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Actor Indya Moore was assaulted by a Trump supporter, and someone posted video of it online. Moore, best known for their work in the role of Angel Evangelista in Pose, was in New York City when they got into an argument with a Trump supporter outside of the studio where they’re filming. The video starts where Moore is taking the Trump supporter’s sign away. The altercation likely started earlier, since they say, “Well, you guys aren’t fans of our show, and...

Beloved queer crooner Spencer Day is a busy guy, no more so than during pride month when he’ll performing in clubs from LA to SF to NYC. “My birthday happens to fall on the Stonewall anniversary, which is fun,” he told GayCities in early June. Catch him in San Francisco at Feinstein’s at the Nikko June 14-15. And then he’ll perform at Rockwell Table & Stage Sunday night June 16. The shows will include material from his recent album “Angel City” and a...

 NYPD has apologized. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has called on the New York Police Department to apologize for the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn that sparked the Stonewall Riots. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, one of the most important events in the early LGBTQ movement. The riots started after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, early on June 28, 1969. During a radio interview, Johnson said that the NYPD should apologize...

Half the fun of pride is putting your most fabulous self together for it. There are the outfits. There are the shoes. There are sunglasses and pride t-shirts and shorts to be ironed out before the main event. But why simply shop, when you can combine it with performances, delicious food, fashion and prizes? Check out special appearances by Peppermint, Vanderpump Rules star Billie Lee, and the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus. Better yet? All pride month, Macy’s is partnering with The Trevor...

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, members of the Manhattan LGBTQ community stood face-to-face with nine policemen in front of the Stonewall Inn who were raiding the bar. This, however, was not a typical raid. Instead of dispersing, approximately 150 people who weren’t arrested crowded in front of the bar. Protestors lit garbage on fire, broke windows and threw bottles and rocks at police. Decades of built up systemic oppression was being unleashed. By about 4:00 a.m., the crowd had...

A man became enraged when he saw another woman kiss his victim on the cheek A woman was brutally attacked by a homophobic man on a New York City subway. The disturbing incident happened on 30 November, around 5:10 PM. Police have released footage of the attack and are on the lookout for the perpetrator. The attack On a Manhattan-bound E train, a man became enraged when he saw another woman kiss the 20-year-old victim on the cheek. He began to argue with...

A gay Mexican couple who got married in New York City will be the first to see their same-sex union recognised in their home country. Daniel Berezowsky and Jaime Chávez Alor got married on November 26 after winning a legal challenge against the Mexican government. The couple, who first moved to the US in 2016 to pursue their master’s degrees at Columbia University, first applied for a marriage licence in May at the General Consulate of Mexico in New York. Their request...

Videos of the attack show Proud Boys kicking a person on the street while using homophobic slurs like 'f*ggot' Five members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group founded by Gavin McInnes, were arrested in connection to a recent assault in New York City. The Proud Boys is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Attack The incident took place on Friday, 12 October outside the Metropolitan Republican Club. Following a speech given by McInnes at the club, his...

Check out more amazing photos from the wedding A beautiful interfaith couple married both cultures and each other in New York City this past weekend. Martin and Amit, a same-sex couple, wed at the luxurious New York City landmark venue Cipriani Wall Street. The wedding happened on 20 October. Interfaith couple hold Indian wedding in New York City Because the wedding was so big, many Wall Street blocks closed. The couple arrived on extravagantly decorated horses. 300 special guests celebrated the couple’s nuptials in Manhattan. ‘The...

The Greatest Showman's Keala Settle sang at the ceremony Tony award winning actor, BD Wong has married his long term partner in an intimate ceremony in Brooklyn. Wong, 57, best known for his roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Jurrasic World married Richert John Frederickson Schnorr on Sunday (7 October). The actor met Schnorr, 35, who is the director of digital media for the New York Public Library in 2010 at a singles mixer night. Schnorr shared a photo of...

18-year-old Shankar Lal is starting to get some attention on his Instagram account. Why? Because of a video from two months ago. Earlier this year, Lal decided it was time for him to come out. He first did so by speaking privately to his family, which went… ok. While his family didn’t outright reject them, he told Buzzfeed News that they were also “concerned and taken aback.” "I approached this situation as an opportunity to educate them," he said. "I tried my...

Governor Cuomo offered to officiate for them Gay couple Dylan Toften and Thomas Hurd went to the town clerk in Root, New York, a small town outside of Albany, to get their marriage license. They were ready to start their lives together as a wedded couple. Unfortunately, the town’s clerk, Laurel Eriksen, denied their request — despite the fact that same-sex marriage has been legal in the state of New York since 2011, and the United States at large since 2015. Toften...

A big scandal between the Russian-speaking LGBT community represented by Alexey Gorshkov (co-president of Russian LGBT) (https://www.facebook.com/lyosha.gorshkov) and one of the pro-Trump activists and a possible candidate to the New York City government from Brighton Beach Malka Shahar (https://www.facebook.com/shagaraeva) has broken out recently. The story began with a broadcast on the RTVi channel dedicated to state social assistance in the USA. The experts who were invited to take part in it were Alexey Gorshkov and Malka Shahar. During this broadcast...

Lady Gaga and Pride go hand in hand. So while it may have been unannounced, it’s not entirely surprising that the pop culture icon made an appearance at New York City Pride over the weekend, much to the excitement of her adoring fans. And of course she served a LOOK. Wearing one of her signature platinum blonde wigs, Gaga showed off some fabulous rainbow eyeshadow and rocked a pair of jeans with tiny rainbow belts across the legs. We’re going to need...