Woman’s Body Carved with LGBT Hate Words in Brutal Attack

Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, are investigating a potential anti-LGBT hate crime in a brutal attack by three masked assailants on a woman in her home, according to reports. The attackers entered the 33-year old victim’s home early Sunday morning, tied her up, and then carved anti-LGBTQ slurs into her body with a knife. Hateful graffiti was also sprayed on the walls. Hours after the attack, hundreds of Lincoln residents held a vigil as the woman received treatment in a local hospital for her wounds. The attack comes ahead of a public vote in Lincoln on a proposal that would ban discrimination in housing and employment based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.