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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

Stonewall Park

History

Storytelling show at Stonewall celebrates LGBTQ history

By David Kennerley

Kabukie Starshine, 1993

History

Linda Simpson’s ‘Drag Explosion’ recalls ’80s and ’90s scene

By Kathleen Warnock

Charles Silverstein (left) and his partner at the time, William Bory.

History

Some events leading to the deletion of homosexuality as mental disorder by the APA

By Charles Silverstein

Filmmaker Historian Beau Lancaster, who is working on a documentary called “Gay, Black, and Blue: The Raid on Blues Bar.”

Cinema

Gay historian brings attention to 1982 Blues Bar raid

By Heather Cassell

More from Around NYC

DCFC_4_19_220806 – Photo Credit_ Jimmy Fontaine

Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate 20 years of ‘Plans’ with three-night Brooklyn run

restaurants

Column: Visit these Bronx restaurants during NYC Restaurant Week

Trinidadian Pastor Ruth Forestine underscores the power of salvation in Jesus Christ.

Trinidadian Pastor Ruth Forestine underscores the power of Salvation in Jesus Christ

The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center located at 1 Clarkson Street.

City unveils plan to demolish Greenwich Village’s Tony Dapolito rec center, dubbed ‘outrageous’ by preservationists