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Two May Memorials for Slain Queens Gay Activist

Two May Memorials for Slain Queens Gay Activist

BY ANDY HUMM | The brutal and mysterious murder of Queens gay community leader Lou Rispoli, 62, on October 20 of last year has yet to be solved. But his friends and loved ones will remember him on two occasions in May, with a concert and a memorial service in his honor. Lou Rispoli to be [...]

April 24, 2013No CommentRead More

Inclusion the ‘Rage’ in Queens, But St. Pat’s Discriminates Elsewhere

Inclusion the ‘Rage’ in Queens, But St. Pat’s Discriminates Elsewhere

BY ANDY HUMM | The St. Pat’s for All Parade through Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens brought together Irish and non-Irish, gay and straight, young and old, Democrat and Republican, and Catholic and Muslim — not to mention a long line of Brownie troops — in the 14th edition of this “inclusive” event. The March 3 parade [...]

March 13, 2013No CommentRead More

LGBT Community Center: A Bad Policy Ended Badly

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Turning a corner on an unhappy episode in the history of New York’s LGBT Community Center that lasted nearly two years, the Center announced on February 15 that it was ending its “indefinite moratorium” on renting space to organizations that “organize around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” The difficulties began in the spring of [...]

February 27, 20133 CommentsRead More

LGBT Center Ends Moratorium on Israel/ Palestine-Themed Gatherings

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, 201321 CommentsRead More

Beloved Gay Leader Savagely Attacked in Sunnyside Dies

Beloved Gay Leader Savagely Attacked in Sunnyside Dies

[Editor's Note: On Saturday, November 17, a March Against Violence/ March for Justice/ March For Peace/ March For Lou will be held. The event will gather at 51st Street and 43rd Avenue in Woodside at 4 p.m., and participants will march to 41-00 43rd Avenue, where Lou Rispoli was attacked on October 20. Bring candles [...]

October 25, 201218 CommentsRead More