Page 1 Roundup (04/05)

 

The Daily News: NYC family traumatized after NYPD no-knock battering ram raid of their Queens home

Gay Times: Irish same-sex couple become the first to be legally recognized as parents on their children’s birth certificates

CNN: He was lured to his death in a secluded park. In a pandemic, dating can be deadly for LGBTQ+ people

NBC News: A year into pandemic, America's remaining lesbian bars are barely hanging on

BBC: LGBT teenagers 'isolated and lonely' in pandemic

The Guardian: Anti-LGBTQ laws in Uzbekistan fuel hostility and violence

Gr8er Days: Probably the cutest Anthony Perkins has ever looked

AFP: Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag after same-sex blessing ban

The Daily Beast: The closing of gay bars and clubs during the pandemic has increased a sense of isolation felt by many queer people. The fun will resume once lockdowns end -- but maybe differently.

South China Morning Post: Voguing catches on in China, and encourages LGBT Chinese to be ‘beautiful and fierce’ and celebrate diversity without judgment

Kyodo News: Nearly 60% of Japan municipalities say current LGBT system inadequate

YouTube: This video about 'the gay best friend' in movies and television is just the latest example of how queer people who grew in a post 'Will & Grace' world just don't get the evolution of the LGBTQ experience

The New York Times: Chicago to release video of deadly police shooting of a 13-year-old

With less money to be won, many tennis players are working harder than ever, especially those not lucky enough to have million-dollar endorsement portfolios

The Washington Post: Inside the Teen Vogue mess -- which is really a Condé Nast mess

Arthur Kopit, playwright of early promise who later found ‘Phantom’ success, dies at 83

The Wall Street Journal: Stir-crazy adults breathe new life into hula hoops

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