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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
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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

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Jan. 20, 8 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
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Jan. 21, 9:30 pm

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Jan. 22, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
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From the creators of “Brag Drunch,” one
Jan. 23, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
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Southern Brooklyn’s only weekly drag sho
Jan. 23, 8 pm

All-Ages RuPaul’s Drag Race Watch Party in Coney Island
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Jan. 25, 8 pm

The Serpents Tour starring Nymphia Wind and Plastique Tiara
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On Thursday, January 29, DIFFA will host
Jan. 29, 6 pm

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Arts

  • A 1990 KG vogueing ball at Cafe de Paris. London gallery revisits Black queer nightlife and a transatlantic culture pipeline
  • The Soft Pink Truth's “Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?” debuts Jan. 30th. January LGBTQ music: Sleaford Mods and The Soft Pink Truth
  • Hudson Williams poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026. Queer representation and trans rights on stage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
  • Jodie Foster in “A Private Life” ‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris
  • “Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika. Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’

Crime

  • 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
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband

Perspectives

  • 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
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms

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