News Digest.
Here are some of the current news stories from around the world.
*Zapata family delivers emotional statement and calls for federal hate-crime statutes
*Andrade gets life for murder of transgendered woman.
*2,000 LGBT New Yorkers Plan Trek to Albany to support LGBT civil rights.
*In MD, a new hate crime law would protect homeless people. This would be the first of its kind in the US. Having worked with people who were homeless, and knowing how vulnerable these individuals can be, I really hope this one passes.
*Gay hate crime convictions have doubled in Wales over the past three years.
*NH committee recommends killing gay marriage bill.
*Man sentenced to six years for attempted murder of “bisexual transvestite”. (Quotation marks from original headline. While the headline and the court say “transvestite”, the fact that the victim was in the process of obtaining gender reassignment indicates she’s transgender. )
*Youth pastor allegedly molested several girls and impregnated one.
