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History

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.
Galleries

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
The Lesbian Herstory Archives' building in Park Slope.
History

Community welcomes Lesbian Herstory Archives’ Brooklyn landmark

By Heather Cassell
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking.
History

Bayard Rustin Center observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari in "Things Like This." Q&A with ‘Things Like This’ director Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari
  • ‘Love’ presents a trilogy about changing ideas of romance
  • K. Kerimian with the original book bike. The Nonbinarian secures new wheels to replace ‘book bike’
  • Benito Skinner, right, along with the cast of “Overcompensating.” ‘Overcompensating’ takes a comical, biting look at the college experience
  • The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 stands with Councilmember Erik Bottcher (second from right in the middle row) and Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz (next to Bottcher) RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 queens read anti-LGBTQ laws to filth at Stonewall

Crime

  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
  • A picture of John Umberger. Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict
  • Sam Nordquist, 24, was staying at Patty's Lodge during the time leading up to his disappearance and death. Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’

Perspectives

  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC
  • Brandy Livingston. This Transgender Day of Visibility, spread awareness and fight false narratives
  • Medicaid is a lifesaver for trans people like me. Policymakers must protect it.

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