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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

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Nightlife

Black Lesbians Open a Queer Haven in Chicago

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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

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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

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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

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Features

How a Pottery Collective Uplifts Formerly Incarcerated LGBTQ Folks

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Fashion

12 Black Queer Brands and Businesses to Support This Year

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Arts

  • Nicole Titus at The Winter Show's Young Collectors Night at the Park Avenue Armory. Young guns have some fun at The Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory
  • Sophie Hyde's “Jimpa” opens Feb. 5th at the Quad. Generations clash and come together in ‘Jimpa’
  • Macri Park, a gay bar in Brooklyn, closed abruptly last month. Williamsburg gay bar Macri Park closes abruptly, sparking questions and concerns for staff
  • Stephen Pasquale plays Charles Condomine in "High Spirits." ‘High Spirits’ musical makes memorable return to New York after more than 60 years
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press briefing on the city’s preparations for a snowstorm at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Jan. 23. Thousands download ‘Heated Rivalry’ from NYPL after Mamdani’s snowstorm suggestion

Crime

  • 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
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging

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