Tag Archives: tragedy

The president looks rather tired to me. I imagine he hasn’t gotten much down time since events unfolded on Friday morning.

As was rumored at the time of death, it was the combination of prescription drugs and booze that killed Whitney Houston. So says Radar Online. Whitney Houston had a deadly mixture of Valium, Xanax and alcohol in her system when she tragically died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel almost two weeks ago, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. As previously reported, Valium …

Fifteen members of India’s trans-identified hijra community were killed in a tent fire yesterday as they gathered to observer the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Members of Sangama and the Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum on Monday condemned the Delhi Government for not putting fire safety systems in place which, they said, led to the charring to death of 15 hijras in …

The longtime partner of the lesbian killed in last week’s sightseeing helicopter crash has also succumbed to her injuries.

A British woman celebrating her 40th birthday with her partner and parents was killed yesterday when their sightseeing helicopter crashed into the East River just off Manhattan. The frenzied rescue attempt was covered live on NYC television and was viewed by thousands from their office and apartment windows. Moments before a doomed chopper crashed into the East River on Tuesday, …

This summer’s tragic stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair may have broad implications regarding the “portability” of gay marriages and civil unions. Indiana’s attorney general said he will not be the one to pick a fight over the rights of a Chicago woman whose same-sex partner was killed in the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. …

A well-known Chicago area lesbian was among the five people killed yesterday when high winds caused the collapse of the stage at the Indiana state fair. Christina Santiago was the programming manager for the Lesbian Community Care Project at Chicago’s Howard Brown Health Center. An ardent country music fan, Santiago and her partner were near the stage to hear the …

Poland has declared a week of mourning after President Lech Kaczynski and his wife were killed in a plane crash in western Russia this morning. All passengers and crew died in the crash. As mayor of Warsaw, Kaczynski had repeatedly banned gay pride marches and had been quoted as saying that same-sex marriage would bring about the destruction of the …

LOGO has rejiggered their casting call for their gay take on the Housewives phenomenon after their first concept about houseboys, Kept, resulted in few applicants. The new title: The Gay Socialites Of New York. Retch. (Via Brian Moylan @ Gawker)

The mother and brother of Oscar winner, American Idol finalist, and gay icon Jennifer Hudson were found murdered in their Chicago home yesterday. The mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson were found shot dead Friday at a South Side home, and police were looking for a missing child who is the nephew of the singer and Oscar-winning actress. A man …

Well, shit. The engineer of the commuter train that crashed in California, killing 24 people, was apparently texting teenaged boys rather than watching the track signals. And he was gay. You know where this is going. In the years before his death, Sanchez led a nomadic life, with public records showing addresses in Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Nebraska and California. …

I cannot believe this. ANOTHER construction crane has collapsed on the Upper East Side, killing at least two people. Two people died in a crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning, according to the city’s fire department, reports WCBS-2 in New York. The construction crane smashed into a high-rise apartment building before crashing more than a …

No words. Two Indian women whose families had tried to break up their relationship set themselves on fire in what police describe as an apparent suicide. The charred bodies of Christy Jayanthi Malar, 38, and her partner identified only as Rukmani, 40, were discovered Saturday in the home of one of the women in the town of Sathangadu. Police said …