Sentences with phrase «victim of hate crimes»

GOP Senate removed funding for a memorial to LGBT victims of hate crimes!

Elsokary thanked the community for its support, urging other victims of hate crimes to report them.

Yet the narrative is grounded, persistently, by the gritty, naturalistic elements that derive from this story — of an oppressed working class, and victims of hate crimes coming together to stand up and fight for what they believe in.

I frequently nudged students to interview people they knew whose stories were rarely told, such as victims of hate crimes and domestic violence or undocumented workers.

Above all, there is a single dimension to their protests, as when Marlene McCarty responds to the first Gulf war solely by remembering a soldier as a gay victim of hate crimes.

«We applaud President Obama for standing up for victims of hate crimes and expanding protections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community,» said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

A woman who was horrifically assaulted, bound, and had her home set on fire has been declared a victim of hate crime, say Lincoln, Neb police, who also said the woman's home was graffitied with sexual slurs and derogatory slang.

A woman who was horrifically assaulted, bound, and had her home set on fire has been declared a victim of hate crime, say Lincoln, Neb police, who also said the...

Some of the committee's findings are eminently reasonable and should be welcomed by everyone, including the recognition that trans people are a marginalised and stigmatised minority who experience «everyday transphobia», are frequently the victims of hate crimes and face obstacles in their access to NHS Services.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the creation of a New York City monument to honor the LGBT community, the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting and all victims of hate crimes.

BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams sent a letter to President - Elect Donald Trump last week requesting the incoming head of state to meet with Aml El Sokary, a Muslim cop who says she was the victim of a hate crime in Brooklyn on Dec. 3, as well as other members of the NYPD's Muslim Officers Society.

Patton Oswalt also fares surprisingly well as Mavis» go - to confidant, a victim of a hate crime that's left him physically disabled and justifiably more angry with the world than Mavis has any right to be.

A real - time electronic poll of participants also found that more than half (58 per cent) of disabled teachers say they have witnessed or have been the victim of a hate crime in the last 12 months.

HUTCHINSON: I generally avoid any adult literary fiction that features gay characters because I know they're either going to wind up the victim of a hate crime or with HIV or miserable and alone; they become the object lesson of the story or the death that motivates the protagonist to action.

If you are a victim of a hate crime, or have witnessed a hate crime, help is available through victim services and other resources.

NVRDC will host a Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow to increase high quality, trauma - informed, culturally competent, and comprehensive legal assistance available for campus survivors, identity theft and fraud victims, victims of hate crimes, and immigrant victims in DC.

It will allow people to report these crimes to the appropriate agencies and organizations and aid individuals who are victims of hate crimes.