Way back in 1984, amidst the AIDS crisis in New York, the city’s newborn LGBT Center hosted a fundraising buffet at its home on West 13th Street in Manhattan. More than thirty years later, The Center’s Garden Party has become the city’s most celebrated LGBTQ food festival. … Read More
On the steps of the New York Public Library, following the Women’s March NYC 2018, PEN America hosted a rally and reading in support of the First Amendment and the freedom to write during which André Aciman, Justin Vivian Bond, Sapphire, and others raised their voices in praise of a free press and the power of art to unite. … Read More
Those of us whose birthdays fall on Inauguration Day have endured some dark ones, which is why it was a such a great pleasure to mark this year’s birthday by marching through the streets of New York in support of women we love with more than 250,000 progressive-minded individuals who convened for the Women’s March NYC 2018. … Read More
Leave it to Leonard Lauder to remind us that America is a great country. A country that needs its artists to keep creating—in spite of the dysfunction in Washington. As the scion of an immigrant family whose mother became one … Read More
Of the 193 Member States in the United Nations, more than 80 Member States have anti-LGBTQ proscriptions that criminalize people on the basis of their sexual orientation. These anti-LGBTQ proscriptions of more than 80 Member States are in direct conflict with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948 following the genocides of World War II.
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If you’ve ever wondered what a truly gay and loving city might look like, you might consider attending Stockholm Pride on the Saturday when Pride Parade snakes through the city for nearly three miles. Cheered on by half a million … Read More
We’ve been marching for so long that we should be there already. My husband and I started marching for Pride back when there was a lavender line painted the length of Fifth Avenue. We’ve been marching so long that we remember … Read More
For NYC Pride 2017, Pride Island (aka Pier 26) featured performances from Patti LaBelle, Deborah Cox, Nelly Furtado, Tegan and Sara, and Years & Years. … Read More
