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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
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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

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ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausole
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WCS is proud to celebrate and support th
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Pride Weekend at the New York Aquarium
New York Aquarium

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Pride Weekend at the Bronx Zoo
Bronx Zoo

The Yorktown Pride Festival will be held
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Yorktown Pride Festival
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The New Queens Pride Parade and Multicul
June 4, noon

New Queens Pride Parade
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Arts

  • "Horseplay," directed by Marco Berger, opens June 2 at Film Noir in Brooklyn and June 13 on digital platforms. Q&A with ‘Horseplay’ director Marco Berger
  • 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. LGBTQ themes highlight US Book Show
  • "Passages," which follows a self-involved filmmaker leaving his marriage, is out on August 4. New queer films to watch this summer
  • “Jewelle: A Just Vision” is a laudatory, hour-long documentary about author, poet, and playwright Jewelle Gomez. Newfest Pride offers lineup of anticipated queer films
  • JC Leyendecker (1874-1951) was an award-winning commercial artist specializing in male figures who settled in New York in 1902. Cult of masculinity

Crime

  • A new Rainbow Flag was installed at Little Prince hours after the previous flag was set ablaze. Woman who torched Rainbow Flag placed in custody of health department
  • In this family photo provided by sister Kilya Williams, Koko Da Doll, a subject of the documentary "Kokomo City," about the lives of transgender Black women, poses for a picture on vacation near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2022. Teen arrested in death of trans woman in Atlanta
  • Kawaski Trawick was fatally shot by police in his apartment in 2019. Trawick family blasts reports of dropped charge against officers before disciplinary trial
  • District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell. Latest drugging suspect arraigned for Ramirez and Umberger murders
  • Gilbert Baker's "DON'T BUY TRUMP'S LIES" banner crosses the street. LGBTQ activists barnstorm Manhattan for Trump’s arrest

Perspectives

  • mpox vaccine site Get fully vaccinated against mpox to protect yourself and our community
  • A Pride event at Yeshiva University in 2019. Time to recognize the YU Pride Alliance
  • A previous Brooklyn Liberation march and rally focused on trans youth. Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility by protecting trans kids
  • Why I cover and march in St. Patrick’s Day Parades
  • Food Bank For New York City CEO Leslie Gordon. Fighting food insecurity in LGBTQ community requires multi-faceted approach

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