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February 20, 2013

Gay man attacked on NYC subway while onlookers do nothing

Police have launched a hate crime investigation after six people attacked a gay couple in New York City

A 23-year-old gay man was attacked on a Manhattan subway, as a crowd of onlookers did nothing.

Urena Morel Frankelly and his boyfriend were on a train on 18 February, when a woman took a picture of them eating and her friend called them names.

After the victim asked them why the two was taken a picture, the suspect said ‘Feed your face, faggot,’ the New York Daily News reports.

As an argument erupted, the two women, who were joined by three others plus a man, attacked Frankelly, police said.

February 14, 2013

Man charged over New York gay strangling death

A 23-year-old man is being charged with robbing and killing his 53-year-old lover in a Queens motel

A man is being charged with strangling his gay lover in a New York City motel, police revealed today (14 February).

Lleuyel Garcia, 23, is alleged to have killed and robbed the victim Joseph Benzinger, 54, who was found with a shirt wrapped around his neck on Saturday night (9 February).

Cops believe Benzinger and Garcia had met earlier that day and had a sexual relationship, the New York Daily News reports.

August 20, 2012

Calvin Klein's ex-boyfriend writing a tell-all book

Nick Gruber to reveal intimate details in book What Came Between Me and My Calvin

Calvin Klein was 69 when he took up with male model Nick Gruber - more than 40 years his junior - a few years ago.

Now that the two have parted ways, Gruber reportedly has plans to share the details of their time together in a book he's shopping around called What Came Between Me and My Calvin.

'Yes, it’s true that I’m writing a book,' Gruber tells the New York Daily News.