As someone on a listserv I'm subscribed to said: "This is just the beginning."
Crime wave hits gays in the city
Hate crimes against the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community skyrocketed in the last six months of 2003, a new report shows.
The number of anti-gay incidents citywide increased 43%, and the number of victims surged 53% during the last six months of 2003, compared with the same period in 2002, according to the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project.
Richard Haymes, the group's executive director, attributed the surge, in part, to the June 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down sodomy laws across the nation.
Paul Browne, the NYPD's top spokesman, confirmed yesterday that there was a sizable increase in anti-gay hate crimes.
Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had planned to hold a news conference with the Anti-Violence Project on Wednesday to highlight the statistics. Bloomberg also planned to give the group a $50,000 grant for a public awareness campaign.
But the organization canceled the news conference after the mayor's office refused to let Council Speaker Gifford Miller, a potential mayoral rival, participate.
BTW, Mayor Bloomberg is an ass besides being a punk!
Posted by ronn at March 12, 2004 03:34 PM
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