Seven people, including Sam Nordquist’s former partner, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a slew of charges related to the brutal killing of the 24-year-old Black transgender man, who authorities say was tortured and held captive in an upstate New York hotel room for over a month before succumbing to his injuries.
Andrey Kotov, who was arrested in late November 2023 for allegedly organizing tours for queer people, was charged with participating in and organizing the activities of an “extremist community” under a law that outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” in Russia.
A couple in Indonesia has been sentenced to public flogging for engaging in gay sex, highlighting the country’s ongoing criminalization of same-sex activity in certain regions.
A lawyer representing an 18-year-old Black transgender high school student who was stabbed in a violent attack on a METRO bus in Houston is demanding that the suspect be charged with a hate crime.
