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One of the victims of the recent string of hate crimes in NYC.

Anti-Violence Project Works With LGBT Community in Wake of Recent NYC Attacks

By Jason St. Amand | May 15
New York City’s LGBT community reacts to a string of unrelated alleged hate crime attacks that occurred in the city over the course of a week.

Man Killed in Greenwich Village in Apparent Hate Crime

By EDGE | Saturday May 18, 2013
A 32-year old man was shot to death early Saturday morning in New York’s Greenwich Village in what police are calling a hate crime.

6 Charged With Embezzling Millions From SF Schools

By Terry Collins | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Six current and former San Francisco school district employees were charged Tuesday with embezzling about $15 million in grant money from the district, officials said.

Transgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm

By John Riley | Thursday May 9, 2013
The New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and the D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) are calling for action after recent killings of young transgender women of color.

NYPD Want to Question 8 Knicks Fans in Beating on Gay Couple

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday May 9, 2013
New York City police are investigating a brutal daytime attack on a gay couple outside Madison Square Garden as a hate crime.
Nicholas Frabasilio

Hate Crime Suspect Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

By Seth Hemmelgarn | Wednesday May 8, 2013
A man accused of elbowing an 11-year-old boy and calling him a "faggot" is likely headed to a state hospital after being found incompetent to stand trial.
Brigitte Van Nice

Ex-Iowa Official Guilty in Gay Marriage Fraud Case

By Ryan J. Foley | Tuesday May 7, 2013
A former rural Iowa court official pleaded guilty Monday to forgery for filing false documents to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple from central Florida, in the first case of its kind in Iowa.
Britain’s Deputy House speaker Nigel Evans

Gay UK Lawmaker Denies Sex Assault, Rape Allegations

Sunday May 5, 2013
A senior British Conservative Party politician arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault said Sunday the allegations against him are "completely false."
Floyd Lee Corkins II

Sentencing Delayed in Family Research Council Shooting

By John Riley | Sunday May 5, 2013
A U.S. District Court judge rescheduled the sentencing of Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Virginia man who pleaded guilty in February of attempting to commit a mass shooting at the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council .
Marco McMillian

Autopsy: Man Admits Killing Gay Miss. Candidate

By Holbrook Mohr | Friday May 3, 2013
An autopsy report says a man admitted to killing a Mississippi mayoral candidate in February and that the victim died from lack of oxygen, but it doesn’t give an exact reason for the death beyond calling it a homicide.
Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

3 Men Charged in Connection With Boston Bomb Case

By Bridget Murphy and Denise Lavoie | Wednesday May 1, 2013
Three men who attended college with the Boston Marathon suspect have been charged in connection with the case.