Hello, TEAM's human peace chain event was very successful and Westboro Baptist Church did not show up.  Thankfully, they did not show.  The event was very successful overall.  Thank you to every one that came out! We showed a message to our community that this is all about love, tolerance, peace, equality, dignity, and respect.  This is all about the communities that we serve.  There were 26 signs stating our message to the community: all about love, tolerance, peace, equality, dignity, and respect.  This is about a larger 21st century human rights agenda. I would really love to type a longer...


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WASHINGTON — Killings of homeless people have risen to their highest level in a decade, with 43 people killed last year and many more injured in often brutal attacks that are raising concerns among law enforcement officials, rights advocates and politicians, according to new data due to be released this week. The rise in killings, from 27 in 2008, comes as many state and local governments are wrestling with the problem of what to do with the growing number of people forced onto the streets by economic woes. Some states and cities are moving to prosecute violence against the homeless as a hate...


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http://www.teamthemovement.com Breaking News!!! NEWARK — The American Civil Liberties Union joined gay rights groups and civic and religious leaders today in calling for a thorough — and independent — investigation into the shooting death of Atlanta CEO DeFarra Gaymon by an Essex County sheriff’s officer. "What we have here is a situation where an unarmed citizen ends up dead as a result of what would have been a minor crime," said Deborah Jacobs, executive director for the ACLU-NJ. "Considering the seriousness of the incident and many unanswered questions, this investigation demands...


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Savannah Morning News ©2010 Entire Article Taken From: http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-06-12/police-two-marines-beat-gay-man-near-johnson-square-downtown-savannah Two Marines were jailed Saturday morning on misdemeanor battery charges after they beat up a gay man they thought winked at them, according to Savannah-Chatham police. About 3:45 a.m., a metro police officer was patrolling when he saw two men running on Congress Lane. Moments later, the officer received a call about a man at Congress and Bull streets who was lying on the ground unconscious. The officer rushed to the intersection...


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This video is almost 2 years old, but it is a stunning reminder of the crimes committed against the LGBT Community.


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(C) 2010 Associated Press.  Entire Article retrieved from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_af/af_malawi_gay_trial. By RAPHAEL TENTHANI, Associated Press Writer – Thu May 20, 8:05 pm ET BLANTYRE, Malawi – A judge sentenced a couple to the maximum 14 years in prison with hard labor under Malawi's anti-gay legislation, and crowds jeered the two men as they were driven from the court house to jail Thursday. The harsh sentence for unnatural acts and gross indecency had been expected after the same judge convicted Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza earlier this week under...


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Copyright 2010 The Bilerico Project. Entire Article Taken From: http://www.bilerico.com/2010/01/is_hiv_motive_for_a_hate_crime.php n Christmas Day, 2009, gay, HIV+ Louisiana bar manager Robert LeCompte was found dead in his club, stabbed more than ten times with "a very long knife." More than four thousand dollars was missing, and the killer(s) left a note saying that LeCompte had transmitted the virus to his killer. To date, the weapon has not been recovered and no suspects have been named. The sheriff is "99.9 percent sure this is not a hate crime," even though LeComte's HIV status was well-known...


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(C) 2010 Queens Chronicle.  Entire article from: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20421718&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574901&rfi=6 The brutal murder of a transgender woman in Ridgewood last week is sending another chill through Queens’ LGBT community less than six months after a hate-motivated assault in College Point sparked outrage and protests. Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar, 29, was found stripped and strangled in her 62nd Street apartment on March 30. On Friday, a makeshift memorial of candles and bouquets stood outside the building as a lonely monument to Gonzalez-Andujar’s...


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