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NYC’s 5 Best LGBT Art Exhibits And Cultural Events

The LGBT community is a growing cultural group in New York City. Events and exhibitions throughout town provide opportunity for supporters to discover more about the community.

2012/06/04

L.I. Group To Be Nation’s First Gay PTA

It’s a proud time for Long Island’s gay community, as the National Parent Teacher Association and its New York State branch will allow the Long Island Gay PTA to use the PTA name.

2012/04/12

Montclair State Students Don’t Let Anti-Gay Threats Keep Them Away

Above the rainbow flags, the purple shirts, the waving signs, there were snipers on the rooftops at Montclair State University today in response to a threat.

2012/02/07

Parent-Teacher Group Meeting To Battle Anti-Gay Bullying On Long Island

A new parent-teacher group is meeting for the first time tonight on Long Island. Its goal is to stop bullying of gay students.

2011/11/02

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Google Heavily Criticized For Its ‘Is My Son Gay?’ App For Android

It’s true, there’s an app for even that. A new smart phone program promises to help parents determine their son’s sexuality in a modified version of “20 questions.”

2011/09/27

Dan Choi (file / credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Dan Choi, Gay Soldier Booted From Army, Celebrates End Of DADT

For Choi, there was a feeling of validation today as the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy officially became history.

2011/09/20

Joseph and Jim pose for a photo as they wait to be officially married at the City Clerk's Office - New York, NY - Jul 24, 2011 (credit: Anthony Behar-Pool/Getty Images)

Forum To Address Challenges NYC Same-Sex Married Couples Face

Even though New York is one of the few states in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage, St. Sen. Daniel Squadron points out that the federal government still doesn’t.

2011/08/16

Same-Sex Couples Celebrate Bachelor Parties, Showers In New York City

Couples all over New York state are aglow with pre-wedding plans.

2011/07/22

Lesbian Couple (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Attorney Advises Caution For Gay And Lesbian Couples And Marriage

With same sex marriage becoming a reality in New York State this Sunday, an attorney has some advice.

2011/07/20

Rev. Elizabeth Simpson (file / credit: First Presbyterian Church of Glen Cove)

Glen Cove Reverend Defying Her Church To Perform Gay Marriage

When Reverend Elizabeth Simpson looks at the same sex couples every Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church of Glen Cove, she sees lots of love.

2011/07/19

NYC’s 5 Best Pride Parties

Pride is an annual gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender festival that celebrates every person just as they are. The annual Pride March is held on Sunday, June 24th, 2012. The after-parties that go on after the march are the most fun events in the city.

2011/06/22

Roommate Charged In Rutgers University Student Tyler Clementi’s Suicide

A grand jury has charged a former student with bias intimidation for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his male roommate’s intimate encounter with a man.

2011/04/20

Barie Shortell Before and After The Attack (Photo: The Brooklyn Paper)

Hoodie-Wearing Gang Of Teens Sought In Savage Anti-Gay Attack

Police are looking for the group of teenagers who brutally attacked a man walking on Wyeth Avenue in Brooklyn on Feb. 22.

2011/03/17

Rutgers University To Allow Co-Ed Dorm Rooms

Rutgers University said Tuesday it’s a way of becoming more welcoming to gay students — co-ed dorm rooms for gay and straight students. But will it fly with parents and others?

2011/03/01