided by Blue Arkansas who wrote: "It is included here not for shock value, but to show just how heinous some people can be." Russellville, Arkansas – Jake...
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Gay Hate Crimes Victim Ryan Keith Skipper Lives On: A Special Comment
Ryan Keith Skipper (April 28, 1981 - March 14, 2007) Wahneta, Florida – Today would have been Ryan Keith Skipper’s 31st birthday, had he not died at the hands of two reckless, homophobic men in Central...
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Hate Crimes Activist and Queer Theologian Gets Promotion
Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle, promoted to Full Professor (Phoebe Sexton photo, Cathedral of Hope) Fort Worth, Texas – By vote of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle has been promoted to the rank...
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The Outrage of Pulpit Homophobia: A Special Comment By a Baptist
Sean Harris (l), caught in the act of pulpit bullying. Fayetteville, North Carolina – Pastor Sean Harris did not make news around the blogosphere because he preaches against gay people. He should have,...
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A Prayer For the 2012 International AIDS Conference: A Special Comment
Washington, D.C. – As the International AIDS Conference convenes today amidst shocking statistics of the pandemic and hopeful advances toward a cure for this ravaging disease, the Unfinished Lives...
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Your Rights and Ours This Hallowe’en Season: A Special Comment
Dallas, Texas- In this unprecedented year of tragedy and hope, in the aftermath of the worst nature can do to many of our readers and supporters, the Unfinished Lives Project Team wishes your family...
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Honoring Queer Heritage: A Thanksgiving Season Special Comment
Dallas, Texas – Queer tolerance is original on these American shores. So, how do we honor our queer ancestors, and call upon them to aid our struggle for liberty here and now? That is what I thought...
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Gay NC Veteran Burned, Beaten, Dies: A Special Comment
Stephen Patrick White, burned and beaten to death, and his alleged assailant, Garry Gupton (insert photo). Greensboro, NC – A gay veteran of Iraq who was savagely attacked, beaten, and set on fire by a...
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