Welcome to the Hate Crime tag archive on JRL CHARTS, where we report on attacks, threats, and politically motivated violence targeting LGBTQ people worldwide. From assault and intimidation to systemic failures in hate crime prosecution, this tag is your resource for truth-telling journalism on queer safety, resilience, and justice.
Explore breaking incidents, police investigations, and community responses in cities across the U.S., Europe, and beyond.
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CHICAGO, IL — (02-11-20) — Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett indicted by a special prosecutor in Chicago on Tuesday. A statement released by the Cook County District Attorney's office said the following: "A Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Jussie Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers [...]
BOSTON — (12-08-19) — Man now faces hate crime charges after being arrested by Boston police for alleging hitting another man over the head with a snow shovel and slashing his face with a box cutter while using antigay slurs during the. Police say the victim identified as 25-year-old victim Victor, who they say was [...]
MANCHESTER, TN — (11-22-19) — No charges will be filed against a teenager in the suicide death of Bi Teen Channing Smith. The announcement came on Tuesday by well known anti-LGBT Coffee County district attorney Craig Northcott. Northcott's anti-LGBTQ record explains why he won’t bring criminal charges in the case of a bisexual teenager who [...]
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — (07-28-19) — After last Friday's stabbing attack on a gay 16 year-old boy outside of a LGBT youth hostel in Tel Aviv, Israelis took to the streets to march for LGBTQ lives. The outrage came when word leaked out that the gay 16 year-old youth was stabbed by his own brother. [...]
DALLAS, TX — (05-01-19) — Gay Bar DJ Oscar Rodriguez was brutally assaulted after work at the Round-Up Saloon in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas on April 14. Rodriguez was so traumatized by the gay bashing attack that he can't remember a thing from the assault. Rodriguez was found around 2 am with a [...]