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 — (02-20-19) — On Wednesday, Jussie Smollett was charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false report about an attack that he claimed was a hate crime. The charge, announced by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, comes just hours after the Chicago Police Department announced Smollett was a suspect in the case. We [...]
MELBOURNE, FL — (02-07-19) — Eighteen year-old Randolph Goodwin has been arrested after allegedly threatening to blow up a gay bar in Melbourne, Florida. According to investigators, Randolph Goodwin called The Twisted Rooster located at 1220 W New Haven Ave., on January 31 and asked the person who answered if gay people drink at the [...]
LGBT POLITICS — (01-24-19) — Brazil’s only openly gay Congressman has left his job, home and country over multiple death threats. Elected three times to congress with his win last October with impressive numbers, Wyllys has left everything he owned and loved in Brazil. The news went viral following an interview published by daily Folha [...]
EAST LONDON — (01-18-19) — A London gang who launched an unprovoked attack, which resulted in a number of people being sprayed with a noxious substance, have been sentenced. Huseyin Onel, 24, of no fixed abode, but from the Hackney area, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for applying a noxious substance causing grievous [...]
SAN JUAN, PR — (01-11-19) — We are sad to report that gay trap music artist Kevin Fret was shot to death Thursday in Puerto Rico. The young 24 year-old trap music artist was killed in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan around 5:20 am according to Noticentro.tv. The senseless death of Kevin Fret is [...]