Sad
We note with sadness the passing today of rights pioneer Edie Windsor. She was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was a landmark legal victory for the I Support Same-Sex Marriage movement in the United States. Here she is at The Village Voice Pride Awards on June 21, 2017 (Photo © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/nyregion/stonewall-inn-lgbt-rights-google.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
A $1 million grant will go toward conserving the oral histories of those who lived through the 1969 riots.
Idiot.
President Trump has declined to issue at the start of June a Pride proclamation, discontinuing a tradition under Clinton and Obama.
Fred W. McDarrah
Fred W. McDarrah was always extremely proud of his Village Voice interns. One of them, Catherine McGann, has a great Larry Kramer photo in the New York Times today. McGann still continues in her career as a prize winning photographer.
Upstairs Inferno: The documentary
NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE! The true life stories behind the 1973 New Orleans gay mass murder at the Up Stairs Lounge and its aftermath. Emotionally told by survivors, family/friends of victims and witnesses.
Screening at the Manhattan Film Festival. ONE NIGHT ONLY! - April 24, 7pm - Cinema Village
Winner of multiple BEST FILM and AUDIENCE AWARDS.
Narrated by famed New Orleanian and New York Times Best Selling Author, Christopher Rice.
Tix: ManhattanFF.UpstairsInferno.com
Learn more about film and arson: www.UpstairsInferno.com
Always plenty going on!
We've got something for everyone looking to be a part of the LGBT arts community. Check out The Center's arts and cultural programs and events to see what's coming up!
Terrific show\
Join us on February 1 for a sneak peek of "The View UpStairs," a provocative new musical that pulls you inside the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant '70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
La plus ca change....
McPhoto Presidential History: This Day in Inaugural Protests. Marchers carry a gay pride banner on Constitution Avenue during an anti-war demonstration during President Richard Nixon's second inauguration, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1973. The banner reads 'Holds Hands, Gay Power for Gay People with Gay Pride.' (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images). Many protests are scheduled in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere this weekend to mark the start of the term of the nation's 45th president.
Brace for the worst
Dr Carson, we are not asking for "extra rights". We are asking to be treated fairly and equally.
Seasonal, necessary
Holidays and festive seasons can be pretty rough when you are trans.
Will we see more of this?
A group of people leaving the closing party of Decolonize This Place at the Tribeca nonprofit Artists Space were attacked by men who identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump.
Tragic event for so many reasons.
So sad: Rest in peace angel and thanks for blessing the world with your incredible gift.
World AIDS Day 2016 & AIDS Memorial Dedication
Every December 1st since 1988 has been marked as World AIDS Day, but this year’s commemoration of those lost to and living with HIV and AIDS is a...
Hard to believe. Not.
Not a pro-LGBT lawmaker in sight.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
We at TLDEF are determined to be ready to protect trans people from rollbacks of our hard-earned advancements, particularly those most marginalized. We ask for your support in doing so. We will be watching to see where the fight needs to be brought, and with your help we will bring it. Thank you for any support you can give.
Birthday!
Still reeling from last week's election results, but we'd like to wish a happy birthday to Aaron Copland, who was born in Brooklyn 116 years ago today. He made his home on Manhattan's Upper West Side for many years and we'll be celebrating that and other diverse LGBT histories at our @landmarkwest presentation tomorrow night, 11/15. We hope you'll join us!
#🏳️🌈 #lgbthistory #lgbt #lgbtq #loveislove #aaroncopland #leonardbernstein #upperwestside #manhattan #nyc #thingstodoinnyc
Always good to know ....
If you're demonstrating in New York, stay safe and know your rights: http://bit.ly/2fHmpja And if you want more to do to stand up for a FREE New York -- free from bigotry, hate and intolerance, email [email protected].
This outstanding exhibit would fit right in at our new museum.
Today we remember that expression through art is powerful and empowering. We’ve added a new piece, Rise, to our exhibit, “A Murder of Crows: The End Hate Collection.” The exhibit looks at the history of past and present discrimination, gender issues and social culture. Come check it out before it closes at the end of the month.
Probably not a store bought costume.
This Day in McPhoto: View of a costumed participant, dressed as 'Safe Sex,' on Sixth Avenue, during the famous Village Halloween Parade, New York, October 31, 1991. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)
Right on
Co-directors Ken Lustbader, Jay Shockley, project manager Amanda Davis, and co-director Andrew Dolkart with @museumofcityny #GayGotham curator Donald Albrecht, who will be introducing our talk at the Tenement Museum on Nov. 2! Check our Instagram Stories for shots from the exhibition, open until February 26th.
Get your proposals ready!
http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/21/13357704/lgbt-memorial-west-village-artist-commission
Artists from across the state and beyond are being asked to submit proposals for a "memorial art piece" to honor LGBT "victims of hate, intolerance, and violence and New York’s fight for equal rights."
Good stuff
Broome Street Academy in New York City celebrates National Coming Out Day on October 11th by advancing LGBTQ rights through Google Expeditions. Exploring the history, events and places provides students with an outlet for these important conversations to come out of the closet and into the light.
Bravo!
Edie Windsor, the veteran L.G.B.T. activist who emerged as a central figure in the marriage equality movement, has gotten married again.
Trump is perhaps not the candidate for the LGBTQ community.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/09/22/santorum-gets-top-billing-trumps-catholic-advisory-group/
In one fell swoop, Donald Trump has fortified his anti-LGBT positions and tapped as an adviser anti-LGBT former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
From across the pond.
An interview with Kate Harrad, who wrote the first handbook to bisexuality in the UK.
A preview of the new Gay Gotham show at MCNY. Much of it focuses on the pre-Stonewall era.
Beautiful portrait.
Fred W. McDarrah loved to document other photographers. The venerable auction house Christie's used this stunning McDarrah portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe to illustrate the upcoming major sale of Mapplethorpe's work.
http://www.christies.com/features/Robert-Mapplethorpe-7672-1.aspx
Love the old photos...
MANHATTAN: The Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater, an early 20th century Yiddish theater at 181-189 Second Avenue, was later home to the 181 Club (the "homosexual Copacabana"); the Phoenix Theatre, featuring such LGBT performers as Montgomery Clift, Will Geer, Roddy McDowell, Farley Granger, and Eva Le Gallienne; and the residences of photographer Peter Hujar, artist David Wojnarowicz, and Jackie Curtis, drag superstar in Andy Warhol films.
Thanks to the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) for inviting us to speak last night at the Neighborhood Preservation Center about LGBT historic sites in the East Village & Lower East Side!
A proposal that New York should consider enacting as well...
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12905198/sf-gay-bars-stud
We're here, we're queer--but for how much longer?
The photos Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst took of each other showed a young couple in love. They became an important public record of transgender life.
Sad news.
The actress died Sunday, surrounded by family, as David Bowie's "Starman" played.
This is a good thing, but the pageant is still a dumb, outdated idea.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/missouri-woman-is-miss-america-pageants-first-openly-lesbian-contestant.html
“It took many years of struggle to figure out who I was,” Erin O’Flaherty, Miss Missouri, has said.
The Gay Pride Museum
Party on.
Hello beautiful people. We're back!
Mark your calendars!
Andy Humm is a terrific reporter and writer, and has been for a long time.
http://gaycitynews.nyc/manhattan-dems-rejecting-justice-doris-ling-cohan-sparks-outrage/
Designed by a lesbian sculptor.
Central Park visitors enjoying this beautiful Labor Day in front of the beloved "Angel of the Waters" monument, the 1860s masterpiece of lesbian sculptor Emma Stebbins. Find out more about this site on our temporary website (nyclgbtsites.org) and even more about it later this fall when we launch our expanded website, which will feature a preliminary selection of 100 LGBT historic sites from across the city! #centralpark #bethesdaterrace #lgbthistory #lgbt #lgbtq #nyc #thearts #nyclgbtsites #sculptures
It can be hard to open a museum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/arts/design/how-the-fight-for-a-national-african-american-museum-was-won.html
The doors open soon. To reach that point, the museum had to raise $270 million, navigate Congress and claim land on the nation’s front lawn.
Bringing history to the present.
In 1963, Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer had their first date at Portofino, formerly located here at 206 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. Windsor would later make history in 2013 after winning the case 'United States v. Windsor,' a major legal victory for same-sex marriage. This site will be one of a preliminary 100 sites that we'll be featuring in our upcoming website launch, so stay tuned! #lgbthistory #lgbt #nychistory #loveislove #thompsonstreet #greenwichvillage #nyc
How it used to be.
This Day in McPhoto: Close-up of the sign on the door of the Eagle Tavern (also known as Eagle's Nest), 142 11th Ave. at 21st St., that lists the dress code, August 31, 1971. The sign reads 'Uniform of the Day; No Shorts, Sandals, Sneakers, Suits; Help us keep YOUR bar leather.' (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images). The site, across the street from Chelsea Piers, is now home to a 19-story steel and glass condo where the rooftop penthouse with a 61-foot pool was sold in 2015 for $50 million.
Interesting take on religion and the LGBTQ community...
Are you tired of the narrative that LGBTQ people can't be people of faith, and that religion is always hostile to LGBTQ equality?
We certainly are. Our Policy Counsel Candace Bond wrote in an Op-ed about her experience building support for LGBTQ acceptance and equality, and reproductive rights, alongside many people of faith dedicated to social justice: http://consciencemag.org/2016/08/22/fundamentalists-dont-own-faith/
There is still a lot more work to be done. Of course, you can't legislate against stupidity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/us/georgia-man-gets-40-years-in-prison-for-hot-water-attack-on-gay-men.html
Martin Blackwell had objected to the couple sleeping together in the apartment of his girlfriend.
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