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Homage: Queer lineages on video Wallach Art Gallery. Bronx Times. Last week, The City broke the news that the. The reporting also indicates that many of these charges have been ultimately dropped but only after LGBTQ New Yorkers have been handcuffed and arrested.

Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" [1] or "tea-room" [2]), [3] or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. More from Around NYC.

Brooklyn Paper. [4][5] The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in. Post an Event. View All Events…. A surge of public lewdness arrests inside a Penn Station bathroom by Amtrak Police has rattled the LGBTQ community and landed at least one person in ICE custody, THE CITY has learned.

The Sept. By Duncan Osborne Posted on September 29, Close Never Miss a Beat Sign up for email updates. I have been reporting on this kind of police activity since and I have never seen a number that high before.

Police often use anti-gay slurs, ignore the requirements of state law when making these arrests, and generally go out of their way to gay the experience as unpleasant as possible for the men they arrest. Crime & Justice Gay sex sting in public toilet results in arrests One man says he was arrested just for wearing a Pride bracelet in the restroom and was called a slur by cops.

On Sept. AND FESTIVAL HISTORYCambridge Shorts Cambridge, UK 13/11/18 fliQs Queer Fi. A gay elected official is sounding the alarm that a string of arrests at a New York City cruising site revives "the dark days" of queer entrapment. We further request a written explanation of how these arrests have been conducted, how many people have been affected, and what safeguards Amtrak will put in place to prevent further violations of civil rights.

Caribbean Life. Mike Spiegel, a bathroom attorney, successfully sued the Port Authority in the World Trade Center for harassing and arresting Alejandro Martinez in The Legal Aid Society successfully sued the Port Authority Police Department in on behalf of two men, leading to a settlement in Our caseload reflects this troubling pattern, especially since the start of summer — including 20 arrests in a single day this September.

Activists who have objected to these arrests have said that police often use boiler plate language in criminal complaints that is little more than an exercise in copy and paste, suggesting that those arrested in these stings behaved in exactly the same way prior to being arrested.

Gay City News had not received a response by late on Sept. More in Crime Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles.

All four are Democrats. A follow-up email from Gay City News asked if Amtrak police has assisted ICE in meeting that quota and how many other Amtrak facilities were participating. In a separate Sept.