A neighborhood approach to combating hate crimes in Los Angeles
“Because of our past conduct in law enforcement, and the government, there’s this built-in distrust of us, which to be frank, we’ve earned,” one police official said.
June 3, 2024
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Gay Good Samaritan Beaten Outside Columbus, Ohio, Bar
Chris Ashcraft was assaulted outside an Ohio gay bar after offering to help a man who claimed to be having trouble with his car.
June 11, 2013
Making the necessary trouble on campus
In the first of The Advocate's series of dispatches from the Equality Ride to antigay colleges, the young co-organizer connects his activism to the civil rights leaders who inspired him--and describes what happened when the riders showed up on Jerry Falwell's doorstep
March 14, 2006
The Solution for Swift, Widespread Vaccine Distribution
One LGBTQ+ entrepreneur has some novel advice for defeating the pandemic.
January 20, 2021
Op-ed: Being Out -- Really, Really Out -- Is Still Our Most Powerful Tool
Making space for LGBT people to simultaneously embrace their race, class, and culture might not be lucrative -- but experience shows it makes positive change, says one Boston queer theater veteran.
October 10, 2014
Two Men Beaten Unconscious Outside Brooklyn Gay Bar
NYPD investigators are searching for the suspect.
September 24, 2018
Oklahoma Man May Have Been Victim of Antigay Hate Crime
Police said a 62-year-old Oklahoma man whose body was found in a ditch may have been the victim of a hate crime, according to the Associated Press. Investigators have not named a suspect in the death of Steven Domer, of Edmond. But they recently searched the home of Darrell Madden, a McClain County man who allegedly belongs to a white supremacist gang that could be connected to the killing.
November 15, 2007
Gay Bartender Attacked in Dallas Gayborhood
The attack — which the victim believes was antigay in nature— marks the 14th since September in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood.
December 18, 2015
A Gay Cop Turned Around One of America's Most Dangerous Cities
A new book -- Refinery Town -- looks at the transformation of Richmond, Calif., and the individuals who helped save it.
January 25, 2017
Washington Man Sentenced for Antigay Knife Attack
Troy Deacon Burns was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to attacking three gay men with a knife.
November 10, 2015
Road Diary: Not-So-Straight-Talk Express
Writer Michael Joseph Gross joins a crew of 50 campaign volunteers from Boston (who traveled on a bus they dubbed "The Not-So-Straight-Talk Express") and about 100 Ohio volunteers to canvass for Obama throughout Columbus and finds that not all of the locals are receptive to Obama's promise of change.
October 21, 2008
Gay Couple Attacked Outside Pittsburgh Bar
Though one suspect has been identified, no arrests have been made in the vicious attack on a gay couple as they left a gay bar in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.
October 8, 2013
Drag Artist Marti Gould Cummings Is Running for N.Y. City Council
The activist has already made a big impact for the LGBTQ community in the Big Apple, and now he wants their voices heard at City Hall.
September 5, 2019
Eatery Fires Manager Who Objected to Actor Drew Droege's Gay Kiss
The manager at El Compadre in Los Angeles had told Droege and his date that their affection wasn't allowed at a "family restaurant."
December 15, 2022
AIDS Leaders Address the State of the Epidemic in the Black Community
C. Virginia Fields, president of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, pleads for change in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic nationally.
February 9, 2009
Global Outpouring of Support for Harassed Arizona Gay Couple
An Arizona police department has been flooded with messages from around the world in support of a gay couple who have endured a pattern of antigay harassment.
July 17, 2012
Ground broken for LGBTQ-focused senior housing in Pittsburgh
The Mosaic Apartments will be the first such housing complex in western Pennsylvania and the second in the state overall.
May 24, 2024
Gay Man Attacked While Walking Dog
Another gay man has been attacked in Dallas's heavily gay Oak Lawn area, which has seen about a dozen such crimes since last fall.
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