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Angry Catholic’s Email Threat to Gay Connecticut Lawmakers Revealed

Andy Towle March 27, 2009

Last week I posted about a Catholic man who was arrested after sending a threatening email to two gay Connecticut lawmakers. The legislators, state … [Read more...] about Angry Catholic’s Email Threat to Gay Connecticut Lawmakers Revealed

Andy Towle March 26, 2009

CNN's Rick Sanchez had Lisa Bloom on to discuss the murder of WABC radio news host George Weber. Weber met his murderer, 16-year-old … [Read more...] about Lisa Bloom Faults WABC Newsman for Not Researching His Killer

Andy Towle March 26, 2009

Cincinnati activists concerned about local NAACP chapter's hiring of anti-gay attorney. Attorney Chris Finney has a long history as an Anti-GLBT … [Read more...] about News: Cincinnati, RuPaul, Liverpool, Right Whales, Rihanna, Nepal

Andy Towle March 26, 2009

John Katehis pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and weapons charges in the murder of WABC newsman George Weber, the AP reports: "John … [Read more...] about Teen Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Murder of New York Radio Newsman

Andy Towle March 25, 2009

Gawker has posted some photos, from the MySpace profile of John Katehis, identified by the New York Post as the 16-year-old who confessed to … [Read more...] about New York Newsman’s Teen Killer is Knife-Collecting Satanist

Andy Towle March 25, 2009

George Weber, a news radio reporter for WABC whose body was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn apartment on Saturday, was killed by a teen he met … [Read more...] about NYC News Reporter Murdered by 16-Year-old Craigslist Hustler

Andy Towle March 24, 2009

Samson Deal, 22, and Kevin Petterson, 22, two Seattle-area men who were taking a spring break weekend on the Oregon coast at Seaside, were beaten … [Read more...] about Gay Couple Beaten Unconscious in Hate Crime on Oregon Beach

Andy Towle March 23, 2009

18-year-old Seattle man charged with anti-gay hate crime after confrontation on bus followed by attempted robbery. Family in attendance at capacity … [Read more...] about News: Pedro Zamora, Pakistan, Judy Shepard, Venezuela, Adam Senn

Andy Towle March 23, 2009

Veteran New York radio news reporter George Weber was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn apartment on Sunday. Police indicated they had a lead … [Read more...] about New York WABC News Reporter Possibly Murdered by ‘Male Date’

Andy Towle March 20, 2009

I was a bit overwhelmed this week by the amount of news about anti-LGBT hate crimes and wasn't able to cover them all in individual posts. So, I … [Read more...] about Blotter: The Week in Anti-Gay Hate Crimes