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Amber Sexton

Before he became involved with the archives at the LGBT Center, Rich Wandel served as the second president of the Gay Activists Alliance.
History

Rich Wandel’s fight to preserve LGBTQ history

By Amber Sexton
Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.
New York City

Annual Village Halloween Parade returning for 52nd year

By Amber Sexton
A Lesbian and Transgender Flag Hangs Above a Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson.
Around Town

Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes in Brooklyn

By Amber Sexton
Oct 13, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; A general overview of the Northwest Stadium before a game between the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders.
Sports

NFL donates to the Trevor Project for National Coming Out Day

By Amber Sexton
The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5.
Crime

Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn

By Amber Sexton
Antoine Craigwell delivers opening remarks at the In My Mind Conference.
Health

At The Center, ‘In My Mind’ Conference spotlights mental health and LGBTQIA+ veterans of color

By Amber Sexton
People sit near the bar at Ginger's during a National Coming Out Day mixer on Oct. 9.
Legal

Legal groups co-host National Coming Out Day mixer at Ginger’s

By Amber Sexton
Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.
Events

Guide to queer Halloween events in NYC this October

By Amber Sexton
The Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival returns to New York City for a fourth year Oct. 20-26.
Theater

Theatre festival to shine spotlight on trans, non-binary, and two-spirit artists

By Amber Sexton
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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The Arkell Museum presents a solo exhibi
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Artist Fernando Carpaneda Inaugurates Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum
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Pilin Anice’s Wellness Workshop Series i
Tomorrow, 10 am

Wellness Workshop with Pilin Anice
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Get ready for Divas for Dunn — a matinee
Tomorrow, 4 pm

Divas For Dunn: Pride. Power. Party. A Stonewall Fundraiser for Laura Dunn
The Stonewall Inn

Verse4Verse is New York’s only dra
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag + Poetry
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Target Margin Theater’s anchor pro
Tomorrow, 7:30 pm

This is Real
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Rough day at work? Stuff to celebrate? N
March 17, 6:30 pm

$5 Drinks At Drag Show Happy Hour
Phoenix Bar

Wanna win a $50 bar tab and show your sm
March 17, 8 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
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Photographer Kennedi Carter will be join
March 18, 6:30 pm

The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with Kennedi Carter and Adraint Khadafhi Bereal
International Center of Photography (ICP)

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Arts

  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis
  • Angelo Madsen is the director of "A Body to Live In." Q&A: Trans director Angelo Madsen on Fakir Musafar and ‘A Body to Live In’
  • Anjimile's “You’re Free To Go” debuts March 13. March LGBTQ music: Morrissey’s ‘Make-up Is a Lie’ and Anjimile’s ‘You’re Free To Go’
  • Eloy Pohu in "Enzo." Overview of LGBTQ-themed films at Rendez-vous with French Cinema
  • Andy (Jake Mosser) and Luis (Euriamis Losada) in “Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!" Q&A: Director Todd Stephens on the re-release of ‘Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!’

Crime

  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

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