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Life
Everything is closing due to the coronavirus pandemic – except this organization
“Despite our fear, we must be there for each other.”
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Commentary
Bloomberg hasn’t apologized for anti-trans past but is selling a ‘protect trans rights’ tee
While Bloomberg ignores advocacy groups asking him to apologize for his past anti-trans rhetoric, his staff is peddling a shirt to trans people for at least $22.
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News (USA)
Surgeon sues hospital because of his co-workers’ anti-gay harassment after he came out
A supervisor called him part of the “a**-to-mouth crew” and blamed LGBTQ patients’ illnesses on their “lifestyle.”
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Commentary
I was stopped-and-frisked 4 times during the Bloomberg administration
Mike Bloomberg’s racist and anti-LGBTQ policies as New York’s mayor disqualify him as a Democratic contender.
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Election 2020
Mike Bloomberg said trans rights are about “some man wearing a dress” using a locker room with girls
He said that things should be run like in prison: “drop your trousers, you go this way, you go that way.”
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News (USA)
Marsha P. Johnson is getting a state park in Brooklyn named after her
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will rename a state park in honor of the activist and icon.
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News (USA)
Trans woman left in tears after being slapped & spit on in “disgusting” subway attack
“I just wish people would leave me alone. I don’t do anything,” the victim said in a video that got major attention online.
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News (USA)
Employee fired for publishing man’s name & HIV status in misleading report
CBS published (then deleted) an article that made it seem that HIV could be spread through saliva. Even worse – the police officers that supplied the info are still promoting that as fact.
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News (USA)
Man arrested for killing gay man on Christmas Eve for $1
Police are still looking for two other suspects who attacked the gay couple in New York City.
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News (USA)
Attackers kicked & punched a gay man while shouting slurs. Now the victim is fleeing New York City.
He said that police weren’t much help.