Pride Parade Goes Virtual in 2020
By Karen Rempel Proud marchers fill Seventh Avenue during New York’s World Pride Parade 2019, led by the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS’s founder, Kambiz […]
Silence Continues to Equal Death
By Drew Minard Can we, as a country, find any value in comparing the similarities between the Coronavirus and the health crises that our country […]
You’re Not Alone. Not During Quarantine. Not During Pride.
By Nathan Manske, Executive Director, I’m From Driftwood “You are not alone.” It’s a message that resonates with everyone, and it’s the message I’m From […]
HIV+ and Brain Cancer: A Marathon Runner and His Wife Celebrate Life
By Richard Brodsky Imagine having it all: the perfect wife and family, a successful architectural career, and athletic prowess as a marathon runner. Then imagine […]
Then vs. Now
By Bruce Anderson, MSW In 1986, I changed my life. Didn’t need to, wasn’t desperate, had nothing to run away from. My life in Denver […]
Pride in Quarantine
By Robert Galinsky Pride in Quarantine proud enough to discount proud enough to reduce proud enough to deliver fully assembled on the same day […]
West Village Original: Suzanne Poli
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is photographer Suzanne Poli, born in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Poli’s photographs are represented in the collections of […]
Hoop Dreams and Quarantines
By Maggie Kneip Graceful, sinewy, jump, glitter and cool: nothing like a little of that to relieve my COVID-19 anxiety. I watch ESPN’s documentary series […]
A Guilt-Filled Gift
By Eric Jacobsen I am a touring musician, married to a touring musician, with a two-year-old-daughter. We spend about seven months on the road, apart. […]
Composer Leonard Bopp’s “Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970” Premieres Sunday, June 28
Music Celebrating 50 Years of Marching for Equality and Gay Rights By Denise Marsa Early Saturday morning on June 28, 1969, police staged a raid […]
LIBERATE TODAY: 50th Anniversary of Christopher Street Liberation Day
By Nate Holley As soon as Mr Bopp answered the phone, I knew that this was going to be a lively, fun interview. He answered […]
100 Years Old, Gay, Black, Proud and Still Singing
By J. Taylor Basker On June 22, 1920, Salvador Pius Thomas, aka Tomas, was born in the county of Harrison in Mississippi. On June 22nd […]
Club Cumming in COVID
By Darren Dryden Owning a bar in the age of Covid-19? Tricky. I wonder how many LGBTQi+ bars and small businesses will survive this awful […]
Henrietta Hudson Queerantined
By Lisa Cannistraci Henrietta Hudson has been serving the West Village as a haven for the lesbian community in NYC for almost three decades. The […]
An LGBTQ+ Ambassador’s Quarantine Life Perspective on Social Distancing
By Patrik Gallineaux When the seriousness of COVID-19 took effect and the country’s first stay-at-home orders were issued, I had just left Philadelphia for my […]
Sherry-in-Quarantine
By Sherry Vine Girl, as a live performing artist, how are you surviving Covid Quarantine? Well, I’ve always had a strong online connection since my […]
2020 Pride Virtual Art Contest
West 13th Street Alliance Announces “A Rainbow is Stronger than COVID” All New York City residents are invited to celebrate Pride Month and enter a […]
NYC Drag Queens Throw Their Own Met Gala
By Alexey Kim Due to the coronavirus pandemic, one of the most-anticipated fashion events of the year, the Met Gala helmed by Anna Wintour, that […]