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Ottawa Drag Queen Dixie Landers Back from Attack

Andy Towle July 27, 2007

Dixie Landers, a drag queen from Ottawa, Canada, who was assaulted in May, made a return to the stage on Wednesday to a packed crowd at Helsinki … [Read more...] about Ottawa Drag Queen Dixie Landers Back from Attack

Andy Towle July 25, 2007

Pacific Justice Institute, a conservative, non-profit legal defense group specializing in religious freedom and parental rights, challenges Seattle … [Read more...] about News: Hillary Death Threat, Spock, Hurricanes, Portishead

Andy Towle July 25, 2007

Police in Scottsdale, Arizona are looking into a homophobic assault on a 27-year-old Phoenix man. The Arizona Republic reports on the attack, which … [Read more...] about Scottsdale, Arizona Sees Second Anti-Gay Attack in Eight Months

Andy Towle July 23, 2007

Two gay men were ambushed and assaulted as they embraced after leaving The Cage nightclub in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Jersey Journal reports: "The … [Read more...] about Two Gay Men Attacked After Leaving Hoboken, New Jersey Bar

Andy Towle July 20, 2007

Terry Frazier, 40, was arrested today and charged in the July 11 death of 65-year-old San Francisco community activist Joseph Konopka, the San … [Read more...] about Arrest Made in S&M Death of San Francisco Activist

Andy Towle July 18, 2007

Campaign filings show that embattled actor Isaiah Washington contributed $2,300 to the presidential campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama. … [Read more...] about News: Amy Sedaris, Iraq Filibuster, Val Kilmer, Spice Girl Fakes

Andy Towle July 16, 2007

The victim of a vicious anti-gay attack in Quebec City on July 1 has come forward, the Canadian Press reports: "Philippe, who did not release his … [Read more...] about Quebec on Alert After “Barbaric” Anti-Gay Beating

Andy Towle July 16, 2007

In a speech on Saturday in San Francisco, Elizabeth Edwards made note of the 4th of July holiday homophobic murder of Satendar Singh in Sacramento, … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Edwards Rips Bush on Hate Crimes Inaction

Andy Towle July 13, 2007

Senator Mike Gravel: Why I Wasn't Invited to the HRC Gay Debate. Gravel: "Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign announced that it will not invite me to … [Read more...] about News: Barbara Boxer, Ivri Lider, Mike Gravel, Keanu Reeves

Andy Towle July 13, 2007

A few days before the 4th of July holiday, 26-year-old Satendar Singh, a Fijian national who India-West says "won a visa to the U.S. through the … [Read more...] about Gay Immigrant Satendar Singh Killed in Holiday Hate Crime