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Sarah Schulman Reads from ‘Israel/ Palestine’ at Center

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Roughly two years after the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center banned groups that “organize around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QAIA) hosted author Sarah Schulman at the West Village building for a reading from her book on that conflict. “After two years, we are proud to be meeting [...]

March 13, 201360622 Comments2013-03-13+18%3A39%3A25adminRead More

Bailey House Marks 30 Years, Fêtes AIDS Pioneers

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Bailey House, which during the mid-1980s established the nation’s first scatter-site housing and congregate care housing for people living with HIV/ AIDS, marks its 30th anniversary with an auction and gala at Chelsea Piers on March 28. Today, the agency maintains its original facility, Bailey-Holt House at the west end of Christopher [...]

March 13, 20136053No Comment2013-03-13+18%3A12%3A43adminRead More

Liu Charges Ed Dept Fails in Tracking Bullying

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | The city’s Department of Education (DOE) is not adequately tracking and responding to bias incidents in New York City’s roughly 1,700 public schools, according to an audit released by John Liu, the city’s comptroller. “The DOE needs to show parents, students, and educators that it takes bullying seriously,” Liu said in a [...]

March 13, 20136057No Comment2013-03-13+18%3A08%3A14adminRead More

With Four New Meningitis Cases in Gay Men, Quinn, Farley Join Call for Vaccination

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Citing four new meningitis cases among gay and bisexual men in New York City since the start of 2013, the city’s health department is recommending that all men who “regularly have intimate contact with other men met through a website, digital application, or at a bar or party” get vaccinated for the [...]

March 6, 20135965No Comment2013-03-07+02%3A37%3A53adminRead More

Immigration Advocates Warn Against ‘Watering Down’ Reform

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In response to a January 28 memorandum from eight US senators of both parties who are taking the lead on immigration reform, a number of local and national advocacy groups held a Manhattan press conference to voice fears about the risk of “watering down” what they described as the push for “real [...]

February 27, 201358441 Comment2013-02-27+20%3A50%3A30adminRead More

Need on Subways: Security and A Sense of Community

BY CHRIS PHILLIPS | I spent that Saturday afternoon in 2008 grilling hamburgers at my church’s Pride picnic. Then I met my partner for a celebratory margarita or two at the Monster. As it started to rain, we headed across Christopher Street for the downtown subway. I remember being glad we didn’t have to stand on [...]

February 27, 201358574 Comments2013-02-27+20%3A01%3A33adminRead More

LGBT Center Ends Moratorium on Israel/ Palestine-Themed Gatherings

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Following a furious outcry over its refusal to rent space for a reading by Sarah Schulman from her latest book, “Israel/Palestine and the Queer International,” New York City’s gay community center has lifted a moratorium on renting to groups that “organize around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” “Our resulting Space Use Guidelines, Terms and Conditions [...]

February 15, 2013569921 Comments2013-02-15+23%3A50%3A59adminRead More

LGBT Center Bars Sarah Schulman Reading

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | A leading queer community author was barred from an appearance at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center apparently because the book she was to discuss deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We requested space for me to do a presentation of my new book ‘Israel/ Palestine and the Queer International,’ which [...]

February 13, 20135575125 CommentsLGBT+Center+Bars+Sarah+Schulman+Reading2013-02-13+20%3A54%3A21adminRead More

Can Quinn Build on RWDSU Endorsement?

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | When the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) recently announced its endorsement of Christine Quinn for mayor, the move provided bragging rights to a campaign looking to dispel any narrative that progressive forces in the city might be looking for an alternative to the City Council speaker, criticized in some quarters [...]

February 13, 201355683 CommentsCan+Quinn+Build+on+RWDSU+Endorsement%3F2013-02-13+20%3A16%3A04adminRead More

Koch’s Legacy

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Even 23 years after Ed Koch’s departure from public office, journalists and commentators struggled over the past 10 days to neatly summarize and assess his 12 years at the helm of New York City government. Many written accounts chose to highlight, in either laudatory or nostalgic tones — or both — the [...]

February 13, 201355644 CommentsKoch%E2%80%99s+Legacy2013-02-13+20%3A03%3A50adminRead More

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