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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

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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

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson

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Arts

  • Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports
  • "The Origin of Evil," directed by Sébastien Marnier, is playing at the IFC Center and other locations in New York. Lesbian’s family reunion leaves more questions than answers in ‘The Origin of Evil’
  • Bethann Hardison, who emerged as a model in New York in the 1970s, founded her own modeling agency in 1984. Documentaries recall the fashion legacies of Donyale Luna and Bethann Hardison
  • “Back to the Future: The Musical” is at Winter Garden Theater at 1634 Broadway. ‘Back to the Future’ is an irresistible joyride
  • John Osborne and TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne. September LGBTQ music: Brothers Osborne and Jlin

Crime

  • A collection of Rainbow Flags blow in the wind at Christopher Park. Two more suspects arrested for vandalizing Rainbow Flags near Stonewall
  • Man indicted for hate crime after allegedly attacking transgender woman on Bed-Stuy subway
  • Different Rainbow Flags line the fence at Christopher Park. Man arrested for vandalizing Rainbow Flags near Stonewall
  • Man still sought for hurling anti-LGBTQ remarks at, slugging Hudson River Park jogger
  • Cedar Glen community member Trish Forest leaves flowers for Laura Ann "Lauri" Carleton outside Mag.Pi, the store she owned and operated, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Killer of Mag.Pi store owner had history of anti-LGBTQ social media posts

Perspectives

  • An important message for the anti-trans lawmakers pushing transphobic legislation in statehouses across the country. Courts offer glimmer of hope during a painful year
  • 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

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