All Posts Tagged With: "hate crime"

Reports of homophobic crimes rise in London

Sam Jones – guardian.co.uk The number of reported homophobic crimes in London has increased by nearly a fifth over the past year, figures from Scotland Yard reveal. The news comes as police hunting the killers of a gay man who died after being attacked in London made three arrests. According to the statistics, 1,192 homophobic [...]

18Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Venezuela ‘silent’ on hate crimes rise

By Will Grant BBC News, Caracas In a city where about 40 murders take place every weekend, it may not come as a big surprise that four prostitutes have been killed on the same stretch of road in Caracas in recent months. But when you find out that all four were transsexuals or transgender, it [...]

3Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Tasmanian take on transgender issues

by Şafak Timur – Hurriyet Daily News ISTANBUL -They are often in the media when they are arrested for prostitution, beaten by a client or police, or worst of all when they are victims of a hate crime. But this time transgender people living in Istanbul are on camera to talk about themselves and their [...]

11May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Man gets more prison time in transgender slaying

DENVER (AP) — A man convicted last month of murder and a hate crime in the slaying of a transgender Colorado woman has received another 60 years in prison after being found a “habitual criminal.” Allen Andrade of Thornton was convicted of beating 18-year-old Angie Zapata to death with a fire extinguisher July 17 after [...]

9May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexual Michelle helps fight crime

Laura Kemp, WalesOnline MOST police forces use handcuffs to enforce the law but Welsh cops have recruited a transsexual in heels and lipstick to fight crime. Brunette Michelle – who was born male and called Mark – is training Dyfed Powys police officers to combat and raise awareness of transgender-phobic violence. She contacted the force [...]

3May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gregoire OKs transgender hate-crime protection

By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer OLYMPIA — The same day a Colorado man became the first in the nation to be convicted of the hate-crime murder of a transgender person, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a law paving the way for similar kinds of prosecutions in Washington. Senate Bill 5952 added “transgender” to the definition [...]

24Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender murder trial could spark national conversation

reported and written by: Cheryl Preheim and: Dan Boniface WELD COUNTY – The prosecution says it is a hate crime against a transgender woman. The defense is expected to argue it was justified because the accused was misled about the victim’s sexuality. Angie Zapata was 18 years old when she was brutally killed in Greeley [...]

14Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Zapata: Gender issues to define trial

By Monte Whaley The Denver Post GREELEY — Defense lawyers this week are likely to argue that Angie Zapata was killed because she finally unveiled her true self to the man she was dating. Allen Andrade went out with the 18-year-old Zapata and received oral sex from her last summer. But when Andrade discovered Angie [...]

12Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued