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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.
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Grand Marshall Edith Windsor leads jubilant crowd at NYC pride
NEW YORK — The 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits is a grand marshal of New York City’s gay pride march.
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Remembering Stonewall: Why LGBT pride can now be celebrated openly
NEW YORK — Forty-four years ago tonight, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, uniformed and plain-clothed New York City police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar on Christopher Street.
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Edith Windsor, NYC crowd celebrate court’s gay marriage ruling
NEW YORK — About a thousand people gathered Wednesday on the block where a 1969 riot sparked the gay rights movement to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down a section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Man pleads not guilty in New York City hate crime shooting
NEW YORK — A man accused of fatally shooting a gay man walking with a companion in New York City’s Greenwich Village afterward claimed that he opened fire because the victim “thought he was tough in front of his bitch,” prosecutors said in court papers Tuesday.
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Transgender city council candidate could become a first in NYC
NEW YORK — If Mel Wymore wins a New York City council seat in the upcoming election, he would be the first openly transgender person elected to public office in America’s biggest city and one of only a handful ever in the U.S.
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NYC health officials warn of meningitis risks ahead of gay pride weekend
NEW YORK — New York City officials have issued a warning given ahead of the upcoming gay pride weekend, advising visitors to consult their physicians about receiving a meningitis vaccination.
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NYC LGBT Caucus to offer self-defense classes in response to anti-gay attacks
NEW YORK — New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the council’s LGBT Caucus will host free self-defense classes following a recent spate of hate crimes.
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Two more anti-gay hate crimes reported in New York City this week
NEW YORK — Police in New York City have arrested five men — ranging in age from 16 to 21 — in the latest in a series of attacks on gay men in the city.