Violence, Hate Crimes and Safety

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (507+ words) With sectarian forces increasingly seeking to divide us, we must come together to fight for security, fairness and tolerance The story is well known. In 1936, disparate communities came together to block the far right from marching – Jewish residents, Irish dockers,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (183+ words) In the cities of Unna and Hagen in western Germany, special forces detained a German citizen and two Syrian citizens. They are suspected of planning a terrorist attack. The operation was carried out on October 1 in cooperation with the state…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (367+ words) “If I was straight and white, it would be different.” That is what one gay Latino sexual assault survivor told researchers when explaining why he never reported what happened to him. His words became the title of a new peer-reviewed…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (453+ words) LGBTIQA+ Victorians will have a dedicated pathway to report experiences of discrimination, vilification, sexual harassment and hate speech through an upgraded Community Reporting Tool operated by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. Victorian Minister for Equality Steve Dimopoulos…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (71+ words) ‘Behind the Mask’ event at Koger Center offers safe space for women WIS News 10 ‘Behind the Mask’ event at Koger Center offers safe space for women Former Fairfield County superintendent honored through affordable living for teachers Multi-state ‘Saturday Night Fever…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (392+ words) Victims should never feel like an afterthought - their voices matter and we're making sure they are heard. Labor is giving LGBTIQA+ Victorians better pathways to safely and confidentially report vilification and discrimination. Minister for Equality Steve Dimopoulous and Attorney General…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (907+ words) As hate crimes against the LGBTQIA+ community rise, Victoria has introduced a new and simple way to report what’s happening that doesn’t involve going to the police: the Community Reporting Tool (CRT). “If you can’t name it or count it,…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (47+ words) News@Wilkes Preventing Sexual Violence and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities with Jacob Kelley September 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm LGBTQIA college students experience sexual violence at disproportionately higher rates than their heterosexual and cisgender peers and...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (143+ words) click2houston.com 2 hurt in fire at historic LGBTQ+ bar Two people are hospitalized after a fire damaged Robert’s Lafitte, a historic LGBTQ+ bar in Galveston. The fire started in a shed next door before spreading to the business, officials say. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (487+ words) California's new AB 435 will require children ages 8 through 15 to pass a five-step seat-belt fit test or remain in a booster seat beginning in 2027....