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About the Author

Erasmo Guerra

Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca."
Books

Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

By Erasmo Guerra
Participating artists (standing left to right) Sharon De La Cruz, Mariela Figueroa, Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, Ivan Velez, and panel moderator Megami.
Arts

From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight

By Erasmo Guerra
Curators P. Henry (left) and Sal Kimura (right) have been working to uncover LGBTQ history through their project, “Queer Archeology: Reflections on Communal History."
Books

New York Public Library curators highlight lesser-known queer history

By Erasmo Guerra
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Books

‘American Teenager’ gives a voice to trans adolescents across the US

By Erasmo Guerra
Jade Mapp leads the poetry picnic.
Arts

Poets House hosts a Queer Joy Poetry Picnic in Lower Manhattan

By Erasmo Guerra
Inside the dazzling Beaux-Arts splendor of Astor Hall, DJ Gregory spun Taylor Swift and other crowd favorites.
Youth

The New York Public Library’s anti-prom celebrates 20 years of free expression

By Erasmo Guerra
Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024.
Arts

Fuerza Fest celebrates the Latinx LGBTQ+ community

By Erasmo Guerra
The cover of Phil Bildner's book, "Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five."
Sports

Queer author hits home run with Glenn Burke picture book for kids

By Erasmo Guerra
Khane Kutzwell (left) mentors apprentice barber Da’Shawn Scott (right) while touching up the sides on a Fordham Law School student.
Business

A cut above: How a queer, Black, woman-owned barbershop makes space for the LGBTQIA+ community

By Erasmo Guerra
Customers line up for Bite’s Gay Donut, available Fridays at Smorgasburg World Trade Center, the weekly open-air food market located at the Oculus Plaza on Fulton and Church Streets.
Food

Donuts that dare to show their Pride colors

By Erasmo Guerra
Camryn Garrett, a 23-year-old queer Black author, recently came out with "Friday I'm in Love," a novel.
Books

Author’s book celebrates LGBTQ visibility, identity

By Erasmo Guerra
Musician Martin St. Lawrence (left) and general manager Daniel Tobey (right) accept the 2023 Village Award for The Monster Bar from Village Preservation at Cooper Union’s Great Hall on June 13. Penny Arcade (seated, far right) emceed the event.
Nightlife

The Monster: a place for all of us

By Erasmo Guerra
Suzy Wong shares her recipe for prik nam pla, Thai chili fish sauce. As fellow drag artist Pattaya Hart looks on.
Food

Suzy Wong serves fish sauce realness

By Erasmo Guerra
News

No Country for Lovers

By Erasmo Guerra
Guest Perspective

Pillow Balk

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Jobs in New York

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Aesop Queer Library returns to New York
Tomorrow, 11 am

Aesop Queer Library
Aesop Nolita

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4, 6pm
Tomorrow, all day

Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC at Culture Lab LIC
Culture Lab LIC

Join us for an exclusive, intimate scree
Tomorrow, 6 pm

Marcel’s Promise: Short Film Screening
Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center

Spongebob themed drag show: flash tattoo
Tomorrow, 6:30 pm

Big Bikini Bottoms
Madame X

Celebrate Pride weekend on the Upper Wes
Tomorrow, 6:30 pm

Pride Disco Night at Superfly Dispensary
Superfly Dispensary

Humor, history, and uncanny haunts combi
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Nancy at the Brick Aux
Brick Aux

Coney Island’s Premiere Drag Revue
Tomorrow, 8 pm

Prideshow at the Sideshow
Coney Island USA

Join Marble Collegiate Church as it cont
June 28, 8 am

Celebrate Pride at Marble Collegiate Church
Marble Collegiate Church

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Arts

  • If America were handing out scores for the stories it chooses to remember, LGBTQ+ ballroom culture would earn a verdict without hesitation: tens across the board.Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History
  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections
  • solera_groupdancing_ps‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens
  • Congressmember Sarah McBride. ‘State of Firsts’ Q&A: Filmmaker Chase Joynt recalls capturing Sarah McBride’s historic rise to Congress

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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