Beating up a gay man in Alabama is not a hate crime.

February 18, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, NEWS, POLICIES Comments Off on Beating up a gay man in Alabama is not a hate crime.
About 90 people attended an event at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery on Saturday where activists called on lawmakers to create a LGBTQ-inclusive hate crime law. (Image: Jonece Starr Dunigan | jdunigan@al.com)

A rainbow flag fluttered in the air next to the American flag on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol on Saturday as LGBTQ activists demanded that lawmakers expand the state’s hate crime law to include sexuality and gender identity…