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Source: Syracuse Post-Standard , News 10 Now , WSYR SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Family, friends and community members gathered to remember Moses Cannon, 22, Monday. Cannon identified as a woman and was known as "Teish". "We should be concerned and outraged that this happened, but I think we need...

:: Asked by New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen if there was anything he hadn't talked about endlessly in hundreds of interviews over the years, noted artist Maurice Sendak paused for a few moments and answered, "Well, that I'm gay." He explained, "I just didn’t think it was...

-- A Framington, Mass. man charged with a hate crime attack against three men and a woman in South Boston was freed on $10,000 bail and given a 10 pm curfew after pleading not guilty Tuesday. Three more suspects in early-morning Saturday attack remain at large. -- A 22 year old drifter, Jeromie Cancel...

-- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund has announced a $1.2 million grant aimed at increasing the number of people of faith supporting equality for LGBT people. The grant money was given to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation's Institute for Welcoming Resources and five partner organizations...

Source: Staten Island Advance Staten Island, NY -- A 24 year old from the Staten Island town of Stapleton was charged yesterday with assault as a hate crime for pummeling a man because he thought his victim was gay. The unidentified victim was attacked on July 29 as the he left his home. During the attack...

Source: 13WHAM TV , WHEC TV Rochester, NY -- Police Chief David Moore said four Rochester Police Officers accused of responding inappropriately to an alleged gay bashing attack last June will go back to work Tuesday. The officers were suspended after an internal police investigation into their handling...

Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, NY -- A Rochester woman has been acquitted of a felony hate crime charge alleging that she and another woman attacked two lesbians outside a Park Avenue bar. [see Qnews summary ] Monroe County Court jurors late Thursday acquitted Yalidsa Ortiz, 27,...

Source: Democrat & Chronicle Rochester, NY -- A Rochester woman charged with a hate crime for allegedly attacking a lesbian couple wants to go to trial, but a co-defendant is pondering whether to plead guilty. A lesbian couple told police they were attacked while leaving a Park Avenue bar on June...

Source: New York Times by Michael Brick In a case that put sexual identity, hatred and ultimately forgiveness in leading roles, three men were sentenced to prison yesterday for their roles in chasing a gay man to his death in highway traffic in Brooklyn last year. Their terms diverged: For the planner...

Source: Newsday SEA CLIFF, N.Y. - Two women have been arrested in an anti-gay attack on a former "Top Chef" reality show contestant and her friends, police said. Nassau County police announced the arrests Saturday, a day after victim Josie Smith-Malave's attorney said she had filed a complaint...