Gunfire on the Main Drag, San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ nightlife district, struck a worker overnight and left the man with a possible life-threatening injury, KSAT reports. Police believe the gunfire stemmed from an earlier fight at The Heat Nightclub since it erupted shortly after two groups who’d been involved left the building, according to the TV…
Dallas man sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for using Grindr to assault and rob gay men
A 22 year-old man from Dallas was sentenced on October 13 to 23 years in federal prison for his participation in violent crimes committed against gay men using the Grindr app. Daniel Jenkins was the last of four defendants to plead guilty. He admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit hate crimes, kidnapping, and…
Transgender Woman Identified as Victim in San Antonio Barbershop Killing
San Antonio Police have identified 20-year-old Helle Jae O’Regan as the victim of a fatal attack at the Diesel Barbershop on Bandera Road near Loop 1604 on May 6. O’Regan and two other barbershop employees were inside the business preparing for their reopening on May 8. Police arrested 42-year-old Damion Campbell on May 7 accusing…
Another Trans Woman Found Dead in Dallas
The body of a transgender woman was found floating in White Rock Lake in Dallas on June 1 marking the fourth case of violence against trans women in the city in the last eight months. All four victims are African American. The latest casualty is 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey, a resident of Arlington. At a press…
Man Shot by Security Guard at Club Essence
A man was shot as he and a friend scuffled with a security guard at around 1 a.m on Saturday, January 12 at Club Essence, located at 800 Lexington Avenue. According to a report on KSAT-TV, the security guard asked a highly intoxicated man to leave the club because he was bothering patrons. When the…
FBI Statistics for 2017 Show Rise in LGBT Hate Crimes in Texas
Statistics released by the FBI on November 14 show a rise in hate crimes against LGBT people residing in the state of Texas during 2017. In 2016, 45 LGBT hate crimes were reported statewide — that number rose to 49 in 2017. The breakdown shows a 16 percent rise incidents motivated by sexual orientation and…
Pegasus Shooter Turns Himself In to SAPD
A 44-year-old man from El Paso, Texas turned himself into San Antonio police after he was identified as the shooter who fired his gun into a crowd outside Pegasus nightclub in the early morning hours of October 8, injuring three people. Jose Rincon Hernandez was arrested Tuesday afternoon. The San Antonio Express-News reports police recovered…
Community Leaders React to Shootings at Pegasus Nightclub
Civic and community leaders are offering words of support and condolence to the city’s LGBT residents following the shootings at the Pegasus nightclub during the early morning hours of October 8. At a press conference on Monday, Police Chief William McManus said gunshots, which rang out about 1 a.m., were the caused by an angry…
Argument Results in Three People Shot Outside Pegasus Nightclub
Updated: 11:30 a.m., October 8, 2018 Sunday Funday festivities were marred by violence after a shooting in the early hours of October 8 outside of the Pegasus nightclub on North Main Avenue resulted in three people being hospitalized. At a press conference on Monday morning, Police Chief William McManus said gunshots, which rang out about…
Family Had Been Searching for Trans Victim of Laredo Serial Killer
The family of a transgender woman had been searching for her in the hours before they learned of her murder at the hands of a Border Patrol agent who is accused of killing three other women in Laredo, Texas. Janelle Ortiz (identified in news reports as Humberto Ortiz and who was also known as Nikki…