PlanetOut News Coverage: Hate Crimes & Legislation
Gore: Pass Hate Crimes Law
NewsPlanet Staff (3/11/1)
HPCA makes its official comeback with bipartisan support, and the U.S. Vice President adds his voice to the call for its passage
- but there may not be much hope.
Fort Worth Panel OKs Rights
NewsPlanet Staff (10/28/98)
Gays and lesbians have a shot at getting discrimination protections in the Texas city - and experience shows they could really use it there! No Law, But a Resolution
NewsPlanet Staff (10/22/98)
We've heard the last from the 105th Congress, who resolved against hate crimes but didn't pass the HCPA, and confirmed others but not Hormel. Shepard Sparks New Balto Law
NewsPlanet Staff (10/20/98)
Baltimore, Maryland takes the 1st place in line to pass a post-Shepard hate crimes law, while ironically the brutal gay-bash murder itself seems to have galvanized opposition to the pending federal bill. Campus Anti-Gay Violence Study
NewsPlanet Staff (8/21/98)
A shocking number of community college students not only admitted committing homophobic harassment and violence, they saw absolutely nothing wrong with it - and would probably do it again. Campus Hate Report Bill Passed
NewsPlanet Staff (10/1/98)
Pres. Clinton is expected to sign a new law that would require colleges to report anti-lesbigay and other bias crimes. CA Gov Signs T* Hate Crime Law
NewsPlanet Staff (9/30/98)
California's transgendered people now have protection from hate crimes, as the governor harvests the fruit of an openly lesbian representative's labors. Senate Panel Hearing on Hate
NewsPlanet Staff (7/09/98)
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act is under consideration in the U.S. Congress, and the Senate committee receiving testimony promises to act -- but how? WY Senate Kills Hate Bill
NewsPlanet Staff (2/17/98)
A Wyoming hate crimes bill including sexual orientation is dead now, but could rise again next year. Clinton v. Hate, House v. EEO
NewsPlanet Staff (6/25/98)
While the President issues Congress a challenge to fight homophobic and other bias crimes, Republicans respond with a challenge to his order banning sexual orientation discrimination. Violence in Greenwich Village
NewsPlanet Staff (9/4/98)
New York's famed gay neighborhood is going through disturbing changes, marked by a dramatic rise in homophobic assaults and gay-related murders in the last few weeks.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
