The Pink Panthers Patrol (often shortened to Pink Panthers) were a civilian patrol group based in New York City, founded by members of Queer Nation in the summer of 1990 in order to combat anti-LGBT violence in Manhattan's West Village.
[1][2] Gay bashings in New York City were happening on the streets with regularity at the time.
[4] They received notoriety when they were successfully sued in 1991 by MGM Pictures, the owner of the rights to the Pink Panther cartoon.
[5] The neighborhood watch group would patrol areas that had a large number of gang assaults on LGBTQ people.
In NYC, where the Pink Panthers was founded these patrols would generally be in the East and West Village.