NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle nears completion

NEW YORK — Supporters of the New York City AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle celebrated the monument’s imminent completion at a reception last evening hosted by the Memorial’s Board of Directors and Barneys New York.  The Memorial, located at the intersection of ‪West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, is the first significant public…

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Supreme Court will hear ACLU case about school policy forcing transgender students to use separate restrooms

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Friday announced it will review a decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal anti-discrimination law protects the right of teenage boy who is transgender, to use the men’s restrooms at his Virginia high school. The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Virginia brought the…

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Remembering when Evangelicals tried to exorcise gays with ‘Hell Houses’

In the words of the lesbian poet and scholar Judy Grahn, Halloween is “the great gay holiday.” And this weekend of lavish costumed theatricality will attract everyone, but especially lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer revelers. Back in the day, Halloween – the night before All Hallows Day (All Saints Day) –  was linked to…

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