Rally for GLBT safety in the Bronx

Dozens of supporters of the GLBT community rallied in the Bronx to stop hate crimes. The group marched 2.5 miles before stopping and praying in front of the abandoned building on Osborne Place. That’s where three men were allegedly attacked viciously for being gay in October.

“For so long the Bronx has been very quiet about LGBT issues. This particular event sparked the feeling to doing something and how do you do it—you do it in unity,” Antonio Centano said.

Centano said he has friends who have been attacked because they are gay. “I was born and raised in this borough. I don’t want my borough to be seen as a non-safe place to live,” one man said. “That is not the Bronx spirit. That is the image people are getting with these types of crimes.”