The Pink Panthers

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The Pink Panthers name has been used for several different gay rights organizations in North America since the 1970's

The most recent incarnations include

A small organization that does fundraisers to promote gay rights organizations A militant, gay rights collective in Montreal, Quebec

A neighborhood watch founded by members of Queer Nation, that received notoriety when they were successfully sued in 1991 by MGM Pictures, the owner of the rights the Pink Panther cartoon. The neighborhood watch group would patrol areas that had a large number of gang assaults on homosexual men. In NYC, where the Pink Panthers was founded these patrols would generally be in the East and West Village. There was a number of patrols in the rambles (Central Park).