hate crime

Empire star Jussie Smollett is currently in the hospital after a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago late Monday night. According to TMZ, two men wearing ski masks approached Smollett, who is openly gay, outside of a Subway. They yelled racist and homophobic slurs at the actor and put his head in a noose. Read […]

Following our earlier report on Alex Lyman, the Slaves guitarist has posted a picture of his stab wound on Instagram, along with a lengthy note. “I'm sorry if anyone didn't want to see this, but I want to show the world that we are far from a free world.” Read all of what he had to say below. Read […]

Over the weekend, Slaves guitarist Alex Lyman was stabbed in his side, which resulted in a four-inch cut, two inches deep, and roughly a centimeter from his spleen. “There was no confrontation and nothing was done to provoke this,” Lyman claims. “It was spilt because I'm a 'faggot in skinny jeans.'” Read more: Slaves guitarist stabbed The perpetrator, […]

Recently, a new system of classification was introduced in Manchester, England that categorizes violence against alternative subcultures (those labeled “emo,” “goth,” “punk” and otherwise) as hate crime. According to The Guardian, the first arrests under the new law were made on Monday. A 14-year-old boy and a 44-year-old man were arrested for the alleged assault […]