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Why Was This Gay Man Killed in His Kitchen?
112 seconds.Ellen Trawick’s 32-year-old son, Kawaski, was killed by New York Police Department officers in less than two minutes on April 14, 2019. After more than a year and a half, the Bronx...
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NewFest Pride Reveals Lineup for its 3rd Annual Summer Film Series
NewFest Pride is back for its 3rd summer film event!NewFest, New York's renowned LGBTQ+ film and media organization, has revealed the lineup for their 3rd annual summer film series, NewFest Pride,...
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Sky High Pride: Unveiling New York City’s Top LGBTQ-Friendly Rooftop Bars
Rooftop PrideNew Yorkers have a long-standing tradition of migrating upwards as the mercury rises, chasing the sunshine in the city's multitude of rooftop bar and lounge options. There’s something...
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New York MTA Bus Driver Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Trans Co-Worker
A transgender MTA bus driver said she was the victim of a verbal and physical hate crime that took place inside a woman’s locker room bathroom at a Bronx bus depot. Police arrested longtime bus driver...
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Pride Month Organizers Confident in Security Despite Far-Right Threats
As Pride Month ramps up nationwide, some members of the LGBTQ+ community fear violence by right-wing actors who seek to disrupt events this year as gay and trans rights have become a flashpoint again...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Signs Order Protecting Gender-Affirming Care
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has issued an executive order protecting access to gender-affirming health care in the city.The order comes after 20 states have passed laws banning some or all of the...
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Hell's Kitchen Gay Bars React to Attacks on Queer Men
Bar operators in Manhattan's heavily gay Hell's Kitchen neighborhood say they're taking steps to protect patrons in reaction to the killings of two men last year.A Manhattan grand jury earlier this...
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Gay Man Brutally Beaten by Stranger on Manhattan Street in Hate Crime
Authorities in New York City are looking for a suspect after a man was beaten and screamed at in what police say was an antigay hate crime.On June 12, police say a 21-year-old man was walking along...
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Arrest Made in NYC Subway Stabbing Death of Gay Man
An NYC man with a history of violence has reportedly confessed to the subway stabbing death of a gay man who was the victim of an anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime last year.Claude White, 33, was taken into...
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Queer Art Celebrates NYC Pride With Body Hack Extravaganza
Queer Art, New York City’s hub for connecting and empowering generations of LGBTQ+ artists, is holding the 2023 edition of Queer Art Pride — the 7th annual summer festival celebrating work by the...
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Kamala Harris Makes Historic Visit to Stonewall Inn, Vows to Fight...
Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise visit on Monday to the historic Stonewall Inn bar in Manhattan, where the 1969 uprising sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and Pride events...
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Donald Trump Jr. Had Sex With Her in Gay Club, Claims Pop Star Aubrey O'Day
Donald Trump, Jr., the former president's eldest son, seems to have been supportive of LGBTQ+ people at one point — or at least enough to hang out in a gay club. Trump even spent time one night at a...
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The Frightening and Foreboding Antigay New York City of 1993
It was very late one night in 1993, a few months after I arrived in Manhattan, and I had just come out of a gay bar called The Works on the Upper West Side. I was a bit inebriated – ok, drunk. I had...
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Brooklyn Dancer O'Shae Sibley Fatally Stabbed for Voguing at Gas Station
O'Shae Sibley, the Brooklyn man fatally stabbed for voguing at a gas station near Coney Island on Saturday night, is being remembered as an accomplished dancer, choreographer, and activist, while his...
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Police Seek 17-Year-Old Suspect in Dancer O’Shae Sibley's Stabbing Death
As friends and family remember slain dancer O’Shea Sibley, police are looking for a 17-year-old male they believe was captured on video fatally stabbing the dancer and activist at a gas station near...
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Man Who Threatened to Bomb, Shoot Up Stonewall Inn Denied Early Release
The man who sent more than 60 letters threatening violence to the Stonewall Inn and other LGBTQ+ individuals, allies, and affiliated businesses was denied a request for early release from...
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17-Year-Old Suspect Arrested in Killing of O'Shae Sibley, Voguing Gay Man
The New York Police Department arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, local media and a local city council member report.Sibley was stabbed last weekend at a gas...
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Lawyer for Alleged O’Shae Sibley Killer Claims Client is a “Good Christian Boy”
The lawyer for the teen accused of killing O’Shae Sibley at a gas station last month because the Brooklyn dancer’s voguing offended his Muslim religion claimed his client is actually “a good Christian...
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Beyoncé’s Charity Supports Human Rights Campaign’s Vegas Equality Ball
Beyoncé is teaming up with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, to present a celebration of ballroom culture.The BeyGOOD...
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17-Year-Old Indicted on Hate Crime Charges for O’Shae Sibley Murder
A 17-year-old has been indicted in the stabbing death of Brooklyn dancer O’Shae Sibley, prosecutors revealed on Thursday.Dmitry Popov, 17, is facing a hate crime murder charge and additional charges...
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Drew Barrymore Praises Reneé Rapp for Protecting Her After Audience Member...
By Lisa Respers France(CNN) — Drew Barrymore has a new protector.The actress and daytime TV host was at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Monday for a conversation with singer Reneé Rapp when a...
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Shirtless Homophobe Wanted by New York City Police After Slapping Woman
Police in New York City are on the lookout for a shirtless man they say assaulted a woman while yelling anti-LGBTQ+ slurs in Hudson River Park earlier this week.The attack occurred near Pier 40 around...
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Hate Crime Charges in Stonewall Monument Flag Desecration
Officers with the New York Police Department arrested a Colorado man on Tuesday in connection with vandalizing multiple Pride flags at the Stonewall National Monument during Pride Month in...
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New York City Police Arrest 2 More Over Stonewall Pride Flag Vandalism
The New York Police Department has arrested two more men this week over their alleged involvement in destroying a Pride flag display at the Stonewall National Monument at Christopher Park.Three have...
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NYPD Officers May Be Cleared in Killing of Gay Black Man, According to Draft...
A draft New York Police Department report suggests dismissing charges against two police officers implicated in the 2019 fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick, a gay Black man killed in his Bronx...
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Weatherman Erick Adame Opens Up About Exposing Himself Online, His Firing,...
Just over a year ago, Erick Adame was fired from his position as a meteorologist on Spectrum News NY1.The 40-year-old weatherman was terminated from his job once naked photos of him surfaced online...
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New York to Introduce ‘X’ Gender Marker on Public Assistance Forms
In a recent court settlement, New Yorkers have been granted the option to select an “X” gender marker when applying for public assistance programs such as food stamps and Medicaid, the Associated...
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Carla Smith Looks to Continue Life of Service as CEO of New York LGBT...
Carla Smith grew up with a grandmother who always kept an empty seat at her kitchen table for anyone who needed food, with the only requirement being that any guest be respectful toward her. Smith has...
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The voice of the NYC subway and her journey to trans euphoria
Behind every voice we hear in our lives lies a story. Some remain secrets out of fear, embarrassment, or because no one asks to hear them. When someone steps forward, shrugs off the trepidation, and...
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An NYC musician lost his son to fentanyl. Now, he's honoring him with an...
Before Nic Pagano passed away from a fentanyl overdose in July 2021, he told his parents he wanted to become a social worker for LGBTQ+ people. Today, Rich Pagano is honoring his son's legacy with a...
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