Grindr attacks Archives - Star Observer /tag/grindr-attacks Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTI agenda since 1979 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Grindr attacks Archives - Star Observer /tag/grindr-attacks 32 32 Vic Police Say There Have Been No New Grindr Hate Crime Attacks Reported Since Arrests /news/vic-police-grindr-attacks-reported/241386 /news/vic-police-grindr-attacks-reported/241386#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:04 +0000 /?p=241386 Victoria Police have told a community forum that there have been no new app-based hate crime attacks reported in Victoria since October 2025. Victoria Police have made over 42 arrests ...

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NSW Has Introduced New Legislation To Protect LGTBQIA+ Community Against Hate Crimes /news/nsw-hate-crimes-legislation/241220 /news/nsw-hate-crimes-legislation/241220#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:08:46 +0000 /?p=241220 The NSW Government has announced today that it will introduce new legislation to toughen penalties for hate crimes following a series of disturbing attacks against members of the LGBTQIA+ community. ...

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鈥淭he Worst Part Was The Shame鈥: What Happened After Jack Was Lured Into A Gay Hate Crime Ambush Off Grindr /news/jack-gay-hate-crime-grindr/241064 /news/jack-gay-hate-crime-grindr/241064#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:40:31 +0000 /?p=241064 In February 2020, Jack Jacobs was on a tram in Melbourne, planning to go out clubbing, when he began chatting with 鈥渟omeone鈥 on Grindr who was around his age, and ...

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NSW Police Have Recorded Nearly 200 Incidents Of Anti-LGBTQIA+ Violence Since 2023 /news/nsw-police-anti-lgbqia-violence-data/241060 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 01:09:05 +0000 /?p=241060 Data obtained by the ABC through freedom of information laws has revealed a shocking 197 incidents of LGBTQIA+ hate-related violence in NSW since 2023. This new information comes off the ...

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Chris Minns Announces New Laws To Combat Hate Crimes Targeting Young Queer People /news/chris-minns-hate-crimes-laws/241014 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:39:25 +0000 /?p=241014 In the wake of the shocking ABC investigation into a rise of IS-terrorist inspired attacks on young gay and bi men in Sydney, NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced the ...

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ABC Investigation Finds Multiple Gay and Bisexual Teenagers In Sydney Have Been Bashed In Terrorist Inspired Attacks /news/gay-bisexual-teenagers-bashed-abc/241004 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:10:49 +0000 /?p=241004 A two-year ABC investigation into the reawakening of the IS terrorist network has found confronting evidence of a spree of young gay and bisexual men in Sydney being lured via ...

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Greens Establish Parliamentary Inquiry Into Violent Dating App Attacks On Gay & Bi Men /news/inquiry-attacks-dating-apps/240936 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:10:21 +0000 /?p=240936 The Victorian Greens have successfully passed a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the scale and scope of anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes across Victoria, focusing on a series of terrifying attacks ...

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WA Police Issue Warning To 鈥淰igilante鈥 Groups After Grindr Attacks & Videos /news/wa-police-issue-warning-to-vigilante-groups-after-grindr-attacks-videos/238618 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:15:50 +0000 /?p=238618 Western Australia Police have reminded the public to avoid taking the law into their own hands after videos of “vigilante” Grindr attacks began circulating in Perth. The social media videos ...

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Hundreds of Dollars Raised For Convicted “Vigilante” Gay-Basher /news/hundreds-of-dollars-raised-for-convicted-vigilante-gay-basher/237873 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:00:10 +0000 /?p=237873 Hundreds of dollars have been raised to support the legal costs of a man convicted of luring and attacking a gay man through the dating app Grindr in October last ...

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Gay Man “Needed To Learn His Lesson” Says Man Sentenced For Grindr Attack /news/gay-man-needed-to-learn-his-lesson-says-man-sentenced-for-grindr-attack/237834 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:31:01 +0000 /?p=237834 A 20-year-old has pleaded guilty to bashing and robbing a man he lured through Grindr in a “vigilante” attack in Queensland last year. On Monday, Blake Dean Nightingall pleaded guilty ...

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Salisbury Uni Students Arrested After Violent Hate Crime Using Fake Grindr Account /news/salisbury-university-student-vicious-hate-crime233828/233828 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:05:54 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233828 Salisbury University students were arrested by Maryland police this week over an alleged gay hate crime. The twelve students allegedly attacked a gay man after they purposely targeted and lured ...

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Boys Who Used Grindr To Lure, Bash Gay Man Awarded Legal Fees /news/national-news/boys-who-used-grindr-to-lure-bash-gay-man-awarded-legal-fees/225962 /news/national-news/boys-who-used-grindr-to-lure-bash-gay-man-awarded-legal-fees/225962#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:47:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=225962 Two boys who lured聽 56-year-old Peter Keeley via the gay dating app Grindr, robbed and bashed him, have been awarded legal fees after the judge ruled that they should not ...

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London Man Jailed For Raping and Robbing Gay Men He Met On Grindr /news/london-man-jailed-for-raping-and-robbing-gay-men-he-met-on-grindr/205841 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:57:43 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=205841 A 23-year-old man from London was recently sentenced to 14 years imprisonment after being found guilty of raping three men he met through Grindr, and forcing them to withdraw large ...

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