bias crimes
October 24, 2005
Daily Record Gets It Right
A resident of Long Hill Township was charged with a bias crime when he placed an anti-marriage equality bumper sticker on Gina Genovese's bumper. Genovese is an openly-gay member of the township council.
September 8, 2005
Former Student Alleges Bullying at Holmdel High
A former student at Holmdel High School has filed suit alleging that she was verbally and physically abused because she is a lesbian and that school authorities failed to stop it.
May 23, 2005
Hate Crimes Bill to Be Reintroduced in Congress
A new attempt to pass legislation to make crimes of bias against members of the LGBT community a federal crime will be introduced in Congress this week.
April 22, 2005
Newark Teen's Murderer Receives 20 Year Sentence
NEWARK — A 30 year old man has has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the murder of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year lesbian stabbed in a homophobic attack as she waited for a bus in in Newark in 2003.
March 4, 2005
Newark Man Pleads Guilty in Lesbian Teen's Death
NEWARK, NJ — A 30 year old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year lesbian stabbed in a homophobic attack as she waited for a bus in 2003....February 17, 2005
Charges Dropped Against Philadelphia Anti-Gay Demonstrators
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge Thursday dismissed charges against four evangelicals who disrupted Outfest last fall....February 8, 2005
PA GOP Attempts Gay Hate Crime Repeal
HARRISBURG — A bill has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature to remove several classifications including gays, lesbians, and the transgendered from the state's hate crimes law....October 29, 2004
Judge Orders Texas Company to Stop Outing Threats
ST. JOSEPH, MO — A judge has ordered a Texas company to stop sending email masquerading as freedom of information requests to Missouri schools after some administrators were threatened with outing....October 29, 2004
ACLU Files GLBT Teen Bullying Suits
WASHINGTON, DC — The ACLU is battling school districts in two states alleging they are systematically targeting LGBT students for abuse....October 8, 2004
GOP Kills Federal Hate Crime Protection
WASHINGTON, DC — The Republican leadership late Thursday killed amendments to federal hate crime laws that would have protected gays and lesbians....August 1, 2004
NJ School Board Liable for Gay Student Harassment
TRENTON, NJ - A ruling by the state's top civil rights official is expected to hold school administrators to standards similar to those that employers must enforce in the workplace....July 6, 2004
Secaucus Gay Couple Sues Fire Department Over Harassment
Two gay men who claim they've been harassed by members of the volunteer fire department for the last three months have filed a civil suit against the department and the town....June 19, 2004
US Senate Passes Comprehensive Hate Crimes Bill
Passing the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act today by an overwhelming 65 to 33 bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate took an important step toward giving law enforcement the tools they need to investigate and prosecute hate crimes. The bill...June 17, 2004
Asbury Park School Board Member Attacks Gay Board President
Reinstated Superintendent Antonio Lewis was back at his first school meeting in six months last night after winning every decision by judges and the state education commissioner who agreed Lewis was wrongly removed by a former Board of Education...May 12, 2004
Newark Rally Marks Teen Lesbian's Death
Sakia Gunn is not forgotten. Tuesday night close to 200 people held a vigil at the spot where the 15-year-old lesbian was brutally stabbed one year ago. Earlier in the day, schools throughout the city held a minute of...May 6, 2004
Police, AG Investigate Secaucus Anti-gay Harassment
A gay couple who live next door to a Secaucus firehouse are alleging that volunteers hurled anti-gay epithets, dirty condoms, rocks, and death threats at them during the past few months - claims that the police, Hudson County prosecutor,...
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