NEW YORK (WABC) -- Her murder sparked a movement more than two decades ago. In May 2003, a man stabbed Sakia Gunn to death in Newark, all because the 15-year-old lesbian rejected his sexual advances.

Two months after a 15-year-old African-American lesbian is stabbed to death in Newark, NJ in a vicious hate crime, friends, family members and community leaders take on the mayor of Newark, the ...

In 2003, WNET journalist Jenna Flanagan reported on the murder of 15-year-old Newark native Sakia Gunn. Now, 20 years on, Flanagan revisits the story to examine what progress might have been made in ...

May 11 marked the 10-year anniversary of the murder of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old lesbian girl. The milestone went fairly unnoticed by the local media, including The Star-Ledger, as well as the city of ...

The Sawy Culturewheel, or Sakia as it is known in Cairo, launched its online radio station Sound of Sakia over two years ago to support the concerts, performances, conferences and seminars that were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newark Murdered Teen Lesbian Memorial New Street Sign Sakia Gunn Way A street in Newark, N.J., has been named for Sakia Gunn, a 15 ...

How did street harassment lead to New Jersey’s first prosecuted hate crime homicide? By speaking to academics, activists, and clergy members, we seek to find out if Sakia’s identity as a gender ...

The fourth annual Newark LGBTQ Film Festival, which shines a much-needed spotlight on the work of queer BIPOC filmmakers, ...

Valencia Bailey spent the past 20 years making sure people would remember her late cousin’s name. And soon, anyone who crosses the intersection of Halsey and Academy streets in downtown Newark will ...