Why the Democratic governor vetoed the bill: In addition to the harms to the trans community, Gov. Laura Kelly (D) cited the bill's vague wording and said it would ban people from visiting family members in shared room located in hospitals, nursing homes, and dorms. Why it matters: The bill not only bans trans people from using the appropriate restroom, but it also bans them from correcting the gender markers on state-issued IDs and birth certificates. It will hurt a lot of trans people in the state.
A gay couple in Washington, D.C. is stuck in limbo after ICE detained one husband, a Panamanian immigrant, during what had long been treated as a routine immigration check-in. Plus, Renee Good's family has retained the same law firm as George Floyd's to launch a civil investigation into her killing, and Rep. Robin Kelly has filed articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, saying she's led a "reign of terror."
U.S. Marshals, who assisted in relocating the escaped fugitives, revealed that Charles arranged for someone to pick up the three inmates in a vehicle and transport them to the house of one of their girlfriends. She reportedly arranged a rideshare service to take the inmates to Florida from there. Police discovered the men in Broward County, Florida, where they were then arrested and returned to prison.
Three young men who lured victims they found on Grindr and then assaulted them for "Catch a Predator"-style videos they posted to social media received light sentences from judges in New Zealand, despite finding that they were all guilty of committing hate crimes. Thomas Bull, Patrick Moloney and Ethan Jeffs, who were 18 or 19 years old at the time of the assaults, were sentenced to between just 8.5 and 10.5 months home detention for the assault spree.
The findings from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, presented at a news conference in Koreatown, said there were 1,355 reported hate crimes victims in the county during 2024, a 1% decrease from the prior year. "To get a sense of the magnitude, that total represents an average of nearly four hate crimes in each day," said Robin Toma, the commission's executive director. Toma said hate crimes continuing locally at historic rates can be partially attributed to improved reporting, along with partnerships between law enforcement agencies, and community organizations such as LA vs. Hate and 211LA.
➡️ The Trump administration is not planning to observe World AIDS Day this year, breaking with both Republican and Democratic presidents since 1988. Plus, a new study shows that funding cuts could lead to millions of additional HIV infections by 2030. Meanwhile, Democrats and advocacy groups are accusing the Justice Department of ignoring hate crimes, and a Florida driver was arrested after allegedly trying to run over a LGBTQ+ running group.
The congressional representatives have written a letter expressing their concerns to Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a coalition of activists has filed a federal lawsuit seeking the restoration of the Community Relations Service, an agency within the DOJ that has provided conflict resolution services around the nation since it was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Community Relations Service staff has been reduced to one.
The congressional representatives have written a letter expressing their concerns to Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a coalition of activists has filed a federal lawsuit seeking the restoration of the Community Relations Service, an agency within the DOJ that has provided conflict resolution services around the nation since it was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Community Relations Service staff has been reduced to one.
SACRAMENTO - An alleged leader of a white supremacist transnational terrorist group called the Terrorgram Collective has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to solicit hate crimes, signing an agreement that admits the group was plotting to start a race war with the hopes of collapsing "government and society." Dante Iacoviello pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Sept. 26, just two weeks after he was charged.
Offline, there has been a surge of reported hate crimes and book bans, alongside a wave of government and legislative actions targeting LGBTQ+ rights (with a focus on trans people). Online, LGBTQ+ individuals face coordinated harassment campaigns, a rollback of digital protections, and systematic erasure from AI training data and moderation.
"When people think about safety in a city, their minds probably immediately go to things like the crime rate, auto fatality rate or risk of natural disasters," WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said in a statement. "The safest cities in America protect residents from these threats of bodily harm and property damage, but on top of that, they also help secure people's financial safety." Financial safety, Lupo explained, includes minimizing the risk of fraud and identity theft, combatting homelessness, and keeping people employed and insured.
The unit aims to provide a "culturally responsive approach" to community safety, according Mark Dapat, Peel Regional Police Deputy Chief of community safety and well-being, who oversees the centralized unit of 10 dedicated officers. Dapat said the unit will address hate-motivated crimes involving religious institutions and cultural centres, as well as those stemming from social and geopolitical tensions. 'We've been listening to our community," Dapat told CBC Toronto. "They feel sometimes during the judicial process they're lost in the system.'
The arrests came days after French prosecutors said foreign interference was probably to blame for a spate of provocative acts that had targeted Jewish and Muslim sites in France in recent years, as tensions run high over the war in Gaza. French officials have previously said they were investigating Russia's role in destabilising operations that have stoked social tensions and sown division in France. On Monday, Serbia's interior ministry said the 11 people arrested were Serbian nationals.
