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Michael Luongo

From left to right: moderator Brandon Berkson, founder of Hotels Above Par; health educator and activist Jahlove Serrano; Ravi Roth of the travel website Ravi Around the World; Dayna Troisi, the managing editor of Go Magazine; Aniyah Evelyn Santos Ortiz, who works for The Ali Forney Center; and Stacy Lentz, the CEO and co-founder of The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative.
Travel

Panelists discuss the trends and pitfalls of LGBTQ travel

By Michael Luongo
From left to Right: Glory Edim, Kim Coleman Foote, and Sarah Jessica Parker during a May 24 keynote panel at the US Book Show, held at New York University’s Kimmel Center May 22 to 25, 2023.
Books

LGBTQ themes highlight US Book Show

By Michael Luongo
Drag personas Lisa Renee and Karma Sutara.
Travel

LGBTQ pavilion returns to New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo
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Books

PEN 100 brings attention to book banning, LGBTQ history

By Michael Luongo
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New York City

Summertime conversations about incarceration and intersectionality

By Michael Luongo
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Pride

Bronx Pride Festival shines through the rain

By Michael Luongo
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International

Shouting about LGBTQ refugees from the rooftop

By Michael Luongo
Pride

Beautiful skies, Planned Parenthood lead Pride Sunday

By Michael Luongo
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International

OutRight Action International hosts glamorous Pride Gala

By Michael Luongo
Trans Flag creator Monica Helms stands next to portraits with her flag in 2022.
Galleries

Exhibit documents global legacy of Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag

By Michael Luongo
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Travel

LGBTQ Community in Focus at New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo
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Books

Queer Palestinians: Forging a New Paradigm

By Michael Luongo
ACT UP at the 2010 Pride March in New York City.
Pride

Pride Marches Through the Years

By Donna Aceto & Michael Luongo
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New York City

At Purim, Esther’s Coming Out Story

By Michael Luongo
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Galleries

More Popular at the Met than on Grindr

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Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an Icon
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Aesop Queer Library returns to New York
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Afro-Haitian Workshop with Julio Jean
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SCOWL: QUEERAPALOOZA at the Queerly Festival
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THE WASPS – Independent Film Screening, Q&A Caveh Zahedi
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Arts

  • “Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center. Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro
  • 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

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

  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • 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 

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