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Hate group leader Scott Lively was today sued in Massachusetts court by a Ugandan LGBT rights group for inciting the persecution and murder of homosexuals in their country. Many observers lay Uganda’s still pending “kill the gays” bill squarely at Scott Lively’s feet. The lawsuit alleges that beginning in 2002, Mr. Lively conspired with religious and political leaders in Uganda …

Last week I reported on the murder of gay Chelsea resident John Laubach, who was found bound, gagged, and strangled in his apartment. Police theorized at the time that Laubach had hired his killer on Rentboy.com. Today the NYPD has named suspects. Investigators believe John Laubach, 57, who had recently had a stroke, hired ex-con Edwin Faulkner, 30, and Juan …

On Friday night Manhattan resident John Laubach, 57, was found bound, gagged, and apparently strangled to death in his Chelsea apartment. Police are seeking a young man that Laubach may have hired that evening on Rentboy.com. Police late Monday released a set of surveillance photos of a man allegedly caught trying to using John Laubach’s bank card after he died, …

The bereaved and devoted parishioners of Father Richard Piffano, 37, and Father Rafael Reatiga, 35, say the men were killed by street robbers in all too common Colombian scenario. The police have another theory. Two Colombian priests who were found shot dead in the capital Bogota a year ago themselves hired the assassins who killed them, prosecutors say. They said …

No More Down Low reports on the anniversary of slain Ugandan activist David Kato, whose memorial vigil I attended and reported upon last year.

In July 2008 I wrote about Ahmet Yildiz, the 26 year-old gay Turk who was murdered by his father in what was described at the time as Turkey’s first “gay honor killing.” Ahmet’s life story has now been turned into a movie. Caner Alper, the writer and other co-director of “Zenne,” was also a friend of Yildiz’s. Alper said before …

Seattle hair salon owner Danny Vega has died after two weeks in a coma that resulted from a brutal street attack by several men. Vega’s family believes the assault was a hate crime, although the police are not investigating it as such. On Nov. 15, Vega, a prominent figure in the city’s Filipino American community, was taking an evening walk …

Teenage murderer Brandon McInerny has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in a plea agreement for the shooting of openly gay classmate Larry King. Brandon McInerney, who was 14 when he pulled a gun out of his backpack and shot Larry King twice in the head in 2008, has already served nearly four years in jail and would be …

Craigslist killer John Katehis has been found guilty in his second trial for stabbing CBS newsman George Weber more than 50 times after the journalist allegedly hired him for an S&M sex scene. Last year a jury declared itself deadlocked after defense attorneys painted the victim as a homosexual predator because Katehis was only 16 at the time of the …

Hundreds of mourners turned out yesterday for the funeral of Stuart Walker, the young gay man found burned and tied to a lamppost in his Scotland village last month. Many of the town’s 9000 inhabitants attended the service. Mr Walker’s sister, Julie called her brother the “life and soul of our family”. She said: “You were our ray of sunshine …

A 28 year-old gay man was found tied to lamppost and may have been burned alive in what Scottish police are describing as a possible hate crime. Detectives today launched a murder inquiry following the grim discovery, with streets in a nearby industrial estate sealed off as part of the ongoing investigation. Strathclyde Police confirmed the body had scorch marks …

Three women in London have died of AIDS after their pastors convinced them that prayers did away with their need for HIV medication. HIV prevention charity African Health Policy Network (AHPN) says a growing number of London churches have been telling people the power of prayer will “cure” their infections. “This is happening through a number of churches. We’re hearing …

Prosecutors announced today that they will be retrying teenage murderer Brandon McInerney as an adult and with no hate crime embellishment to the charges. A mistrial was declared last month after some jurors refused to convict McInerney as an adult. Those jurors have since formed a support group for McInerney. Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell set a Nov. 21 trial …

“We need to stand firmly and unapologetically on the hard truth that homosexuality is not a benign, morally neutral social phenomenon. It is an insidious and contagious form of sexual perversion condemned by God as an abomination. I cringe even writing these words because I know the wrath I am inviting on myself. Still, someone needs to say this boldly …

Uganda’s new minister of health claims that prayer cures AIDS. And surprise surprise, she’s also a backer of the “Kill Gays Bill” and is supported by American evangelicals. All are complicit in the deaths of any Ugandan who rejects medical treatment for AIDS. In May 2011 Dr. Christine Ondoa was chosen as the new head of Uganda’s Ministry of Health. …