I spent last weekend, like many of you, glued to social media in disbelief of the Nazi inspired and White supremacy infused Alt right demonstrations in Charlottesville. The imagines of hate and anger are seared in my memory. One of my friends who was not raised in the United States asked me about the American […]
Read More →By NBC News — Mashaun D. Simon Spelman College’s newly minted LGBTQ scholarship program and lecture series may lay the foundation for greater inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country. At least that is the hope of Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director of the […]
Read More →By Tammy La Gorce — The New York Times At the New Jewish Home, a retirement community with affordable apartments in separate locations in the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester, a male resident has won the right to wear the silky nightgowns he favors, and another, once denied the privilege of painting his fingernails, is being supplied […]
Read More →On Sunday, June 11, members of the LGBTQ+ communities, their loved ones and those who stand in solidarity with us will gather in Washington, DC, and in cities across the country to march. Why? Because it’s our time… To center the most marginalized in our communities. To stand up and be counted in this moment […]
Read More →By Marene Gustin – OutSmart Montrose Center to host Oz-themed launch party for facility in June Follow the yellow brick road to Oz. Well, it’s actually the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum dressed up as Oz for the weekend of June 3 and 4. There will be a launch party Saturday night and a champagne brunch on Sunday. […]
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