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Police investigating alleged anti-gay attack on two men in NYC
NEW YORK — Police are investigating an alleged anti-gay bias attack in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, the latest in a spate of attacks on gay men in New York City over the past several months.
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Gang member sentenced in brutal anti-gay beating, torture of three men
NEW YORK — A Bronx gang member has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a brutal beating and torture of a new recruit he thought was gay, and two other men in separate, gruesome assaults in October 2010.
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NYC bar owners dump Russian vodka in latest protest against anti-gay laws
NEW YORK — New York City bar owners poured bottles of Russian vodka into the streets of Manhattan on Monday in a protest against Russia’s crackdown on the gay community.
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Activists dump Russian vodka in street outside Russian Consulate in NYC
NEW YORK — To protest recent anti-gay laws passed in Russia, two dozen gay rights activists gathered in front of the Russian Consulate in New York City on Wednesday to pour bottles of Russian vodka in the street to demonstrate how they are boycotting the purchase of Russian products.
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Suspect accused of gay man’s murder may plead ‘temporary insanity’
NEW YORK — A judge in New York on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect charged with murdering a gay man in New York City’s Greenwich Village in what authorities say was an anti-gay hate crime.
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LGBT groups urge N.Y. city council to defend ban on ‘stop and frisk’ policy
NEW YORK — More than two dozen national and international LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday urged New York City legislators to defend legislation banning police profiling against a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying the infamous “stop-and-frisk policy” unfairly targets LGBT people of color.
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Four men charged in hate crime attack on two men they thought were gay
NEW YORK — Police in Long Island have arrested four men accused of an anti-gay attack over the weekend in which they severely beat two men while using homophobic slurs.
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$1 million government grant to help homeless LGBT youth in N.Y.
NEW YORK — A $1 million government grant will help homeless gay youths in New York state who’ve had run-ins with the law get their lives on track.
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NYPD seeks assault suspects who hurled anti-gay slurs on subway
NEW YORK — New York City police are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs at a group on a subway train and allegedly shoved a woman to the floor as she videotaped the incident.
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PHOTOS: Millions flock to pride events just days after Supreme Court rulings
SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities to celebrate what once was unimaginable — two Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage.