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A Colorado man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman has been convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.

Attacks against transgender people could be prosecuted as hate crimes under a bill signed into law by Gov.

Jury selection continues this morning in the trial of the man accused of killing Angie Zapata , a transgender teenager who was beaten to death last year in her Greeley apartment.

Former Republican congressman Jeb Bradley revived his political career tonight by winning an open seat to the New Hampshire Senate in a special election.

Local pastors do not seem as outraged by a proposed hate crime bill as the those speaking out against it on a national level.

Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Mark Kirk have quietly re-introduced the federal thought crimes bill, H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.

NEW YORK, April 17, 2009 - The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has sent a letter to the Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Salim, requesting that she takes specific measures to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iraqis and prevent hate crimes against those perceived to be gay.

On the heels of Gov. David Paterson's introduction of a bill that would legalize gay marriage in New York state, let us look back at the history that has led to this moment.

The trial of Allen Andrade, who's accused of killing transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata last summer, continues today at 8:30 a.m. So far, as noted in live blogs filed during the April 16 and April 17 proceedings, the fourteen jurors have heard opening statements from both sides, as well as testimony from witnesses, including police officers who ...

The slow process of picking jurors in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing a transgender woman will continue today, with mounted sheriff's officers patrolling outside the Weld County Courthouse just in case demonstrators show up.

Making Amends? UK Psychotherapists Host First-ever Gay And Sexual Minority Conference - One Sixth Of Therapists Still Wanting To 'cure' Homosexuality Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Conferences Article Date: 16 Apr 2009 - 7:00 PDT For the first time ever in the UK, an organisation representing the profession of ...

If you thought you had heard all the bad news coming from the Obama administration and a Democrat packed congress, you were wrong.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will vote on a controversial legislation next week that seeks to add homosexual and transgender people to the list of classes federally protected from hate crimes.

Last July, 18-year-old Angie Zapata of Greeley was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher in her own living room.

Angie Zapata's sisters Monica Murguia, left, and Ashley Zapata, fight back their tears after a vigil for their sister in Lincoln Park in Greeley on Tuesday.

"As many as 107 Tennessee public school districts could be illegally preventing students from accessing online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, according to a letter to sent to school officials by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Participants say they hope their silence will raise awareness of the bullying and harrassment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

Many gays and lesbians here have looked to the legalization of gay marriage in Iowa as a harbinger of Midwestern change.

U.S. Representative Barney Frank announced Thursday that the House Judiciary Committee will be considering hate crimes legislation, H.R. 1913, this coming week of April 20.

The state House is gearing up for a fight over a bill that would ban discrimination against gays, lesbians and the transgendered.