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Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present

By Nicholas Boston

The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.”

The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages

By Michael Luongo

Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca."

Books

Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

By Erasmo Guerra

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn’ running tour uncovers an oft-erased history

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Fire Island News

FOR SALE: Fire Island’s Belvedere Guest House for Men

John Whyte with Panzi

Fire Island News

50 Years of Invading Fire Island Pines

The entrance of Mount Morris Baths.

History

What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge

By Charles Michael Smith

Portrait of Belle da Costa Greene, 1911, by the photographer Clarence H. White.

Morgan Library honors the dual life of inaugural director Belle da Costa Greene

By Nicholas Boston

James Baldwin Library of Congress photo by Carl Van Vechten

Fire Island News

OUT SOUTH SHORE: James Baldwin’s Fire Island

The Gay Activists Alliance protest the Brooklyn Board of Education, 1971.

History

Online exhibit highlights New York City’s fight for a gay rights bill

By Stephen Petrus

History

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

By Jennifer Peltz, AP

Leslie Lohman Museum of Art

AMNY

Pride Month: What happened here in New York?

Harvey Milk sits at Mayor George Moscone's desk in 1978.

History

On Harvey Milk Day, remember his New York roots

By Matt Tracy

An exhibition about Italian LGBTQ history from 1982-2002 is running until May 31 at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.

History

Exhibition revisits collective Italian LGBTQ activism from 1982-2002

By Nicholas Boston

Marsha P. Johnson State Park is one of the 48 locations included in the NYC LGBT Historic Sites' Black History Month collection.

History

Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month

By Matt Tracy

The American LGBTQ+ museum's first traveling exhibit celebrates the history of Lambda Legal.

History

American LGBTQ+ Museum’s first traveling exhibition celebrates Lambda Legal’s history

By Dashiell Allen

More from Around NYC

Photoville

Photoville celebrates 15 years with citywide festival across Brooklyn and NYC

vet talk

Veteran-focused talk show ‘Vet Talk’ celebrates 13 years as it returns to filming at BronxNet Studios

Masicka ‘run tings’: Jamaican dancehall heavyweight delivers three standout releases

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Toxic weed-out: New York advocates rally in Albany to ban harmful herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease and other maladies