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April 19, 2013
Young man assaulted and injured on a Jerusalem bus for being gay

A young man from Jerusalem, Israel was verbally abused and brutally assaulted on a night bus for being gay, while passengers and security stood by and did not intervene

A young gay man was attacked on a Jerusalem night bus, receiving facial injuries.

The youth in his early twenties went out with friends in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital and making their way back home return on a night bus.

The youth, who prefers to remain unnamed, recounted to daily Yediot Yerushalaim: ‘Three friends and I got on and sat at the back of the bus chatting.

March 12, 2013
Hundreds stage 'kiss in' at mall where gay couple was kicked out for holding hands, kissing

Mall officials cooperate and say they are taking a look at their sensitivity training

About 250 people showed up at a shopping mall in California over the weekend to publicly show some same-sex affection - and to make a point.

March 6, 2013
'Kiss In' protest planned at California mall where gay couple says they were singled out

Mall officials maintain couple was involved in 'sexually explicit conduct' when reprimanded by a security guard

A California shopping mall where a gay couple says they were singled out for kissing and holding hands will be the site of a 'Kiss In' protest on Saturday (9 March).

There has been growing public support for Daniel Chesmore and Jose Guzman who were shopping at Westfield Galleria in Roseville last week when they were reprimanded by a security guard.

Organizers say the 'gay peace protest' will take place at 11 am PST.

March 6, 2013
Gay California couple asked to leave shopping mall for showing affection

Guard claimed 'any couple' holding hands or kissing would be reprimanded

A gay couple says a security guard at a California shopping mall reprimanded them and asked them to leave after he saw them holding hands and kissing.

Daniel Chesmore and Jose Guzman were shopping at Westfield Galleria in Roseville, California on 2 March when the incident occurred.

'I feel like we’re always treated differently because we’re gay,' Guzman told Fox station KTXL in Sacramento. 'It makes me sad.'

February 8, 2013
Family Research Council shooter pleads guilty, shooting plan revealed

Floyd Lee Corkins II has pleaded guilty to three felonies, while court documents published online revealed his plan to target a second right wing organization if he had not been stopped at the first

Family Research Council shooter Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, pleaded guilty to three felonies on Wednesday, while federal court documents published by the Washington Post have revealed that he planned to attack further right wing organizations had he not been stopped by security guard Leonardo Johnson.

January 29, 2013
Gay couple attacked after guard called them 'faggots'

A gay couple have claimed a SPAR Ireland security guard called them 'faggots' after they kissed

A gay couple have claimed they were attacked at a grocery store in Ireland.

Robbie Lawlor and his boyfriend Emmett Daly said they had gone for a few drinks together at a gay bar in Dublin on Sunday night (27 January).

They went to get a late night snack from a Spar Ireland on Dame Street at 3.30am, where they kissed.

Writing on Facebook, Lawlor claims: ‘The security guard then came over to us and told us to “take it back into the George you faggots”.

September 4, 2012
Bodyguard to protect priest from 'forces of evil' supporting gay marriage

Reverend Anthony Evans says he need protection from the 'forces of evil' that support gay marriage which he opposes

The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), an organisation of African-American churches, has announced they are taking security measures to protect their chair, Reverend Anthony Evans.

The organisation made this decision on Sunday (2 September) following last month’s shooting of a security guard at the offices of the anti-gay Family Research Council in Washington, DC.

August 24, 2012
Gay rights group hits out after US shooting

GLAAD president condemns anti-gay stance of FRC and NOM

Herndon Graddick, the president of the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has hit out at anti-LGBT organizations following the shooting at the Family Research Council's (FRC) headquarters last week.

Writing in the Huffington Post, GLAAD’s President Herndon Graddick said: ‘The shooting that took place at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Family Research Council last week was a tragedy. The security guard who apprehended the shooter is a hero.

‘The actions of anti-gay groups in the aftermath have been nothing short of reprehensible.’

August 18, 2012
Anti-gay evangelist threatens rights group with $100million lawsuit

Bill Keller, internet evangelist, is suing Southern Poverty Law Center for not taking his ministry of their 'hate list'

A US anti-gay internet evangelist is planning to sue civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for describing him as a ‘hate group leader’.

Bill Keller is suing the SPLC for $100million (£63.72m, €81.16m) if it does not take him and his ministry LivePrayer.com off its ‘hate group’ list.

The evangelist also agreed with the Family Rights Council who blamed the civil rights group for the shooting of a security guard at FRC headquarters this week.

August 16, 2012
Guard shot at anti-gay Family Research Council headquarters

LGBT organizations are quick to denounce Washington DC shooting

A security guard was shot in the arm at the offices of the anti-gay Family Research Council in Washington DC on Wednesday (15 August).

The gunman may have disagreed with the organization's socially conservative views, according to various reports.

DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier told the Washington Post that the man was confronted by the guard at 10:45 am.

August 16, 2012
Man charged in Family Research Council headquarters shooting identified

Floyd Lee Corkins II is LGBT center volunteer who had 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in his bag

Details emerged Thursday (16 August) about the man charged with shooting and wounding a security guard at the offices of the conservative lobbying group Family Research Council in Washington DC.

The suspect is Floyd Lee Corkins II who was a volunteer at a local LGBT center. He reportedly had 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in his bag at the time of the shooting and before pulling out a gun, he allegedly said to the guard something to the effect of 'I don't like your politics.'

May 27, 2012
Colombia grants gay couples right to express affection publicly

Ruling comes after two gay men were escorted out of a Cali mall for kissing in public

Colombia’s constitutional court has ruled the government cannot restrict gay couples’ right to express affection in public.

The ruling comes after two men were forced to leave a Cali mall when a security guard found them kissing in public.

The court decided the incident was in violation of the couple’s human rights.

The judge stated in his ruling the security guard's actions showed ‘discrimination that only affected gay couples.’

March 16, 2012
No Pride in Eastern Europe

We interview Australian filmmaker Logan Mucha about his  gay rights in Eastern Europe documentary, showing at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival tomorrow

The ‘dire’ plight of gay activists in Belarus, where there is no protection of LGBT rights at all, is the subject of a documentary, East Bloc Love, showing at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival tomorrow.

Gay Star News speaks to Australian filmmaker Logan Mucha about why he decided gay rights in Eastern Europe should be the focus of his first feature film, what happened when activists tried to hold a Pride march in Belarus and how the KGB are trying, unconvincingly, to infiltrate gay rights groups.