Hate Crimes: Killed for Being LGBT

Dwayne Jones and others who were victims.

Dwayne Jones - Dwayne Jones, a 16-year-old Jamaican, was beaten to death on July 22 after showing up to a party dressed as a woman. In May 2011, the United Nations warned that hate crimes against LGBT people were on the rise. Take a look at other horrific attacks that have happened globally on LGBT men and women in recent years. — Natelege Whaley (Photo: AP Photo/Jay, J-FLAG)
Vigil Held for Murdered Transgender Woman -  Diamond Williams, a transgender woman of Philadelphia who was murdered and dismembered last week, was remembered by family and friends at a vigil Tuesday evening. Attendees also spoke out against a string of hate crimes targeting transgender women that has recently happened in the city. (Photo: Courtesy of Diamond Williams Family)
Cameroon - In July 2013, Eric Ohena Lembembe, an outspoken gay rights activist in Cameroon, was tortured and killed in his home. As a journalist and executive director of CAMFAIDS, a human rights organization, he documented hate crimes against Cameroon’s gay community. He had issued a public warning about “anti-gay thugs” weeks before his death. (Photo: AP Photo/Erasing 76 Crimes)Par7092980

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Dwayne Jones - Dwayne Jones, a 16-year-old Jamaican, was beaten to death on July 22 after showing up to a party dressed as a woman. In May 2011, the United Nations warned that hate crimes against LGBT people were on the rise. Take a look at other horrific attacks that have happened globally on LGBT men and women in recent years. — Natelege Whaley (Photo: AP Photo/Jay, J-FLAG)

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