Justice! 21-year old John Fox will serve an undetermined sentence for his role in Michael Sandy's 2006 death. Fox and three friends were accused of luring the gay man to a Brooklyn park, where they attacked him. Fearing for his life, young Sandy ran into traffic, where a car struck him, leading to his ultimate death.

Though prosecutors sought a hate crime murder, the jury convicted Fox of manslaughter and robbery as a hate crime. He's yet to be sentenced, but the prescribed time falls between 5 and 15 years.

Speaking to the press after the verdict, Sandy's father, Ezekial told the press, "Things like this shouldn’t happen. Hopefully something greater will come out of it.” Openly gay New York City Speaker Christine Quinn says the verdict "sent a powerful message that hate crimes of any stripe have no place here in New York City.”

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Christine Quinn's got more fans than she may know. New York City Council's out speaker caused a racialist stink last month when she blocked a bid to rename a city street after black nationalist, Sonny Carson. Quinn's stance garnered her some enemies, including the talking heads at the politically-minded WBAI radio.

Some of the station's hosts and their guests apparently have had some hateful words for Quinn, including a reverend who called her a "nasty lesbo". Jesus would not approve.

The station's stance against Quinn, who rejected the Carson bid over Carson's admitted, anti-white politics, has cost them some listeners. Or, that's what Page Six says, "Sources say the station is losing audience due to hosts who've used 'racist, sexist and homophobic slurs when discussing openly gay Quinn on air…"

Quinn's camp, meanwhile, used the situation to celebrate the love fest called New York, The public outcry against these comments demonstrates there is no tolerance for hatred and bigotry in this city." Except for those with radio programs.

Talk about timing! Hours before the official anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has announced the formation of a lavender-tinged steering committee: LGBT Americans for Hillary.

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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to celebrate New York City's Gay Pride. Homos, queers, dykes (and their bikes), trannies and allies followed Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and founder of the Christopher Street, where it all began.

And trust we sent editor Andrew Belonsky and videographer Christian Gabriel out to capture all the 'mo madness! (Read: Photos after the jump!)

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Christine Quinn's nothing if not a rebel. The openly gay NYC city council speaker has announced that she's flying to Dublin to march in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade. The international trip's a protest against New York's march, which bans gay people because of their allegedly sinful ways. Quinn has previously tried to change their homo-hating ways, but to no avail. Of her planned protest, Quinn remarked:

I hope this sends a message that [gays marching in the parade] is a nonissue. Marching in Ireland as opposed to standing on the sidelines in New York City sends a much stronger message. Irish-Americans and Irish people in Ireland are incredibly open and inclusive. The discriminatory stance of the Fifth Ave. parade is really a thing of the past.

That's right, girl! Plus, we hear Irish girls are easy.

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We are so very proud when our fellow fags who end up with powerful and high profile political positions. Okay, maybe not all of them.

But the good ones in the bunch deserve our kudos. Like brand new City Council speaker of New York City, Christine Quinn. She's made NYC history as the Council's first openly gay speaker.

With both her father and longtime partner in the audience for her acceptance speech, Quinn suddenly became a little weepy:

As her eyes welled up yesterday talking about how proud she was to serve as speaker, Quinn denied she was crying.

"Never. I'm Irish. That would never happen in public," she said.

And more significantly a dyke. Everyone knows lesbians don’t cry in public.

Or in baseball.

QUINN MAKES HER-STORY [NY Post]

It won’t be official until tomorrow, but it appears like an out and proud lesbian will be awarded the speaker position in New York’s city council. Christine Quinn could become the second-most powerful city official and get an extra “0” tagged on to the end of her annual salary. There is much love for the dyke coming from everyone, including her former opponents, even though come of them have decided to compare her to different dessert flavors.

"It's almost like choosing between chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate swirl ice cream," he said. "In the end, both are equally pleasing to my palate."

Still another compliments her handshake:

"When I shake her hand, I know that her word is good, and that's very important," he said.

We can guarentee you that Quinn’s handshake is so much stronger (and manlier) than his own.

Council Ready to Fill the Job of Speaker [NY Times]