Mayor de Blasio Partners To Launch Nations Largest Workforce Program For LGBTQI Youth
The de Blasio administration and the NYC Unity Project, the administration’s citywide LGBTQI policy and programming initiative.Continue reading
Lady Gaga Visits LGBT Homeless Shelter In Harlem
Lady Gaga’s new album Joanne was hailed as the singer’s most personal work to date upon its release in October; now, the “Million Reasons” singer has given fans an even deeper glimpse into her life during a powerful segment on NBC’s Today. Continue reading
NYPD’s Fresh Look At Harlem ’90s Transgender Murders
Their murders were barely noticed, two transgendered women and a man who dressed as both sexes, slain within 13 months of each other in Harlem in the 1990s.Continue reading
Holy War Erupts over Auction of ‘Hateful’ Church Home
By: Dontre L. Conerly
The Holy War between good and evil is one that has raged on for millennia, and it all may come to a head today at 2:00pm. No, I’m not predicting the end of the world or the return of Christ; but at least one battle in the celestial fight will be won. . Continue reading
LGBT Group Raises Funds To Purchase Atlah Church In Harlem
Less than two weeks after the ATLAH church, home of virulently anti-LGBT Rev. James David Manning, announced it had been foreclosed and was being put up for auction.Continue reading
LGBT Youth Shelter To Take Over Harlem Manning Church
Harlem’s ATLAH World Missionary Church, whose billboard has been home to countless homophobic and xenophobic messages, may be heading to the auction block after incurring debts and tax liens of more than $1.02 million.Continue reading
Public Advocate James Releases LGBT Mental Health Resource Guide
Public Advocate Letitia James this week released a guide of mental health resources in all five boroughs for members of the LGBT community. Continue reading
Public Advocate Kicks off Black Gay Pride in Harlem
[caption id="attachment_44628" align="aligncenter" width="383"] Public Advocate, Letitia James, rouses the crowd in Harlem for Pride.[/caption]
As gay pride celebrations kick off around the country (June is National Pride Month), Harlem held its own Pride kick-off, Monday night, at Hyacinth’s Haven. Sponsored by the city’s Public Advocate, Leticia James, this was her first Black gay Pride kick-off, which she hopes to make an annual event.
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Tribeca Teaches Forges Path for Future Filmmakers
By Hadasah Ingrid
As another year has passed at the successful conclusion of the Tribeca Film Festival for 2015, many aspiring filmmakers made their promising marks and debuts on a key red carpet. Furthermore Tribeca organizers along with its visionary founder Robert DiNiro are forging a new path for the next generation of filmmakers. Continue reading
