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One man and two teens have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman last month in the San Francisco Bay area while allegedly taunting her for being a lesbian, police said Thursday as they searched for a fourth suspect.

Officers arrested 31-year-old Humberto Hernandez Salvador at his Richmond home Wednesday night, Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan said. The suspect is being held without bail on gang rape, kidnapping and carjacking charges.

Police also arrested a 15-year-old Richmond boy a… Continue

On December 13th, a twenty-eight-year-old California woman was brutally raped by four men because she is a lesbian and had a rainbow sticker on her car.

See the story here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/20/BAV714SBA1.DTL

The woman could need months to recover physically and years to recover psychologically. She was attacked near her apartment and does not want to go back. Along w… Continue

A much needed and timely group has emerged to proclaim loud and clear that most people of faith do not support intolerance. Most importantly they provide resources to speak at churches and congregations to teach tolerance.

http://cafaithforequality.org/

As people of faith, many of us are called to act for justice. To heal the rift between faith communities and lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, we are driven to engage our… Continue

In light of the violent acts of rape, arson, and murder routinely committed against our community I am concerned that such headlines will invite even more violence against us.

In this most recent attack, LBGT are compared to a global scourge that threatens to destroy humanity.

Pope: Saving us from gay threat as… Continue

When Pastor Warren compares our community to deviants and predators it creates violence against us. When the faith press repeatedly describes our peaceful movement as a violent campaign, it creates violence against us.

Via Associated Press:

"Anytime there is an anti-LGBT initiative, we tend to see spikes both in the numbers and the severity of attacks," he said. "People feel this extra entitlement to act out their prejudice." --Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan

[...] A woman in the San… Continue