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A woman in Buffalo, New York, was arrested early Sunday morning after threatening violence at the Buffalo Pride Festival held Sunday. The Buffalo Police Department told local news affiliate WIVB they received tips regarding Facebook messages posted by 40-year-old Rosalyn Colligan, who threatened to stab, shoot, and rape pride festival attendees. One person was targeted by name in the posts. The police responded quickly to the threats and underscored how “see something, say something” can stop violence beforehand. “When members of the public...

Young recruit alleges he faced homophobic abuse during bizarre hazing rituals A New York City firefighter recruit was told to have sex with a stripper to prove he wasn’t a ‘faggot’, a lawsuit alleges. Michael Troina, a former FDNY employee, claimed members of Ladder Co 1/Engine Co 7 subjected him to vicious ‘hazing rituals’. The lawsuit suggests colleagues stomped on his bunker gear, smeared peanut butter on his car and superimposed his face on a picture of a crying baby. Troina alleges he...

Vice President Mike Pence invited the Irish PM and his partner to his house for dinner apparently The openly gay Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) has made history after he marched in New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade. Leo Varadkar joined in the parade with his partner, Matt Barrett, after a visit to the US where he met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. His participation in the event is notable because it was only two years that a ban...

A gay-friendly church in Charlotte, North Carolina has been vandalized, not once but seven times, but its members are staying strong. Wedgewood Church members woke up to find “F****** are Pedofhiles” (yes, misspelling and all) displayed across their rainbow-colored building early Wednesday. This was discovered just hours after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted to protect LGBTQ students. “It could be related to the school board meeting, but it’s hard to tell since it’s the seventh time we’ve been vandalized,” said Chris Ayers,...

Big congratulations are in order for Corey Johnson, who just became elected speaker of the New York City council on Wednesday. Corey, who is openly gay, is the first person with HIV to be elected in this position, which happens to be the second most powerful elected official in city government outside of the mayor. “We believe in New York where no one is targeted simply because of who they are — Muslim New Yorkers, immigrants, the undocumented, African Americans, Jewish...

Andrzej Gruszczynski and Wiktor Twarkowski wed in Manhattan in 2013. A gay couple married in New York had to turn to the courts for a divorce after City Hall refused to end their marriage. Polish couple Andrzej Gruszczynski and Wiktor Jerzy Twarkowskix tied the knot at the Manhattan marriage bureau in December 2013. The couple came to the Big Apple from Warsaw as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s “NYC I Do” campaign, which invited gay tourists to wed if they lived in...

Award-Winning documentary "No Dress Code Required" will open theatrically in New York City this coming Friday, November 3 with a national release to follow. Directed by Cristina Herrera Borquez, the film won best documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and was an official selection of both the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and Outfest, LA's annual gay film fest. The doc follows the story of Victor and Fernando, who run a beauty salon in Baja California, Mexico. For many...

The victim tried to calm a group that was spewing homophobic slurs at him and his friends. A gay man suffered a broken jaw at the hands of attackers in Brooklyn in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. The victim, 27, was ordering food with friends at a fast-food restaurant in Bedford-Stuyvesant when they were approached by a group making anti-gay comments. When he tried to de-escalate the situation, one attacker punched him in the face. The assailant was...

See the pictures here! Tom Daley has shared pictures of him and husband Dustin Lance Black meeting Bill and Hillary Clinton at a film screening. The Olympic diver posted the pictures on Instagram yesterday, although the meeting took place in New York City last week. Tom shared a picture himself with Dustin and Hillary along with the caption: ‘NYC has been so much fun! Got to meet some amazing people!’ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXxpW-tjRo8/ He then shared a picture of he and his hubby deeply engaged with...

'For anyone who's had to hide who they are, I've got your back' A straight New York City cop has shared an LGBTI Pride message on Facebook that is so powerful and point that it has gone viral. He identifies himself only as ‘Huge Fat Loser’ and posts a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt that reads: ‘I may be straight but I don’t hate.’ He then shares a list of reasons why he worked last weekend’s Pride event. It’s a thorough and...

The parade will also be broadcasted live on TV for the first time For the first time in history, New York City Pride aired a commercial on television. During Wheel of Fortune on Tuesday 13 June, TV station ABC7 aired the first ever commercial advertising the NYC Pride March on 25 June. The ad was broadcasted to everyone in the New York metro area. Additionally, Channel 7 is broadcasting the parade live – another first for NYC Pride. https://twitter.com/sasha_seven/status/875155515810205696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fwatch-first-nyc-pride-commercial-aired-tv-big-deal%2F ‘Channel 7 prides itself on...

The images are from the new book by New York-based acclaimed professor of photography, Ron Amato New York-based photographer Ron Amato has earned himself a reputation for shooting beautiful images of muscled hunks. His latest collection again features stunning men but in an unusual setting: most of them are inside the confined space of a wooden box. Amato lives in Brooklyn with his husband Seth and their two Fox Terriers, Ben and Zeb. He’s an Associate Professor of Photography at New York...

Ready your rainbows and strap on those pumps, New York City Pride will be seen live in fabulous living color this year. WABC-TV, the Disney-owned and operated station in Manhattan serving the greater NYC metropolitan area, has agreed to broadcast the 48th annual Pride March on Sunday, June 25th. And for everyone beyond New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the station promises a livestream on its website as well. Never before has any TV station in the entertainment and news media...

A student at a Buffalo high school has filed a federal lawsuit, with the help of the New York Civil Liberties Union, for the right to form a Gay-Straight Alliance. The openly gay 18 year-old Byshop Elliott could no long sit idly by, ignoring the reportedly homophobic atmosphere in the school, and said he is suing because, “I just want them to wake up,” he told The Buffalo News. The lawsuit alleges that McKinley Principal Crystal Boling-Barton has warned students during...