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Are LGBT people being beaten nearly to death & even killed on the streets of Portland in unprovoked attacks? Or are we actually being hoaxed? I dig into the story behind Portland’s latest moral panic blaming Trump supporters for a rash of hate crimes: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
A GoFundMe for activist Sophia Gabrielle Stanford went viral after it was alleged she was "violently attacked from behind with a baseball bat" by transphobes. That's not at all what the police reports say. Read my story for the @nypost: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins… 
"Fat-queer" activist Jenny Bruso claimed in viral FB/Twitter posts that her partner Brie Jones was attacked by homophobes. She said, "Yes, it’s been reported" but police have no record of a report or even a call. In fact, police say couple ignored them. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Activists started sharing "attack alerts" & distributing flyers around Portland w/photos & names of people they blamed. Number of alleged hate attacks grew from 2 to 15. Portland was now in a moral panic about marauding right-wing gangs hunting LGBT. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Who contributed to the panic? @lyft. @portlandmercury. @lgbtqnation. @gaystarnews. Who else? Mayor @tedwheeler. His communications office ignored my repeated inquiries & his comm dir @eileenparkpdx hid behind security when I approached her for comment. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Jenny Bruso deleted her FB post detailing the alleged hate attack after people started raising questions. She wrote: “I, WE, owe you NOTHING” & that people were getting “triggered.” On Twitter, she mocked someone for “mansplaining” who raised valid points. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Not a pathologist but what stood out from photos shared by Jenny Bruso of her partner Brie Jones is that her nose bridge doesn’t have an injury consistent w/having face hit & glasses breaking from the impact. Also, the glasses aren’t broken as she said. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
In a viral GoFundMe, it said Sophia Stanford was beat unconscious w/a bat by transphobes. In the police reports, we find out she was extremely drunk, carrying a gun, & likely hurt herself by falling down. Read my story about Portland's hate crime hysteria: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
I never communicated with Jenny Bruso on Twitter (attempted via phone + text), but like Sophia Stanford, she blocked me. Bruso claimed her partner was beat up by homophobes but apparently lied about reporting it to police. My last attempt to contact her: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
“White nationalists calling themselves ‘Proud Boys’ have committed at least 9 attacks in the last week against queer & trans people who appear to be alone at night.” Flyers like this are still posted all over Portland, spreading panic. Photo: ATrueLiberal. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
“If you see any of these faces in public, hit them w/a brick, because the police won’t do anything to stop it.” If this panic doesn’t end, someone could actually get killed. One sample among many of activists releasing names, photos, addresses & numbers: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Jenny Bruso claimed in viral social media posts that her partner Brie Jones was attacked in SE Portland by homophobic white men. She said it was reported but police have no record of report or even a 911 call. Community rallied & gave them food donations. nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Another “neighborhood safety alert” spotted in Portland about the alleged rash of violent hate crimes against LGBT people. This is key: “To donate, send money to the cash app $saferidepdx.” My story: nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
Sophia Gabrielle Stanford is a trans activist. A GoFundMe raised thousands when it claimed she was beaten unconscious in a hate crime. Police reports say she was a belligerent drunk who lost her gun, threatened cops & probably fell. Photos: K. Wenzt-Graf nypost.com/2019/03/30/ins…
