High school homophobic bullying victim kills classmate
One New York City high school student is dead and another in hospital after a classmate reportedly snapped after being continually bullied. Abel Cedeno, 18, is accused of stabbing Matthew McCree, 15, and Ariane Laboy, 16, at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation on Wednesday, leading to McCree’s death. Cedeno has been charged with […]
American tragedy | College student gets 10 years in jail for not disclosing HIV status
A 25-year-old American student has accepted a plea deal of 10 years in prison for not telling his sexual partners that he was HIV positive. Michael Johnson was first sentenced in 2015 to 30 years in prison for the offence before an appeals court threw out the conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct. The original trial, […]
Total erasure | Indonesia set to ban all LGBT content on TV
Adding to the growing repression of LGBT people in Indonesia, the country is planning to completely ban all LGBT characters on television. According to The Jakarta Post, the House of Representatives is likely to approve a broadcasting bill that will erase the representation of LGBT people and issues from television. Lawmakers have thrown their weight behind […]