Man kills 4-year-old on assumption that he is gay

A North Carolina man is accused of killing a 4-year-old boy on the assumption that he is gay, according to WRAL. 

Peter Lucas Moses, 27, led a “religious” group of women and children and according to the report, they feared him.

Moses shot 4-year-old Jadon Higganbothan in the head in fear that the child was gay. According to prosecutors, Moses assumed that the child might be gay because his father had left his mother. He told the mother, Vania Rae Sisk, to “get rid” of the child.

Prosecutors said that Larhonda Renee Smith, 40, told Moses that Jadon had hit another child’s bottom. After hearing this, Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun. Later, she told him that he had hit another child’s bottom.

“He starts screaming, ‘I told you to get rid of him!’” and told Sisk, “'How am I going to do this?’” [District Attorney Tracy Cline] recalled the witness’ account.

Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord’s Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.

Prosecutors said the witness told them that the women helped clean up the body of Jadon, who had been shot in the head, and put it in a suitcase in Moses’ master suite. He later told them to get the body out because it was beginning to smell, prosecutors said.

Moses also killed Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28, after he learned that she couldn’t have children and wanted to leave the group.

Sisk, Smith, and Lavada Harris face charges of first-degree murder for McKoy’s death and accessories in Jardon’s death.

(Photo: WRAL)

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Today marks the 20th anniversary of homosexuality being removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). 

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). This day “highlights that in reality it is homophobia that is shameful and must be deconstructed in its social logic and fought against openly.”

According to Stonewall, one in five lesbian and gay people have experienced a homophobic hate crime or incident in the last three years.

Visit the IDAHO website to find out how you can take action.

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16-year-old Scottish teen may have been killed for being gay

A 16-year-old gay Scottish teenager was killed last week whos friends believe it was a homophobic attack.

Jack Frew was found dead last Thursday near a cycle path in East Killbride after being knifed to death. According to Pink News, his throat was slashed.

According to the BBC, 17-year-old Craig Roy was arrested in connection with the death. He was charged with the murder. After appearing in court, he made no plea or declaration.

Calum Murray, 16, who was a friend of Jack, said: “We think it has been a homophobic incident. It is absolutely disgusting.”

According to The Daily Record, the police are investigating claims that before Jack was killed, he was targeted by bullies for being gay.

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Transgender student attacked in campus restroom, “it” carved into chest

A transgender student was attacked in a campus bathroom on the California State University, Long Beach campus. The attacked reportedly carved the word “it” into his chest with a knife.

On April 15, 2010, a 27-year old transgendered CSULB student reported that he was attacked in a restroom on the college campus, according to the LA Times.

The suspect addressed the transgendered student by his name. He pulled his shirt over his head and pushed him into a stall. He then used a knife to slashed the victim’s chest.

LBPOST.com obtained a Facebook posting about the incident:

“A [transgendered] student left class [Thursday] night to go to the bathroom and on the way there was assaulted by someone who knew him by name but whom he didn’t know. He beat him and threw him against a wall then carved "It” on his chest with a knife.“

The attacker fled and the student was taken to a hospital.

Police were able to sketch the suspect based on the information given by the victim (pictured above). Earlier reports claim the police have not said whether the attack was a hate crime.

UPDATE: According to existing reports, police have not confirmed that the incident was a hate crime. These earlier reports do not reference the information about "it” being carved into the victim’s chest.

(Image: CSULB Police)