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Man beaten outside of El Paso gay bar

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:45:57 +0000

A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after a group of men beat him outside of a gay nightclub in downtown El Paso, Texas early Saturday morning.

The El Paso Times reports the victim was(...)

China raids popular gay bar

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:00:27 +0000

A popular gay bar in Shanghai was raided over the weekend, reports the Shaghai Daily. More than 60 people were taken into custody.

Some staff and customers were held up to 12 hours.

Said the

Fort Worth will pay $400,000 in gay bar raid case

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:00:52 +0000

(Fort Worth, Texas) The city of Fort Worth agreed Tuesday to pay $400,000 to a patron at a gay bar who was severely injured in a police raid two years ago, a settlement that avoided a federal(...)

Man in NYC gay-bar attack: `No hatred in my heart’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:00:41 +0000

(New York) A parolee who admitted to a hate-crime attack at a bar that was the scene of an early moment in the gay-rights movement said Wednesday he harbored no loathing but accepted his guilt(...)

Man pleads guilty to hate crime at NYC gay bar

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:55:47 +0000

(New York) A man accused of spewing anti-gay and racist insults while attacking a patron at one of New York City’s oldest gay bars pleaded guilty Tuesday to hate-crime assault in an episode his(...)

Man charged with bias attack at noted NYC gay bar

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:00:17 +0000

A man spat anti-gay and racist insults as he hit a patron at one of the city's oldest gay bars, authorities said Monday, adding to a string of recent cases that have amplified alarm about gay-bashing and bullying here and elsewhere.

Report: NY’s Paladino once rented to gay clubs

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:00:09 +0000

(New York) State liquor license records show that New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino had once collected rent from two gay clubs located in buildings he owned in downtown(...)

Government-backed Chinese gay bar stays empty

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:56:38 +0000

(Beijing) A new bar in southwestern China aimed at educating gay men about AIDS stayed conspicuously empty during its official opening as potential customers shunned the spotlight, state media(...)

Lambda sues Atlanta for gay bar raid

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:14:18 +0000

From Lambda Legal:

(Atlanta) In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia today, Lambda Legal and co-counsel filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, the Chief of Police(...)

Gay bar has new ID rule for cross-dressers

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:03:25 +0000

(Elk Grove Village, Ill.) A gay bar in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village says cross-dressers who wish to drink there will now have to show a valid photo ID that matches the gender they are(...)