NEW YORK — Seven New York City nonprofits are receiving a total of $1.6 million that will fund specific plans to improve the long-term stability of these human services providers. The grants are part of the Community Resilience Fund, a collaboration designed to help spur recovery of the City’s safety net.new Grant recipients include: African…
http://youtu.be/zFJnr1_bjSM Ellen DeGeneres dared her viewers to “sneak up behind perfect strangers” and dance behind them without them knowing it. Well, for one New Yorker the prank went terribly wrong. A video that began circulating on Monday showing NYPD officers surrounding prankster Alexander Bok, a black man, pulling off the stunt that is supposed to…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that the cast and filmmakers of The Imitation Game will be honored at the group’s upcoming New York Gala Dinner in January. “We are proud to honor the stars and filmmakers of The Imitation Game for bringing the captivating yet tragic story of Alan Turing to…
All was supposed to be right when President Obama was elected in 2008. The racial problems of America had finally been resolved. Some in America breathed a sigh of relief; finally “we can move on.” I silently wished that this sentiment was true. But I knew in my heart that “moving on” was so far…
Holiday time is fast approaching and New York based gay marketing agency Target 10 took a peek into the interesting family dynamics that occur at this time of the year and in particular the gay and lesbian experience of traveling home. Target 10 asked 150 gays and lesbians about their holiday travels and developed a…
http://youtu.be/YVgtirUBKr4 NEW YORK, – The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced the launch of its second annual Transgender Awareness Month to celebrate the diverse lives and experiences of transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers. This year’s theme, “True To You” speaks to the…
dvd of the week HBO’s stunningly good production of The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s iconic play about the early years of AIDS in New York and the founding of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, arrived more than 29 years after the play’s premiere. Kramer’s alter ego is Ned Weeks (a searing Mark Ruffalo), a neurotic gay…
A poll released by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in New York shows that Americans are supporting LGBT civil rights in record numbers. More extraordinary still, the change in attitudes from as recently as 1999 when a majority of Americans stood firmly against same-sex marriage or admitted to knowing someone who is gay, lesbian,…
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, arguably the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for gay and lesbian rights in the United States. Gays and lesbians in the United States saw a very different world in the late 1960s. Most lived their lives in…
SAN DIEGO – East Coast Pizza (ECP), famous for New York-style pizza but without the attitude, are set to open their third Southern California location this summer right here in Hillcrest. Started by a young, savvy entrepreneur with a deep desire to bring New York’s beloved large-slice pizza to the Southern California masses, ECP is bona…
