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2 teens arrested after 5 injured in shooting

logointern1 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:10:09 +0000

(San Francisco) Police say two teens are under arrest after five people were shot and injured in San Francisco near the city’s Gay Pride event.

Police spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield says an(...)

Gay intern may have helped save Rep. Giffords’ life.

logointern1 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:34:42 +0000

On Saturday morning Daniel Hernandez – openly gay and a Congressional intern – was standing 30 feet away from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) during a “Congress on your Corner” event when(...)

Ariz. congresswoman e-mail urges moderation

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:00:14 +0000

(Frankfort, Ky.) The night before she was wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sent an e-mail to a friend in Kentucky discussing how to “promote centrism(...)

No bail for lesbian jail guard facing murder charges

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:00:13 +0000

(Hempstead, NY) A jail guard accused of killing her ex-girlfriend and uncle and injuring her elderly grandfather in a shooting rampage was ordered held without bail Thursday.

Kim Wolfe, 43, did(...)

Tenn. gay-friendly church shooter hoped attack would spur more

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:40:49 +0000

(Knoxville, Tennessee) An unemployed truck driver seething over liberalism told police he opened fire in a church last year because it harbored gays and multiracial families and he hoped others(...)

Guilty plea in Tennessee gay-friendly church shooting

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:06:27 +0000

(Knoxville, Tennessee) An out-of-work truck driver pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing two people and wounding six others with a shotgun in a(...)

Gay ally gunned down in Colombia

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:01:31 +0000

(Bogota) Police in Bogota are hunting for the killer of Norberto Salamanca, an attorney who was a strong advocate of same-sex couple rights.

Salamanca was shot four times by a group of men(...)

3 Wounded In Shootings At Gay-Friendly Church Improving

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:19:52 +0000

(Knoxville, Tennessee) Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were off the hospital’s critical list Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others trying to “make sense of the senseless.” Jim D. Adkisson, 58, an out-of-work trucker driver, is accused of killing two people [...]

Larry King Suspect To Be Tried as Adult

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:58:44 +0000

(Oxnard, California) A 14-year old charged with murder in the shooting of a gay classmate will be tried as an adult. If found guilty, he will face life behind bars. Brandon McInerney is charged with murder as a hate crime in the Feb. 12 shooting of 15-year-old Larry King in a classroom at E.O. Green [...]