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ON THE SANCTITY OF QUEER LIVES AND THE LANGUAGE OF TRAGEDY

1. March, 2020 The Guardian: Man Kills Facebook Friend For ‘Sodomizing’ Him With 20,000 The Nation: Why I ‘Killed’ My Homosexual Facebook Friend, By Suspect   April, 2021 Sahara Reporters:

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CONSEQUENCES

Stepping into the street, you wince. The glare of the scorching sun prompts you back into the house to get sunshades. Then you step out again. Now you are ready

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The Nigerian Media Is Humanizing A Killer Because The Victim Is a Gay Man

Over the weekend, a video went viral. In the video were two young men, from Anambra, confessing to the murder of a young man who they said was gay. One

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Tweet of the Day: “Your Children Come In Their Own Form. If You Cannot Accept It, Don’t Parent!”

A few days ago, it was reported that a mother (and her boyfriend) of ten-year-old Anthony Avalos tortured and killed the boy after he admitted to them that he liked

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Man gets 21-year jail sentence for killing friend after quarrel over who’s straighter

A London court handed down a minimum 21-year jail sentence to a man who stabbed his friend over a disagreement over who was straighter. Paul Akinnuoye, 20 (pictured above), from

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Man killed by friend after ‘batty boy’ argument over who was the least gay

A student has been found guilty of stabbing another man to death after a homophobic WhatsApp argument in which they debated who was the least gay. Paul Akinnuoye, 20, stabbed

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Missing adult film star found, charged with the murder of his boyfriend

Adult film star Alkoraishie Ali, who performs under the name Ali Liam, is in police custody after disappearing for nearly a week after his boyfriend was stabbed to death in

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Gay porn star goes missing after his boyfriend is found stabbed to death

A gay adult film star has disappeared after his boyfriend was found stabbed to death in his San Francisco studio apartment last week. 48-year-old Keith Harris was murdered in Hayes

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Father kills 14-year-old son because he’s gay, Nigerians react

A father shot his 14-year-old gay son, with police attributing the murder in part to the boy’s sexual orientation. Henderson police in Nevada say 53-year-old Wendell Melton shot and killed

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Man who beat transgender teen to death gets first ever hate crime conviction

A man accused of murdering his transgender ex-partner has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge – the first such conviction in US history. 17-year-old Alabama teenager Mercedes Williamson