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The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes

By Colleen Slevin, AP

The damaged Rainbow Flags on the morning of June 14.

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Rainbow Flags vandalized near Stonewall for second straight year

By Matt Tracy

Tayy Dior Thomas of Alabama was killed on May 7.

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Several transgender women killed across US in May

By Matt Tracy

Tee Arnold was 36 years old.

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Answers sought in murder of Black trans man in Florida

By Matt Tracy

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

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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

Nex Benedict.

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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

Crime

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.

Crime

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

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