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Kawaski Trawick, a gay man, was shot to death by police in his Bronx home in 2019.

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No punishment for cops in Kawaski Trawick case, NYPD says

By Matt Tracy

Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7.

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Two men arrested on drug charges in Cecilia Gentili’s death

By Matt Tracy

Bigot with box cutter attacked gay man on train

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Bigot with box cutter attacks gay man on board A train in Midtown: cops

Undated selfie images provided courtesy of the Dime Doe family show Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman.

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Man guilty in Black transgender woman’s killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity

By James Pollard, AP/Report for America

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‘We must demand justice’: Non-binary teen’s death in Oklahoma sparks national attention

By Matt Tracy

Brent Sikkema, 75, who was killed in Brazil, made a name for himself in New York's art scene.

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Man arrested in stabbing murder of NYC art dealer Brent Sikkema

By Matt Tracy

In this image taken from video provided by the Colorado Judicial Branch, Anderson Lee Aldrich, left, the suspect in a mass shooting that killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, appears in court, June 26, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they pleaded guilty in the attack. Aldrich was charged with federal hate crimes on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.

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Club Q shooter intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

By Colleen Slevin, AP

A man was attacked by a stranger at an Inwood McDonald's in early December, according to police.

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Man suffers anti-LGBTQ attack at Inwood McDonald’s

By Matt Tracy

The alleged anti-LGBTQ stabbing incident occurred at 3401 Third Ave. in the Morrisania section fo the Bronx.

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Man charged with hate crime for alleged transphobic stabbing in the Bronx

By Matt Tracy

Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, a recent college graduate, was murdered in May 2022. She had planned on becoming a physician assistant.

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Man found guilty in 2022 murder of transgender woman in Albany

By Dashiell Allen

The Utica Avenue A and C train station platform in Bed-Study, Brooklyn, is where an anti-LGBTQ attack allegedly took place.

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Brooklyn man arrested for anti-LGBTQ assault in Bed-Stuy

By Dashiell Allen

Family and friends of Sakia Gunn join LGBTQ advocates on October 28 for the renaming of a street in downtown Newark in honor of the late 15-year-old lesbian.

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Newark street renamed ‘Sakia Gunn Way’ in honor of slain lesbian teen

By Dashiell Allen 1

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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Man pleads guilty in NYC gay bar robbery scheme

By Dashiell Allen 1

Chyna Long, 30, was fatally shot at 89th and Dogwood St. in Milwaukee Oct. 18.

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Black trans individuals killed in Milwaukee, DC, and Chicago

By Matt Tracy

Jasmine Adams said she was attacked in July outside of West Brighton Deli & Grocery in Staten Island due to her LGBTQ identity.

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Woman kicked and beaten at Staten Island deli due to LGBTQ identity: lawsuit

By Dashiell Allen

A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.

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FBI report shows anti-LGBTQ hate crimes increased in 2022

By Dashiell Allen

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