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Local restaurants are hosting drag shows and inclusive tours after Darwell’s Happiness Cafe claimed they "don’t do the trans or the lesbians or gays."
At a public forum to address hate crimes in New Bedford, Mass., on Tuesday, councilman Joe DeMedeiros said he had long struggled with whether to tell the public he is gay. "I didn't walk into the room expecting to do it," DeMedeiros said. "After hearing what people had said, I felt this responsibility and obligation to do what I did." The meeting was organized in the aftermath of the February attack on three patrons at the local gay bar Puzzles Lounge.
The suspect, Michael Smalls, is alleged to have stabbed a couple, one of them fatally on the couple's date night.
The 19-year-old man allegedly targeted businesses and victims in San Diego’s popular Hillcrest gayborhood.
No charges have been filed, but police are conducting a homicide investigation, and the man's family has hired a lawyer.
Owners and managers of places like The Abbey and Akbar were told to plan for the worst.
Without Facebook and Google, it was more difficult to organize the 1987 March on Washington than it is for this year's event. Something is lost in all the indirect communication, though.
Drag artists in a Colorado city are hosting their biggest show yet after a man allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting during one of their performances
When major natural disasters strike, survivors are accustomed to expect help from the government or even big-box corporations that donate their vast resources. But for many residents of Galveston, Texas, walloped by Hurricane Ike along the Gulf Coast last week, a primary source of relief and support has been two local gay bars that, despite the near-impossible conditions, reopened almost immediately after the storm in the spirit of survival and community.
New Orleans activists have launched a fundraising campaign to replace the marker honoring those killed in the Upstairs Lounge fire. The group’s aim is to make sure the memory of what happened in 1973 isn’t forgotten.
Last weekend, a caller threatened to shoot up three queer safe spaces in St. Louis.
