Tag: New York

A group of anti-LGBTQ+ protesters assembled outside of a New York special needs library Saturday morning to disrupt a Drag Story Hour event. The protesters held signs against “grooming” and hurled slurs at people entering and leaving the Chelsea library. While the protesters reportedly were relentless, the event was able to continue on uninterrupted. There were counter demonstrators standing in between the anti-LGBTQ+ protests and the entrance. Yet no one was injured and the property remained unharmed. No arrests were made at the protest.  The event was organized by the non-profit New York City Drag Story Hour, at The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. A library that seeks to provide blind New Yorkers with talking books and braille.  The New York Public L...

Hell’s Kitchen gay bar “VERS,” attacked three times in one week. Local authorities are receiving critique for being reluctant to launch a hate crime investigation. The latest attack, which took place on Nov. 19, was captured by surveillance footage and showed an unknown man hurling a brick at the establishment. This was the third time in one week that someone threw a brick at the bar and fourth total. It is unknown if the same person is responsible for all of the attacks.  Members of the community are supposedly outraged by the lack of action taken by authorities. According to a report from the Gothamist, the bar's management has reported the attacks to police but detectives dismissed the suggestion that the attacks were motivated by homophobia and advised against reporting the in...

New York: Criminal gang that reportedly targets gay men accused of killing two people and robbing a dozen others. The gang supposedly haunt Hell’s Kitchen nightclubs where they are suspected of drugging and robbing their victims resulting in two deaths.  Authorities have revealed that the two men that were killed, died under similar circumstances and were murdered 2 blocks apart within the same five weeks. The victims had been seen with three unknown men hours before being killed earlier this year. They were found without their phones and their accounts had been emptied. The preliminary toxicology report indicates that the two victims died from drug overdoses. Authorities claim that evidence points to the victims having been drugged with date-rape type drugs.  Julio Ramirez, a ...

Community leaders and activists in New York have reported a 46% rise in violent crimes against LGBTQ people in the city. LGBTQ rights activists are now urging authorities to take action as reports of violent homophobic attacks against members of the community are increasing. In testimonies obtained by El Diario NY, members of the LGBTQ community speak of the verbal and physical harassment they’ve experienced while walking the streets of New York. Gay and transgender victims tell stories of being beaten bloody on their way home from work while their attackers utter homophobic slurs. A young man was even threatened with a knife after being beaten and robbed on 8th ave, in Brooklyn. He expressed being disappointed that only one person stepped in and tried to help him rid himself of the at...