The city and especially the Village have long been beacons for gay people. 'You feel like you're making headway and then it seems like there's a backlash,' he said. He said he looked around cautiously when he got off the subway train to march. especially since it happened in this area.' She described her nephew as 'a loving and caring person.'įabio Cotza, a gay member of an interfaith Bronx church, said the killing 'really makes me scared. 'The family would like to have justice be served, so that Mark's death is not in vain,' she said at a rally at the march's end. One of Carson's aunts, Flourine Bompars, was among the marchers. 7 NY Mayors to Launch New Effort Against Gun Violence Following Mass Shootings