LGBT New Yorkers held a 'Take Back the Night' rally in response to a string of anti-LGBT attacks that have occurred in the last two weeks. The rally, organized by Queer Rising, brought together a diverse range of LGBT and allied people to advocate for LGBT safety.
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10/25/12
After three years of steady decline, hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose 15 percent last year, including crimes motivated by anti-LGBT bias.
10/25/12
Lawyers for transgender inmate Ophelia De' Lonta in Virginia presented her case before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, asking that a lower court ruling that denied her state funding for surgery be reversed.
10/25/12
The New Jersey Division of Civil Rights ruled that the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association discriminated against a lesbian couple in 2007 when it denied their application to hold a civil union ceremony at its boardwalk pavilion.
10/25/12
Derek McCoy of the Maryland Marriage Alliance is defending a highly offensive anti-gay statement made by a panelist at one of the group's events, calling the episode a "distraction."
10/25/12
In the first U.S. prosecution under federal hate crime legislation, a Kentucky jury acquitted two cousins of hate crime charges while finding them guilty of kidnapping in the 2011 attack on a gay man.
10/23/12
East Aurora school district pulls protection for transgender students under pressure from the Illinois Family Institute.
10/12/12
It was announced on Friday that New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg gave $250,000 to help pro-marriage equality efforts in Maryland’s upcoming referendum. The mayor’s gift was the largest individual donation received so far by advocates in the state, who are facing fierce opposition to Question 6 in November.
10/12/12
Gay New Yorkers want to hear support and encouragement from Christian leaders.