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- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- POLICE CHARGED WH FALSE ARRTS OF GAY MEN AT ADULT VIO STOR
- DEADLY STABBG OF GAY MAN AT NYC GAS STATN VTIGATED AS POTENTIAL HATE CRIME
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
On September 29, 1982, over thirty New York Cy police officers raid Blue’s, a bar Manhattan’s Tim Square. The followg year, activist Jam Credle ttified at ngrsnal heargs on police misnduct, scribg the btal beatgs of the Black and Lato gay men and trans people who ma up the bar’s mai * the blue nyc gay *
The followg year, activist Jam Credle ttified at ngrsnal heargs on police misnduct, scribg the btal beatgs of the Black and Lato gay men and trans people who ma up the bar’s ma clientele. The event galvanized lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists for whom police vlence was a primary ncern.
POLICE CHARGED WH FALSE ARRTS OF GAY MEN AT ADULT VIO STOR
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Image om Liberatn NewsGay activist and journalist Arthur Bell wrote a ont-page story about the raid for the alternative weekly the Village Voice.
DEADLY STABBG OF GAY MAN AT NYC GAS STATN VTIGATED AS POTENTIAL HATE CRIME
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” Bell also noted the strikg ntrast between the raid and another prs-worthy event held that same night: a black tie dner, $150 a plate, sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), a gay and lbian polil actn mtee, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel wh a keynote by former vice print Walter earlier, Bell had wrten about a much more famo police raid and rponse, which had taken place at the Stonewall Inn bar on June 28, 1969.
At the time, police raids of gay bars were mon, and bar owners often sought protectn through payoffs to the police. In rponse, many activists attempted to nvce the public that gay life was far om “unsirable” and uld even be seen as a valuable asset a cy which the disurs of crime and enomic cris had bee tightly tertwed. In September 1977, for example, the gay magaze Christopher Street featured a ver story tled “Can Gays Save New York Cy?