Public Safety
Eulogy in Paris: ‘You lived like a star, you leave like a star’
https://youtu.be/v6HD0LfikdA Andy Towle writes: Étienne Cardiles, the husband of slain officer Xavier Jugelé, delivered an emotional eulogy outside police headquarters on Tuesday. Jugelé was slain by Karim Cheurfi, a 39-year-old…
Out: How to Help Stop Chechnya’s Gay Concentration Camps
The persecution of gay people in Chechnya has only worsened since I wrote about it in my Blade column last week. Hilton Dresden at Out magazine lists several things you…
Service with a Smile
The attorney for Dr. Dao of the United Airlines “Rhapsody in Black and Blue” incident invoked this classic scene from “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” It is apt. Trigger warning: lots…
Fewer guns, more mental health care
Another deadly shooting in San Bernardino, this time in a school, where a woman’s estranged husband went to her workplace to kill her and then himself. He also shot two…
Rhapsody in Black and Blue
I have not yet found a version of this appalling video set to the famous United Airlines Gershwin theme, but it seems inevitable. United is apologizing for their treatment of…
State Dept. Urges Russia to stop Chechen murders and torture
Joe My God reports: Yesterday the State Department called on Russia to investigate reports that Chechen police are rounding up and murdering gay men. Tonight the State Department has issued…
NYT: Chechen authorities arresting and killing gay men
Horrifying news from what might euphemistically be called Russia’s sphere of influence: First, two television reporters vanished. Then a waiter went missing. Over the past week, men ranging in age…
Parents in India seek ‘corrective rape’ for son after finding out he is gay
Parents in India seek ‘corrective rape’ for son after finding out he is gay https://t.co/D4Ncqrb5K7 pic.twitter.com/PIAT135sJf — GSN (@gaystarnews) January 17, 2017 No matter how bad things get, never say…
Gay Man Has Skull Fractured by Masked Men in Target Parking Lot in Dallas
Gay Man Has Skull Fractured by Masked Men in Target Parking Lot in Dallas https://t.co/61QKwKoCwT pic.twitter.com/g6pxrrnyXm — Towleroad (@tlrd) January 17, 2017
Jan. 20 – Gays Against Guns D.C. hosts GAG Ball at Cobalt
Gays Against Guns D.C. hosts the GAG Ball at Cobalt https://t.co/7ugqoaIGFu — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) January 15, 2017 Don’t take the acronym too seriously. This is not a quiet bunch.