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)

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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)

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)

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Philadelphia - Diamond Williams, a transgender woman of Philadelphia, was murdered and dismembered in July 2013. She was killed after having relations with 43-year-old Charles Sargent, who was charged with murder. Family and friends held a vigil where attendees spoke out against a string of hate crimes targeting transgender women that 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)

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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)

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South Africa - On July 2, 2013, Duduzile Zozo’s body was found dead and half naked with a toilet brush in her vagina. The 26-year-old’s mother believes she was targeted because she was a lesbian. (Photo: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/GettyImages)

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Uganda - David Kato of Uganda was beaten to death with a hammer in January 2011 in his neighborhood. He was the most outspoken advocate for gay rights in his country and friends said Kato received a series of death threats before he was killed. In 2010, an Ugandan newspaper ran Kato’s picture on the front page under the words, “Hang Them.” (Photo: Courtesy of Cinedigm)

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St. Andrew, Jamaica - The bodies of Candice Williams, 20, and Phoebe Myrie, 22, were found decomposing in a septic pit in St. Andrew, Jamaica, on June 28, 2006. Following the death, police were looking for the father of Candice’s 1-year-old. Reports indicated that Candice became involved in a relationship with Phoebe after leaving her common-law husband. Authorities believed he was the suspect in the killings. (Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Geoff Barber/Wikimedia Commons)

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St. Andrew, Jamaica - The bodies of Candice Williams, 20, and Phoebe Myrie, 22, were found decomposing in a septic pit in St. Andrew, Jamaica, on June 28, 2006. Following the death, police were looking for the father of Candice’s 1-year-old. Reports indicated that Candice became involved in a relationship with Phoebe after leaving her common-law husband. Authorities believed he was the suspect in the killings. (Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Geoff Barber/Wikimedia Commons)

Sierra Leone - On Oct. 5, 2004, Fanny Ann Eddy, a 30-year-old Sierra Leonean gay activist, was strangled to death by a mob of people who broke into her office. Earlier that year she spoke up for LGBT rights in her country at the United Nations, saying they faced "constant harassment and violence." (Photo: Courtesy of Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association)

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Sierra Leone - On Oct. 5, 2004, Fanny Ann Eddy, a 30-year-old Sierra Leonean gay activist, was strangled to death by a mob of people who broke into her office. Earlier that year she spoke up for LGBT rights in her country at the United Nations, saying they faced "constant harassment and violence." (Photo: Courtesy of Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association)

Cape Town, South Africa - In November 1999, a bomb went off at a gay club in Cape Town, South Africa, leaving six people injured. The explosive was placed near the entrance of the bar, which led investigators and owners to believe the attack was motivated by anti-gay sentiment. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Cape Town, South Africa - In November 1999, a bomb went off at a gay club in Cape Town, South Africa, leaving six people injured. The explosive was placed near the entrance of the bar, which led investigators and owners to believe the attack was motivated by anti-gay sentiment. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)