Trans woman comes close to death after vicious assault
A Ohio trans woman is to be discharged today after surviving a near death experience earlier this week.
On Monday, 33-year-old Candice Milligan was attacked in broad daylight in downtown Toledo by at least three men.
The men reportedly called her anti-gay trans slurs, punched her, kicked her and stole her cell phone. The assailants then fled the scene.
She was hospitalized in critical condition at Mercy St Vincent Medical Center.
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Christopher Temple, 20, was charged with robbery after he reportedly made statements about 'being at the scene'.
Milligan is recieving support from Trans Ohio and Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO).
Gay Veteran In Critical Condition From Burn Attack
A gay veteran in North Carolina is in critical condition after being attacked November 9 by a man who allegedly intended to kill a gay man that evening.
Garry Joseph Gupton, of Greensboro, N.C., is being held by police for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill, and his bail has been set for $150,000 QNotes reports.
Gupton reportedly met the victim, Stephen Patrick White, at local bar Chemistry Nightclub the evening of November 8. Hours later, the two are reported to have gone to a room at The Battleground Inn, where White was found naked, robbed, beaten, and intensely injured from fire when authorities responded to a fire alarm and a 911 call from the hotel regarding a screaming man at 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
According to Peidmont news station WGHP, authorities took Gupton into custody at the scene, as the rest of the guests at the hotel evacuated the building.
Gay veteran beaten, burned in fire allegedly set by man he met at gay bar has diedGay man's body found in San Francisco bay after week-long search
A gay veteran who was brutally beaten and severely burned following following an alleged attack in a Greensboro, N.C., hotel room by a man he met earlier that evening at a gay bar, has died.
Stephen Patrick White, 46, died Saturday from injuries sustained in the November 9 attack, according to Greensboro police. He had been in critical condition, having suffered severe burns on more than 50 percent of his body.
His partner, Alex Teal, told the Associated Press on Friday that White had to have most of both arms amputated this week as a result of the attack.
Garry Joseph Gupton is in custody and charged with first-degree murder.
Teal said White’s health deteriorated early Saturday, when he had to be put on a ventilator, and that White died about 3 p.m.
Garry Joseph Gupton, 26, a Greensboro city employee, is in police custody and has now been charged with with first-degree murder in connection with the attack, according to Greensboro Police spokeswoman Susan Danielsen. A Greensboro city employee, Gupton had initially been charged with aggravated assault with intent to kill, according to police.
The body of a gay man who went missing on Halloween has finally been found recovered from the San Francisco Bay.
Grieving family members of 26-year-old Dan Ha have confirmed the Coast Guard recovered the body on Tuesday after recieving a call regarding something floating near the Golden Gate Bridge.
Officials believe the person had been dead for approximately a week.
While the face was indistinguishable, the family said the clothes, wallet and phone matched Ha's personal belongings.
Police have yet to determine whether it was a murder or a suicide. The investigation will remain open.
'We have no reason to believe that this was a suicide. Dan has never indicated having any intention of harming himself,' says Joseph Ha, his brother, at a press conference.
Two Arrested in Calif. Antigay Attack, One More Sought
Two men have been arrested in connection with an attack on a gay man in Victorville, Calif., but police are still searching for a third suspect, who they say planned the attack.Toronto Trans Man Strip-Searched By Police, Files Human Rights Complaint
The victim, whose name has not been released, met up with a man named Ethan Walker in the Southern California desert community the morning of October 28, according to a press release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The men had been friends but had had a falling-out the previous day, when Walker reportedly asked the other man if he was gay and an argument ensued.
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Police arrested Robert Anthony Fraire, 22, of Victorville, Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder, assault, and robbery, reports The Press Enterprise of Riverside, Calif. A 17-year-old was also arrested; his name was withheld because he is a minor, and no further information was available.
Authorities have issued a warrant for Walker’s arrest. They ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts call Detective Dana Weinberg at (760) 241-2911 or offer tips anonymously at (800) 782-7463 or WeTip.com.
Boyd Kodak, a transsexual male activist who was detained by police in 2012, may see light this week on a complaint he filed against Toronto's police department and his former Miton-based jail, Vanier Centre for Women, alleging dehumanizing mistreatment.Nashville Trans Woman Found Shot to Death
The complaint has finally reached the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and will likely be settled this week. Their decision could set a precedent for the entire province, reports the Toronto Star.
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In his complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Kodak noted that officers failed to follow an Ontario law that guarantees gender-nonconforming citizens equal treatment without discrimination. Further, he is seeking undisclosed monetary compensation and an apology from police and jail officials. The dehumanizing treatment he faced, he says, has caused him post-traumatic stress disorder and inhibited his ability to function.
Currently, Ontario's government is working on an official policy concerning appropriate treatment of trans inmates. After a thorough consultation process, the policy is expected to be released by the end of 2014.
In the early morning hours of November 12, Gizzy Fowler, a 24-year-old transgender woman of color, was fatally shot in the front yard of a north Nashville residence, according to Nashville news station WKRN-TV.
Neighbors called police at 5:27 a.m. on Wednesday after hearing a gunshot and seeing an unfamiliar white Buick LaCrosse, which authorities have identified as Fowler's, sitting in the driveway of the Bordeaux-area home. Seeing lights on inside the home, which neighbors knew to be unoccupied, they called police to report a possible burglary.
When police arrived, they found Fowler deceased near the open passenger door of her car. The residence showed no signs of forced entry. Police are still investigating why Fowler was on the property.
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