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/PRNewswire/ -- The New York City AIDS Memorial is pleased to announce an evening series of programs for World AIDS Day, and honoring the 5th anniversary of...

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York City AIDS Memorial is pleased to announce an evening series of programs for World AIDS Day, and honoring the 5th anniversary of the...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Nader Hassaneen, 66, was punched in the face several times late on Sunday night as the citys Pride celebrations continued in Washington Square Park  Hassaneen had hot sauce thrown in his eyes when a woman attacked him for flying the American flag instead of the Pride flag One bystander claimed Hassaneen used a homophobic slur - an accusation he denied in an interview with The New York Post  At least three people were also arrested earlier on Sunday afternoon  NYPD of...

Competing Events Mark LGBTQ+ Pride Day in New York Voice of America 28 Jun 2021, 10:05 GMT+10 NEW YORK - For the second consecutive year, the lingering pandemic consigned New Yorks annual Pride march Sunday to the virtual world, even as its alter-ego, the Queer Liberation March, took its edgier message through the streets of Manhattan. The NYC Pride march, the citys marquee LGBTQ+ event now in its 51st year, became a made-for-TV production as a cautionary measure to prevent coronavirus infectio...

Peter Szekely 1/5 Activists march in the Alternative Queer Liberation March during the 2019 World Pride NYC and Stonewall 50th LGBTQ Pride day in New York, U.S., June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Read More NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - For the second consecutive year, the lingering pandemic consigned New Yorks annual Pride march to the virtual world on Sunday, even as its alter-ego, the Queer Liberation March, took its edgier message through the streets of Manhattan. The NYC Pride march, th...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. On Saturday, June 12, a sea of veiled, white-clad activists from the direct action group Gays Against Guns showed up to the Christopher Street Piers—a site with a storied and complex queer history—to hold space for the 49 people who were murdered at Orlandos Pulse nightclub in 2016. The date marked the fifth anniversary of the Pulse shooting, which primarily targeted Latinx members of the LGBTQ+ community and remains the sec...

The issue has cracked the city’s main Pride organizing group down the middle—but it’s unclear who’s not budging on what could be a key compromise.

As Pride Month begins, cities are figuring out how to celebrate safely given the pandemic. Its especially tricky for bars and street festivals where large crowds are a sign of success and progress.

As Pride Month begins, cities are figuring out how to celebrate safely given the pandemic. Its especially tricky for bars and street festivals where large crowds are a sign of success and progress.

For Pride 2021, we sat down with Raquel Willis to talk about the year in social justice and why all of us should be invested in Black trans liberation.