Remember back in 2010 when two young Staten Island men decided to beat and try to rob a gay man in the bathroom of the legendary gay bar The Stonewall Inn? Well, 18-year-old Christopher Orlando, the younger of the pair, was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday for his part in the attack. Meanwhile his older partner in crime, Matthew Francis (whose sister, you might recall, is "a full-blown lesbian"), was sentenced to two years in jail on similar charges assault as a hate crime and attempted robbery charges last September. more ›

Cellphone-related violence continues to be a problem in Gotham, and not just on the subways. In addition to the Brooklyn man who was murdered over his iPhone this weekend, police are seeking a 21-year-old named Julius Wright (alias "Stinky") who they say sexually assaulted a 24-year-old Brooklyn man while screaming homophobic slurs earlier this month. The incident occurred after Wright allegedly stole the man's phone at fake-gunpoint. more ›

Back in March, straight Long Island 18-year-old Anthony Collao was beaten to death in a hail of homophobic slurs while leaving a birthday party in Woodhaven, Queens. Today, the DA there charged six teens involved in the beating with murder as a hate crime. more ›

Yesterday, police arrested 21-year-old Anthony Bray in connection with a brutal West Village gay bashing that left victim Damian Furtch with two black eyes and needing multiple stitches. Furtch claims his attackers yelled anti-gay slurs while beating him, but Bray also claims to be gay. However, Furtch rightly says that it makes no difference what his attacker's sexual orientation is, because "hate crime" or not it was still a crime: "The fact that the attacker in custody alleges he is gay does not change the fact that he shouted anti-gay slurs while attacking me," Furtch says. "I look forward to the criminal trial where all of the accurate details will come out." more ›

Last weekend 26-year-old Damian Furtch was brutally beaten and verbally harassed outside of a McDonald's in the West Village, and police are investigating the attack as a hate crime. Two days ago police released surveillance video of the attackers, and now a 21-year-old homeless man has been arrested in connection with the beating. Anthony Bray was caught in Bushwick (NY1 reports he turned himself in), and confessed to attacking Furtch and yelling anti-gay slurs. He allegedly told cops he attacked Furtch "because he was disrespectful to him." However, Bray also claims to be gay. Not that that should matter. more ›

On Sunday, 26-year-old Damian Furtch was beaten outside the West 4th Street McDonald's in the West Village by two men spewing homophobic slurs, possibly because of his brightly colored clothing. Last night, police released a video of the beating (below), which left Furtch with two black eyes and multiple stitches. He said, "The attack against me is part of the larger issue of violence against gay and transgender people in New York City." more ›

Police are searching for a group of thugs that beat up Damian Furtch, 26, at a West Village McDonald's on Sunday, leaving him with two black eyes and multiple stitches. Furtch posted photos of his injuries on Facebook, and wrote "I thought I was safe in the city I loved but apparently wearing fluorescent colored clothing and pink shoelaces really bother some f-----g a--holes to blind side me and hit me." Police are investigating the beating as a hate crime. more ›

Four teenagers have been arraigned on charges of manslaughter and gang assault after allegedly beating 18-year-old Anthony Coallo to death outside a Woodhaven party on Saturday, all while yelling anti-gay slurs, even though Coallo's friends said he was not gay. Now, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says the incident, "appears to have all the elements of a hate crime and now a hate crime homicide." Police have also arrested a fifth suspect, who has been charged with manslaughter and assault as hate crimes. more ›

An 18-year-old high school graduate was beaten and stomped to death at a party in Queens this weekend by four party crashers who were allegedly yelling anti-gay slurs. However, friends testify that victim Anthony Collao had a girlfriend and was not gay. The party was thrown by two gay men, but the four assailants reportedly did not discriminate when it came to picking fights. more ›

Daniel Rodriguez, the 22-year-old man accused of viciously beating Jack Price in 2009 because he is gay, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for hate crime. He pleaded guilty last year to first-degree robbery as a hate crime, even though his father didn't believe him. Rodriguez said in court, "Through the grace of God I hope someday Jack Price will forgive me." more ›

Jack Price was coming out of a College Point deli late one night in October 2009 when he was savagely beaten by two men, Daniel Rodriguez Jr., 22, and Daniel Aleman, 27. The sickening assault and robbery was caught by a surveillance camera, and by the time Price, 50, got medical attention, doctors had to put him into a medically-induced coma. He was hospitalized for 22 days and suffered a broken jaw, several broken ribs, two collapsed lungs and a lacerated spleen, the Post reports. At Aleman's sentencing yesterday, he apologized, while also blaming his behavior on booze. more ›

Earlier today 22-year-old Daniel Rodriguez Jr. pleaded guilty to beating and robbing Jack Price specifically because he is openly gay. He admitted to taunting Price with gay slurs before beating him up, leaving him in a medically-induced coma, and taking his cash. However, Rodriguez's father seems to have still not come to terms with his sons misdeeds. He told the Post, "This incident came about because of an argument over some kind of writing of graffiti on the wall of the deli. I’d like to apologize to Jack Price and his family, but this didn’t happen because he was gay...and [Price] knows that." more ›

The Washington D.C. resident who was attacked in the bathroom of the legendary Stonewall Inn on Sunday wrote on his blog about the apparent hate crime incident—and ensuing attention, "I’ve been contacted by what seems to be every newspaper and television station in New York. Apparently this is a big story there." Ben Carver offered an account of what happened—including how he fought back against his attackers—and added more recently, "Violence for its own sake is never OK... We must be better than these bullies, and we must not give away our power to them by entertaining thoughts of fear and violence. While righteous anger is acceptable, we cannot let them take our peace." more ›

Luis Vieira, 47, and his partner, Richard Vieira, 39, were on their way into a White Castle in Stapleton, Staten Island around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when they noticed a group of about 40 black youths, male and female, walking in the middle of the street. The couple proceeded inside, and were sitting enjoying their burgers when one of three of the youths entered. Luis Vieira tells SI Live that as he watched them come in, one of the youths asked him, "What the fuck are you looking at, fag?" more ›

Back in September last year friends Blake Hayes, Alec Bell and Danny Calvert were all victims of a hate crime outside of a Manhattan bar in Hell's Kitchen. Following an incident, the NYPD refused to take their attacker's information, or let them file a claim. Soon after, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke up on behalf of the victims of the bias attack and investigations began. more ›

Last September WPLJ deejay Blake Hayes (pictured left), and cabaret and Broadway performer Danny Calvert were attacked outside of McCoy's Bar in Hell's Kitchen, along with their friend Alec Bell. They claimed a man flicked a cigarette at them while saying, "Keep moving, faggots." When the trio quipped about the man's bald head, he became enraged, physically assaulted them, and said, "Die of AIDS, you fucking queers." more ›

The Queens gay man who was nearly beaten to death spoke out about the brutal attack for the first time yesterday. Jack Price, 49, who is still in the hospital recovering from multiple injuries, told the Daily News, "I thought I died. I was bleeding all over the place." more ›

Following a Friday night attack outside of McCoy's bar in Hell's Kitchen, where a group of gay men were called "faggots" prior to being physically assaulted, pressure continues to be put on the NYPD for their alleged negligence in the situation. more ›

Yesterday we reported on an anti-gay attack that occurred in Hell's Kitchen this past Friday night. WPLJ DJ Blake Hayes (pictured), cabaret and Broadway performer Danny Calvert, and another friend were attacked by a patron of McCoy's bar; they claim the police officers who showed up refused to take their attacker's information, or let them file a claim. They also expressed concern that McCoy's bouncer (who stopped the attack) allowed the attacker back into the bar. more ›

This past Friday night, WPLJ DJ Blake Hayes, cabaret and Broadway performer Danny Calvert and another friend were walking down 9th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen when a cigarette butt was thrown at them by a man outside of McCoy's bar, followed by the words, "Keep moving, faggot." more ›

A 19-year-old Upper East Sider has been arrested in connection with three anti-gay attacks that took place in the neighborhood, two of which drew headlines for occurring during the recent Pride weekend. Driton Nicaj was charged with aggravated harassment and robbery as hate crimes after being picked up near his home on East 84th Street. Police say that Nicaj has confessed to one of the robberies and admitted to being a witness on-hand during the mugging of Joseph Holladay (pictured), the former Village Voice staffer who was mugged and called a faggot by a group of teens while he was down from Boston during Pride weekend. more ›

A former Village Voice staffer in town for the weekend, was jumped, badly beaten and called a faggot by a group of young men on the Upper East Side in the wee hours of Saturday morning. 36-year-old Joe Holladay of Boston was smoking outside the friend's apartment on East 85th near York around 4 a.m. Saturday when the group of five or six men came up to him and hit him with an object, possibly the butt of a gun. Holladay told the Voice, "It's very blurry. But yeah, they said 'faggot.' And the next thing I know I'm in the hospital." A neighbor said they spotted a group of young white men with crewcuts, wearing wife beaters and smoking pot nearby before the attack. It's believed that they hopped in a gold Subaru older model station wagon after the attack. Upon reading about the incident, State Senator Thomas Duane got involved with the possibility of pursuing it as a hate crime and said, "Hate and prejudice of any kind are unacceptable in New York City or anywhere and there is a heightened injustice that this apparently anti-gay incident occurred during Pride Week." more ›

While many have been insinuating that Nick Haramis is nothing more than a burger-eating boy who cried wolf, Grub Street reports that following an internal investigation the owner has decided to suspend the alleged gay-bashing employee even though he questions Haramis's claims. more ›

Corner Bistro, the self-described "last of the bohemian bars in West Greenwich Village," and a popular last stop for late night snacks, may have just become a little less appetizing. BlackBook published a first hand account today by Nick Haramis, who recently went to the establishment for a midnight meal with his boyfriend and some other friends. Shortly after sitting down, a waiter or busboy allegedly threw Haramis to the floor: "The side of my head the last thing to hit the ground. There was some confusion as my boyfriend tried to stop the whole thing, and was then punched in the face, while the Bistro worker screamed 'faggots' a few times, for good measure." more ›