PHOTOS: City leaders, gay rights activists march against rise in NYC hate crimes

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other local officials joined with LGBT groups and other community members on Monday to [...]

Police presence increased in the wake of hate crimes

The NYPD will increase its presence in the Manhattan neighborhoods where five anti-gay hate crimes have occurred in the past [...]

City officials, gay rights activists to rally against hate crimes

Following the murder of a 32-year-old man on Friday night in Manhattan, local officials and gay rights groups will rally [...]

Homeless LGBTQ youth rehearse for Theatre of the Oppressed festival

Homeless LGBTQ youth from three shelters will be performing in an interactive theater festival this weekend.

Legislators join LGBT homeless youth in theater performance

City and state legislators will take to the stage with LGBTQ homeless youth to work out policy through interactive theater.

Mayor issues stern letter about homophobia in Somerville

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone is publicly scolding the persons who used homophobic slurs to describe the city’s first openly gay alderman.

Christine Quinn helps abandoned gay foster kid

A gay foster kid, told by his mother at age 13 that he deserved to be disowned, had his life forever changed by a chance meeting with Christine Quinn.

Until the US government do us part: Gay couples await DOMA decision

Gay binational couples in New York City are hoping for a Supreme Court DOMA decision that will transform their lives.

Pa. legislature introduces statewide LGBT nondiscrimination bills

The nondiscrimination legislation would prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity-based bias in employment, housing, and credit in Pennsylvania.

Pa. legislators to announce ‘largest-ever’ support for equality laws

Companion equality bills in the state House and Senate would ban gender identity discrimination statewide.