The idea of a gay gang mate's too much for some Baltimore teens, say Prosecutors.

Steven T. Hollis III and Juan L. Flythe, who may be part of the Blood gang, remain in prison after allegedly stabbing and stomping their friend Steven Parrish to death after finding "gay" text messages on his phone.

Enraged by their findings, Hollis and Flythe - 18 and 17, respectively - followed 18-year old Parrish into the woods and murdered him, say investigators…

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Texas man Terry Mark Mangum faces a dismal future.

A judge this week sentenced the 27-year old to life in prison for the 2007 murder of 46-year old Kenneth Cummings, a flight attendant Mangum met at a local gay bar. After leaving the bar together, Mangum went to Cummings house, where he stabbed him in the head before burning and burying the body.

It was, schizophrenic Mangum says, God's plan:

Shortly after the murder, Mangum admitted to the crime in a jailhouse interview with a reporter from The Facts, a Brazoria County newspaper. Mangum told the reporter, who testified during the weeklong trial, that God had called on him to “carry out a code of retribution” by killing a gay man because “sexual perversion” is “the worst sin.”

Mangum later pleaded not guilty to the crime by reason of insanity. Psychologists testified during the trial that Mangum is delusional and schizophrenic, according to The Facts. Mangum, who went by the names of biblical characters during interviews with the reporter and police, believed he was “anointed and appointed by God” to commit the murder, the psychologists testified.

The insanity plea wasn't enough to save Mangum from a hate crime charge, which accounts for his steep sentencing and makes parole a bit tricky. But he won't have to worry about that for about thirty years or so.

On another note - Mangum? That's unfortunate.

Slain gay teen Lawrence King's parents are making it hard to be sympathetic.

The family filed a lawsuit last week against the 15-year old's school district for "failing to enforce a dress code, which allegedly spurred Brandon McInerney to shoot King in the head last February:

The parents and brother of 15-year-old Larry King filed a personal injury claim against the Hueneme school district seeking unspecified damages.
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The claim, filed last week in Ventura County Superior Court, says administrators and teachers failed to enforce the school's dress code when King wore feminine clothing and makeup to school.

At the time of his death, King lived in a nearby youth shelter. He had been removed from his parents' home six months before, but no details have been released on what exactly went down. It seems to us the parents may not be angels in all of this.

Besides, is there a dress code saying boys can't wear makeup?

Oh no! We got some very distressing news from photographer and friend of Queerty Brad Walsh.

The Brooklyn-based homo went on an adventure in SoHo last week when an irate trucker decided to lay the anti-gay smack down. Walsh, who dates Project Runway's Christian Siriano, summarizes:

I was crossing Spring Street completely legally at the intersection of 6th Avenue. A delivery truck driven by a guy on a cell phone was turning and almost hit me and another guy. Me and the other guy put our hands up like "what are you doing," but we didn't say or mouth anything to the driver. The driver (jacked) got out, followed me down the street (not the other guy), called me a "faggot" several times, punched me really hard in the jaw, knocked my stuff onto the sidewalk, and went back to his truck.

Down but definitely not out, Walsh wrote down the truck's info and advertised company: Yuengling, the popular beer company based out of Philadelphia.

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Not everyone was feeling gay this weekend.

A reader just wrote in to inform us that he and his partner were attacked on the subway after leaving a pride event at their church. Here are the gory details, via Gothamist:

The guy kept asking us to move because he didn't like us and that we made him sick. There was no place else for us to go. He started hitting me and then his girlfriend started clawing me with her nails…I took a cab to St. Vincents, filed a police report and got two black eyes, 7 stitches, multiple chipped teeth, broken glasses.

The assailant remains at large, so look alive on your next metro ride.

Some Michigan teens weren't feeling very congenial to a gay friendly student:

As Wayland Union High School students cleaned out their lockers on the last day of school, a fight between three freshmen girls erupted, leaving one girl with facial injuries.

Wayland police told 24 Hour News 8 the fight happened after fourth period Tuesday, and they have interviewed two suspects plus the victim, who was a new student this year at Wayland Union High School.

Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, saying the suspects told them the girl was a gay-rights advocate at the school and was trying to in their words "impose her views on them."

Aggravated assault charges and hate crime charges are possible.

Gay non-profit The Triangle Foundation has called for a full investigation.

If anti-gay teenagers ask you if you're gay, say "no." That's a lesson two British men learned the hard way:

The victims, aged 29 and 31, were wearing commando-style fancy-dress costumes, having attended a Christmas party. They were jeered at and asked if they were gay.

When one of the men, who is not gay, said he was and joked with the group, they reacted violently and punched and kicked him and his friend to the floor before stamping on them. The 29-year-old victim sustained a broken cheekbone and substantial bruising to his face and body and the second victim sustained cuts and bruises.

Munye also attempted to burn part of one of the victim’s outfits. Other passengers on the bus were so scared they moved away as they believed the group would turn on them. The attackers got off the bus in Rosebery Avenue.

The attackers, aged 18 and 19, will spend the next 15-months in prison. Maybe they'll learn a lesson, too.

Not everyone was celebrating after last week's gay marriage ruling in California. Three Sacramento men face hate crime charges after beating a gay man mere hours after the nuptial-related ruling.

Micah Jontomo Tasaki, 21, Gregory Lee Winfield, 20, and Robert Lee Denor, 19, face assault charges which may be upgraded to include a hate crime enhancement to their sentences if they are convicted.

Police say the three approached two men who were sitting in a car at a service station and asked the driver if he is gay. When the man said yes he was dragged from the car and beaten.

The 23-year old victim, whose name is being withheld by police, did not require hospitalization.

The men will appear in court today, where their prosecutorial fates will be decided. Sacramento police seem to think the attack qualifies as a hate crime. Said Officer Michelle Lazark: "It's a gay-bashing. Gay slurs were used before they commenced to beating him. I don't know if these guys were looking for someone or are just ignorant." Well, ignorance must have place a role, right?