Holocaust education conference to be held at USD

Christine MacNeal - SDGLN Intern | Fri, 03/19/2010 - 10:23am | Login to bookmark or comment

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will host a conference for middle and high school educators on March 23.

The conference on "The Practice of 'Never Again'" aims to provide English, history, language arts and humanities educators a multimedia curriculum on teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.

The day-long conference will be from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego.

Peace monitors needed for United for Hate Free San Diego event

L.S. Kove - DOD FED GLOBE executive director | Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:10am | Login to bookmark or comment

SAN DIEGO – Peace monitors are needed by the United for Hate Free San Diego coalition for its press conference and rally at 5:30 p.m. April 8 at the Hall of Justice downtown.

Training will be provided for peace monitors before the event.

United for Hate Free San Diego is a coalition of more than 70 organizations in San Diego County committed to mitigating hate in the community.

Peace Monitors will wear yellow T-shirts the day of the event to assist with the anticipated crowd.

UC Davis community rallies against hate crimes

SDGLN Staff | Tue, 03/02/2010 - 11:53am | Login to bookmark or comment

DAVIS – The UC Davis community is in an uproar this week after homophobic slurs were spray-painted on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center building on campus.

The vandalism was discovered Saturday morning. It was the second hate crime reported on campus in the past week. A Jewish student at UC Davis reported to authorities late last week that someone carved a swastika on her dorm room door.

The FBI has joined local authorities in investigating the hate crimes.

Austin to march Saturday against alleged hate crime

SDGLN Staff | Fri, 02/26/2010 - 11:21am | Login to bookmark or comment

AUSTIN, Texas – Just days after an alleged hate crime was reported to police, gay-rights groups and supporters will participate in an Austin March Against Hate on Saturday afternoon.

Two gay men dressed in their softball uniforms told authorities that they were attacked on Feb. 20 after they left Oilcan Harry’s, a popular gay bar in downtown Austin, and headed for their vehicle that was parked in the underground garage at City Hall.

UCSD teach-in to focus on issues of racism, bigotry

ADL urges community to reflect on problem

SDGLN Staff | Sun, 02/21/2010 - 12:11pm | Login to bookmark or comment

SAN DIEGO – The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) will be sponsoring a teach-in for students, staff and faculty on Feb. 24 to explore incidents of racism and bigotry and to discuss the importance of mutual respect and civility on the campus.

Wednesday’s programming comes on the heels of an inflammatory invitation that was sent by some UCSD students regarding an off-campus student party mocking the commemoration of Black History Month over the President’s Day weekend.

PB Hate Crime Suspects Still on the Loose

Assault Occurred Just Outside of Nick's

SDGLN.com Staff | Thu, 11/12/2009 - 12:58pm | Login to bookmark or comment

Suspects are still on the loose after participating in an assault Saturday night, near Nick's at Nite in Pacific Beach. The victims say the assault should be classified as a hate crime.

One of the victims, who wishes not to be identified for fear of discrimination at work, told the story to SDGLN.com.

"Shane" was part of a group of friends that had gathered at Nick's to celebrate the life of a coworker who had recently passed away from cancer. Shane noted that he was the only gay person at the gathering.

Thousands Gathered in London for Hate Crime Vigil in Response to Rising Homophobic Crimes

Esther Rubio-Sheffrey | Mon, 11/02/2009 - 12:53pm | Login to bookmark or comment

(LONDON) – The Scotland Yard reports that the number of homophobic hate crimes in London has risen by 18.3 per cent since last year. According to the statistics, 1,192 homophobic offences were recorded in the 12 months to September this year, compared with 1,008 in the same period last year.

EQCA Hails Signing of Hate Crimes Legislation

EQCA Blog | Thu, 10/29/2009 - 8:13am | Login to bookmark or comment

Yesterday President Obama made history by signing into law a bill that will extend existing hate crimes laws to include “gender identity and sexual orientation,” mandate FBI tracking of anti-LGBT hate crimes and allow the Justice Department to assist in hate crime investigations at the local level when local law enforcement is unable or unwilling to fully address these crimes.

EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors hailed the signing:

In California and New York, Homophobic Music and Hate Crimes Still a Big Problem

EQCA Blog, Jorge Amaro, EQCA Communications Manager | Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:53pm | Login to bookmark or comment

Musical lyrics promoting the killing of people should never be the chorus of any tune. That however, is not the case for Buju Banton, a reggae singer whose music promotes the violent murder of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Last week, EQCA asked everyone to join in and continue boycotting Buju’s concerts scheduled to take place in California. As people flock to attend his concerts and finance his homophobic agenda, a huge step backwards in the fight for human rights worldwide, the toll of crimes committed against the LGBT community continues to rise.

Equality California Calls for Strengthening Ongoing Boycott Against Anti-Gay Reggae Singer Buju Banton

Margie M. Palmer - Editor | Sat, 10/17/2009 - 11:03am | Login to bookmark or comment

(San Francisco) – Equality California is calling for strengthening the ongoing boycott against Buju Banton, a reggae artist whose music promotes the violent murder of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. At least 16 concerts in Banton’s U.S. tour have already been cancelled, and despite a recent meeting with LGBT community advocates in San Francisco—who called on Banton to take meaningful steps to build bridges with LGBT community members—he refused and has fired off a new round of attacks.

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