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The crosswalks were first painted in 2015 and were made permanent in 2017 to memorialize the 49 people who were killed in the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.

In October, a Fulton County grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania man, saying he had vandalized booths and defecated on a pride flag at a Global Black Pride event in Atlanta in August.

Hate speech ends up propagating violence," she said.

At least 237 LGBT people died in situations of violence in 2020, according to Grupo Gay da Bahia, the oldest LGBT rights organization in Latin America.

Georgia is one of three states where 17-year-old criminal suspects are automatically charged as adults.

Police said they have also cited the 16-year-old's father for failing to supervise his son.

A prosecutor would have to decide whether to ask a judge or jury to add additional penalties to any conviction. A report by Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, showed that the national Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office received 1,134 complaints of violence, discrimination and other abuses against LGBT people between January and June 2020.

Both Hernandes and Ávila attributed this trend of rising violence partly to the attitude of Brazil's leadership.

"We have a president who compounded this violence,” said Ávila, referring to President Jair Bolsonaro, a self-described "proud homophobe."

"It seems that the population feels it has a right to commit these violent acts against the LGBT population, influenced by Bolsonaro," she explained.

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4 could be charged with hate crimes for destroying LGBTQ pride flags, Atlanta police say

ATLANTA — Atlanta police said Tuesday that three men and a juvenile could face hate crimes charges after they pulled down LGBTQ pride flags and cut them up at an intersection known as the center of the city's LGBTQ community.

Police say they got calls at 1:40 a.m.

"We're still looking at all avenues as far as how that charge will possibly come about."

A phone call Tuesday to the bar, in operation since 1988, went unanswered.

The arrests come at the end of what is marked as Pride Month in many places, although Atlanta's main festival is held in October.

In 2022, police arrested a man who they said had twice painted swastikas on the rainbow crosswalks.

The missile struck Mash Central, which is a few blocks from the U.S. Embassy on Allenby Street, and surrounding buildings.

She explained that news of the attack — which broke out during pride month — had triggered a huge but divided reaction across Brazil.

Some people were shocked, while others justified the assault because of the man's sexuality, according to Ávila.

Israel on June 13 launched airstrikes against Iran that targeted the country’s nuclear and military facilities.

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‘Barbaric’ Violence As Gay Man Brutally Gang-Raped By 3 Men In Brazil

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A 22-year-old gay man in Brazil was attacked by three armed men last week
The victim is now recovering, and police said they are investigating the incident
Activists said the assault was evidence of a growing tide of hate crime in the country

A 22-year-old gay man in Brazil’s southern Santa Catarina state was gang-raped and tortured last week in what human rights activists described as a "brutal" and "barbaric" act of violence amid a growing tide of hate crime in the country.

The victim, who was not named, was assaulted in the state's capital city of Florianópolis by three men armed with sharp objects who forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his legs, The Guardian reported, citing the activists.

Tuesday morning that six males were causing a disturbance near the corner of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street, an intersection in the city's Midtown neighborhood that is painted with rainbow crosswalks to honor its importance in Atlanta's LGBTQ community.

The men coordinated their plan and drove to Atlanta from their locations northwest of the city, police said.

An Iranian missile on June 16, 2025, destroyed Mash Bar, a gay bar in Tel Aviv, Israel. "It’s absurd to justify violence that is brutal and barbaric," she said.
Margareth Hernandes, a lawyer based in Florianópolis and president of the gender law commission, said violence against LGBT people in the country has grown recently.
"Brazil is the world champion of LGBT murders.

“This place provided a safe space for minorities to express themselves — now it’s trashed.”
Mash Central describes itself as Tel Aviv’s “last gay bar standing,” even though the city promotes itself as one of the world’s most LGBTQ-friendly cities. He was then left in the street, where he was later found before being taken to a hospital.
The man is now recovering at home, according to the report.

Police said all four were also charged with obstruction, criminal damage to property, conspiracy, and prowling. Israeli sources confirmed to the Washington Blade that Mash Central was the only gay-specific bar in Tel Aviv. Police chief Verdi Furlanetto told The Guardian they are investigating the attack, but no arrests have been made yet.
"This is a frightening crime but it’s very common in Brazil, and violence - not only against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people but also women, black people and immigrants - is worsening," said Association in Defence of Human Rights president Lirous Ávila.
Ávila, whose organization helps victims of violence in Florianópolis, is supporting the family of the victim.

Tel Aviv’s Pride parade was scheduled to take place on June 13, but authorities cancelled it. Caitlyn Jenner, who was to have been the event’s guest of honor, is among those who were stranded in Israel after the war began. Iran since the war began has launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel. The males fled from police on motorized scooters, investigators said, with officers catching and arresting four of them.
"They're in the middle of the street popping wheelies, tearing up flags," a man said in a 911 call that police released.
Two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old from Dallas, Georgia, were taken into custody, in addition to a 16-year-old from Taylorsville.