A Queens city councilmember was booted from her assignment on the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction as retribution for anti-LGBTQ+ remarks she made last year.
Read MoreA block party celebrating Queens’ LGBTQ+ community was interrupted Saturday by a group of anti-LGBTQ+ agitators in Jackson Heights. But despite several tense moments, organizers of the event say the protesters did little but bring the party’s participants closer together.
Read MoreThe lawmakers criticized existing policy which “continues to stigmatize gay and bisexual men and undermine crucial efforts to ensure an adequate and stable national blood supply.”
Read More“The DOE and staff at I.S. 126 had a responsibility to follow that law and to keep my son safe.”
Read MoreDomestic violence, a widespread Global Health crisis that does not discriminate and can disproportionately affect those who are vulnerable and marginalized.
Read MoreQueens judicial candidate Michael Goldman has practiced law for more than 25 years.
Read MoreGrowing up both gay and Catholic, the two often seemed diametrically opposed, both sides rejecting the other.
Read More“Anybody and everybody should be able to wear whatever they want and walk their streets safely.”
Read More“We can think of no better partner and place to be.”
Read MoreThe New York City Council passed two resolutions Thursday formally calling on state lawmakers to repeal a prostitution-related loitering misdemeanor.
Read More“It's your duty to build a New York that is for all of us, not only some communities in particular. We are still being oppressed. Every time that one of our trans sisters is profiled and detained, it is an attack on all of us.”
Read More“We must do all we can to keep members of our communities safe and healthy right now.”
Read MoreQuashen led monthly PFLAG meetings in Forest Hills, welcoming all who needed support in the home borough of the organization’s founder.
Read More“This antiquated policy is not based on current science, stigmatizes the LGBTQIA+ community, and undermines crucial efforts to increase the nation’s blood supply as the United States grapples with the coronavirus crisis.”
Read MoreThe bill signing took place as New Yorkers participated in the Pride march marking the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
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