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Nicole Akoukou Thompson

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Business

17 LGBTQ artists and small business owners to follow on Instagram

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Stacy Wood and her wife Michele Barr pause between wedding photos at San Francisco City Hall after getting married in San Francisco, California

Inclusive Queer Wedding Venues and Vendors Across America

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Nightlife

Black Lesbians Open a Queer Haven in Chicago

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles
Features

A Personal World AIDS Day for Billy Porter

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Kathy Stewart places a ring on the finger of her partner, Vicky Mangus, during a wedding ceremony outside of the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office in Charlotte
Love & Marriage

What’s Love Got to Do With Disability Insurance?

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Remembrance

Remembering Michael K. Williams, Actor and Ally

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Pride

How British Diplomats Are Embracing Pride Month in the US

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Young girl cheers as she watches 2019 World Pride NYC and Stonewall 50th LGBTQ Pride Parade in New York
Advocacy

Guide to Being an Ally

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Cubbyhole and Henrietta Hudson bars prepare to celebrate Pride in New York City

“Lesbian Bar Project” Confronts a Diminishing Nightlife Landscape

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Stonewall uprising anniversary in New York
Pride

Family-Friendly LGBTQ Pride Events Across the Nation

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Cinema

Netflix Chronicles Brazilian Lesbian Couple’s Long-Term Relationship

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Television

Jasika Nicole’s Creative Vision

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Musician Big Freedia arrives at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Music

Big Freedia’s Pandemic Perseverance

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party – Arrivals – Beverly Hills
Cinema

LGBTQ Women in Film and TV to Celebrate This Women’s History Month

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Features

How a Pottery Collective Uplifts Formerly Incarcerated LGBTQ Folks

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
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Fashion

12 Black Queer Brands and Businesses to Support This Year

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson

Jobs in New York

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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n recognition of Mental Health Awareness
Today, 7 pm

CRACKED OPEN
Theatre Row

WOW Café Theater and LOM Theater present
Today, 7:30 pm

Short Plays Where the Queers Win (mostly)
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Trek Long Island is a 3 day science fict
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Star Ship Fabulous Dance Party and To Proudly Go Drag Performance
Hyatt Regency Long Island

The New Queens Pride Parade and Multicul
June 1, noon

New Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival
Queens Pride Parade

Kick off Pride Month with a soul-stirrin
June 8, 2 pm

Kick Off Pride With All of Us Concert at Marble Church
Marble Collegiate Church

Celebrate Pride Sunday, June 29, at Marb
June 29, 10 am

Celebrate Pride Sunday at Marble Church
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Arts

  • "Heightened Scrutiny" chronicles trans advocate and activist Chase Strangio arguing Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti about banning gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee. NewFest Pride features ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Sally,’ and more
  • A7300049T4T celebrates three years of transgender comedy, creating safe spaces at the Bell House
  • Oghenero Gbaje (left) and Essence Lotus in "Bowl EP." ‘Bowl EP’ is a masterpiece of queer theater — and a bold, imaginative experience
  • Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari in "Things Like This." Q&A with ‘Things Like This’ director Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari
  • ‘Love’ presents a trilogy about changing ideas of romance

Crime

  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili
  • Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21. Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme
  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes

Perspectives

  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities
  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC

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