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Settlement reached in harassment suit of NY gay student
A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement that includes a series of reforms for an upstate New York school district in a gay student’s harassment lawsuit. The New York Civil Liberties Union sued the Mohawk Central School District last August on behalf of a 14 year-old student who alleged that he was repeatedly harassed, […]
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Fire Island Pines: Popular gay getaway resort sells for $17 million
In the largest transaction in Fire Island history, an investment group has purchased the vast majority of commercial property and establishments in Fire Island Pines, the internationally famous gay community. The $17 million purchase includes the famed Pavilion nightclub complex, the Blue Whale and Bay Bar restaurants, the Hotel Ciel, a grocery store, gym and […]
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NY gay marriage opponent loses bid to reclaim state senate seat
Gay rights activists in New York, buoyed by the state senate defeat of gay marriage opponent Hiram Monserrate, are renewing their fight to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, hoping to bring the issue back […]
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Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’
Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN’s Larry King: “are you gay?” Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is […]
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Gay NYC voters give Ford the cold shoulder, demand answers on anti-gay marriage votes
Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for gay marriage. Speaking at the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York, Ford was interrupted numerous times by protesters who waved […]
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NY political action committee targets anti-gay marriage senate senators
Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started a political action committee to take aim at state senators who have opposed same-sex marriage. According to The New York Times, the political action committee, Fight Back New York, […]
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British actors give acclaimed performances in off-Broadway play ‘The Pride’ (Video)
British actors Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw have won praise for their turns playing troubled gay lovers in an off-Broadway production that jumps back and forth from repressed 1950s London to 2008.
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Queer Rising activists stage protest outside NYC marriage bureau (Video)
Four gay rights activists were arrested Friday morning after staging a protest in which they chained themselves to a New York City marriage bureau. The group, members of the LGBT civil disobedience group Queer Rising, chanted “one struggle, one fight, marriage is a civil right […]
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Woman charged in hate crime attack outside Buffalo gay bar
A woman is now charged with a hate crime, after a New Year’s Day stabbing outside a gay and lesbian bar in Buffalo, NY. Suzanne-Deanna Grover, 21, was charged with assault and a bias-motivated crime — or a hate crime — for a stabbing outside of Roxy’s nightclub. Lindsay Harmon, 29, was stabbed in the […]
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Man tracked to Vermont, arrested in stabbing death of NY gay man
The man accused of brutally stabbing a 41-year-old event planner in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment was arrested Saturday in Vermont, authorities said. Justin Waller, 31, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon at a friend’s home in Manchester, Vermont, after confessing to NYPD detectives that he killed John Lea. Police say they were able to find […]