Alleged neo-Nazi charged with gay hate crime over death of 19-year-old man
“Today we suffer an added layer of pain from learning that he was most likely killed because of who he was as a human being,” Bernstein’s father said.
“Today we suffer an added layer of pain from learning that he was most likely killed because of who he was as a human being,” Bernstein’s father said.
“We do believe there are more. I have no idea how many more there might be”
He said he was “proud” of the decisions he’d made before being sentenced to death.
Dozens of trans people are killed in the US each year.
“He believed Gabriel was gay and to him that was a bad thing. He did it out of hatred for a little boy.”
“It’s clear to us that the gay panic aspect of the current provocation defence is offensive and should be removed”
“There are people out there thinking very directly about performing malicious and violent acts on people in the LGBTI community”
Angelo Gargasoulas has taken to social media from his hospital bed in the wake of the Bourke St killings.
More than 270 trans people around the world have been killed this year alone.
Many of the murders remain unsolved.