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October
Ambitious Facelift Planned for LGBT Community Center, Gay City News, October 10, 2012
Transgender New Yorkers Face Scorn and Violence Using Public Restrooms, DNAinfo.com, October 1, 2012
NYC bear guide: where to party with the big boys-octoBEARfest, timeout.com, October, 2012
September
Cycle for the Cause Raises $470K for Center HIV Programs, Edge Boston, September 30, 2012
Gay Center to Make Its Village Home More Open and Less Noisy, New York Times, September 28, 2012
NYC LGBT Center Announces Multi-Million Dollar Makeover, instinctmagazine.com, September 28, 2012
Facelift Coming For NYC's LGBT Center, joemygod.blogspot.com, September 28, 2012
LGBT Community Center to get $7.5M reno, therealdeal.com, September 28, 2012
OctoBEARfest At NYC's LGBT Center, joemygod.blogspot.com, September 26, 2012
NYC Celebrates Furry octoBEARfeast, DNAinfo.com, September 25, 2012
Cycle For The Cause Homecoming @ The LGBT Center, Next Magazine, September 23, 2012
Weeklong 'OctoBEARfest' Roars Into Village with Annual 'Fur Ball', DNAinfo.com, September 17, 2012
Turning Over a New Pedal, Next Magazine, September 14, 2012
August
Manhattan LGBT center crowns Madonna its queen, NY Daily News, August 20, 2012
Op-ed: For My Brother, Michael, And Yours, Advocate, August 16, 2012
Op-ed: Why We Ride and Keep on Giving, Advocate, August 15, 2012
Op-ed: How Riding Makes The Problem More Visible, Advocate, August 14, 2012
Op-ed: Getting Wiser About AIDS Activism, Advocate, August 14, 2012
Op-ed: A Man on a Mission, and a Bike, Advocate, August 13, 2012
July
Happy anniversary! State law legalizing same-sex marriage hits one-year mark, New York Daily News, July 22, 2012June
A Pop Shop for Pleasure: Keith Haring's Artwork Adorns a Sophisticated Male Sex Toy, Artinfo.com, June, 2012
LGBT Center's 29th Annual Pride Week Garden Party Offers Varied Fare, New York Q News, June, 2012
Sept. Boston-NYC Ride Raises $$$ for Vital AIDS Programs, Edge Boston, June 25, 2012
Center Families - Continuing Great Works Under a New Director, Gay Parent Magazine, June 21, 2012
Jax Hts film explores crime that led to Queens Pride, Times Ledger, June 21, 2012
The Garden Party 29 Kicks Off Pride 2012, Used York City, June 21, 2012
Celebrating Stonewall's Spirit in 'Street Theater', Gay City News, June 21, 2012
Garden Party 29: Photos From the Largest LGBT Food Festival, EDGE Media Network, June 20, 2012
Garden Party 29: A Taste of Pride at the US's Largest LGBT Food Festival, EDGE Media Network, June 20, 2012
Celebrate Pride at the Center's Garden Party 29, EDGE Media Network, June 12, 2012
THIRTEEN Specials LGBT Organization Profile: The Center, Thirteen, WNET New York Public Media, June 1, 2012
May
Glennda Testone Interview with the WAS Youth Initiative: Your Life Matters! , Youth Initiative WAS, May 13, 2012
Colton Ford, Jackie Hoffman, Ben Lerman Set for Match Game Live, TheaterMania, May 17, 2012Every Tenant Has the Right to Be Free of 'Dangerous, Hazardous or Detrimental' Conditions, New York Press, May 17, 2012
America's changing attitude toward gay marriage, NBC Nightly News, May 9, 2012
Gay Center goes Catholic, Variety, May 5, 2012
New smoking concerns for kids in Lower Manhattan, New York Press, May 3, 2012
April
Hilary Rosen Talks Families -- Ours, gaycitynews.com, April 17, 2012
NYC's LGBT Center Becomes A Heavy Petting Zoo For The 10th Annual Furball, nextmagazine.com, April 16, 2012
March
One Big Reading Room on West 13th Street, PavementPieces.com, March 28, 2012
Combating cancer in the LGBT community, PavementPieces.com, March 26, 2012
ART + SIN: Black Party Posters 1981 -2012 Opening @ The LGBT Center, Next.com, March 8, 2012
Lovingly Restored Keith Haring Bathroom Mural Open to the Public This Month Only, ARTINFO, March 8, 2012
Keith Haring's 'Once Upon A Time' Bathroom Mural Restored and Open to the Public , WNYC, March 7, 2012
Keith Haring Mural Unveiled at the LGBT Community Center in New York City, Passport Blogs, March 7, 2012
Keith Haring 'bathroom' mural on view in NYC, Newsday, March 7, 2012
A Joyful Mural, Keith Haring 'bathroom' mural on view in NYC , Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2012
A Joyful Mural, Born in a Time of Shame and Fear, New York Times, March 6, 2012
February
Keith Haring Mural Restored, artnet.com, February 22, 2012
Behind the Bushes: The Secret Homo History of the High Line, Time Out New York, February 10, 2012
Under the High Line, a Gay Past, New York Times, February 3, 2012
January
The 21 Most Lesbianish Cities in America: Jezebel profiles what it calls the 21 most "lesbianish" cities in the U.S., Jezebel, January 31, 2012
Family Acceptance Project Seeks to Help LGBT Youth, Edge New York, January 15, 2012
December 2011
Adam Pascal, Terri White, Colman Domingo and More Sing for Pride, Playbill.com, December 9, 2011
Cyndi Lauper's Crusade for AIDS Awareness, Elle, December 2, 2011
Cyndi Lauper On AIDS Awareness, Lady Gaga & Her Favorite Lipstick Since '86, Styleist, December 1, 2011
Cyndi Lauper Works to Empower LGBT Youth … Through Lipstick, People, December 1, 2011
Listen to the Music , Time Out New York, December 1, 2011
November 2011
LGBT Center Honors Wanda Sykes, Chely Wright, Edge New York, November 19, 2011
New York City LGBT Center an Inspiration a World Away , huffingtonpost.com, November 28, 2011
First Post-DADT Veterans Day a Special One, advocate.com, November 12, 2011
Veterans Day 2011: LGBT Veterans And Families Honored After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal (VIDEO) , huffingtonpost.com, November 12, 2011
Veterans Day marks first since repeal of DADT, CNN.com, November 11, 2011
LGBT Community Celebrates Historic Veterans Day, NY1.com, November 11, 2011
'The LGBT Center Hosts 14th Annual Women's Event Honoring Wanda Sykes At Chelsea Piers' Pier Sixty , askmissa.com, November 8, 2011
October 2011
'Jersey Shore' Star Vinny Teams Up With GLAAD New anti-bullying campaign for Spirit Day also draws casts of 'Glee' and 'Pretty Little Liars.' , MTV.com, October 13, 2011
LGBT 'Out to Work' Job Fair Comes to the Village, DNAinfo.com, October 6, 2011
We're Here, We're Queer, Hire Us!, Brokelyn.com, October 5, 2011
September 2011
133 Ride to Combat AIDS, Gay City News, September 28, 2011
'Braking the Cycle' raises funds for HIV/AIDS services, The Boston Globe, September 16, 2011
9/11 Voices: LGBT Leaders and First-Responders, Advocate.com, September 9, 2011
Bicyclists Prepare for Braking the Cycle from Boston to NYC , Edge.com, September 10, 2011
9/11 Voices: LGBT Leaders and First-Responders , Advocate.com, September 9, 2011
August 2011
Cyndi Lauper Opens Housing for LGBT Youth , WNYC, August 24, 2011
Gramercy Park Hotel concierge hosts HIV/AIDS event , NYC NearSay, August 18, 2011
Gramercy Park Hotel concierge biking to put the brakes on HIV/AIDS , Town and Village, Gramercy Park Block Association - Neighborhood News #113, August 18, 2011
July 2011
Gay Couples Marry in New York (LIVE BLOG), Huffington Post, July 24, 2011
Same-Sex Couples Say 'I Do!' in New York, Edge Publications, July 24, 2011
For lottery winning newlyweds, Village LGBT community center is 'open' gay wedding reception, New York Daily News, July 24, 2011
June 2011
Foodies Kick Off Gay Pride in New York City, City Spoonful, June 24, 2011
Recap: Wendy Williams Hosts The 28th Annual Garden Party Benefitting The LGBT Center, Miss A, June 23, 2011
Power Lesbians Raise the Stakes, The Village Voice, June 22, 2011
Mike Cavnaugh Covers the Garden Party to Benefit the Center in New York City, GayLifeNYC.org, June 22, 2011
SCENE + HEARD: With Protesters, Wendy Williams, and Marriage in the Air, Garden Party 28 Is Slightly Sour, Mostly Sweet, Next Magazine, June 21, 2011
"Garden Party 28" to Benefit the LGBT Community Center, Queer New York, June 21, 2011
Última llamada para "Ley de Igualdad Matrimonial", El Diario, June 20, 2011
Gay New Yorkers take on Archbishop Timothy Dolan in rally to support same-sex marriage, Daily News, June 20, 2011
Same-sex marriage goes down to legislative wire in New York, Reuters, June 19, 2011
Father's Day Marriage Equality Rally, My Fox New York, June 19, 2011
Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage Bill Hold Rallies Across NYC, CBS New York, June 19, 2011
Same-sex marriage supporters rally in NYC, WABC-TV, June 19, 2011
Comunidad latina se expresa a favor de la igualdad matrimonial, New York 1 Noticias, June 19, 2011
Rory O'Malley, Raymond J. Lee, et al. Set for BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDE, 6/27 , www.broadwayworld.com, June 16, 2011
Wendy Williams To Host The 28th Annual Garden Party Benefiting The LGBT Center, www.askmissa.com, June 15, 2011
May 2011
Forty Under 40, The Advocate , May Issue, 2011
April 2011
RuPaul's Drag Race" Finalists Stand Tall at the LGBT Center., NEXT Magazine, April 26, 2011
LGBT Center Congratulates Chelsea Pines Inn; Reflects on Parallel Journeys , theedge.com, April 13, 2011
Bi-National Same-Sex Couples Fight to Keep Families Intact, theedge.com, April 13, 2011
International LGBT Family Event Highlights Discrimination, Brings Community Together, theseattlelesbian.com, April 13, 2011
March 2011
Actors Hopeful About Gay Marriage in NY, nbcnewyork.com, March 22, 2011
David Hyde Pierce to Perform at Center Dinner March 21; Angela Lansbury, Barney Frank Will Attend, Playbill.com, March 13, 2011
Obama, Activists Launch Initiative To Prevent Bullying, LezGetReal.com, March 10, 2011
Cuomo vows to pass same-sex marriage, Metro, March 9, 2011
Angela Lansbury, David Hyde Pierce to Honor Tom Kirdahy at LGBT Center Dinner , Theater Mania, March 4, 2011
February 2011
LGBT Center providing solace in a unique program (PDF), Queens Chronicle, February 24, 2011
Members of the Signature Theatre Company's production of Tony Kushner's "Angels In America" were on hand Monday at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center to take part in The Center Speaker Series, NY1, February 11, 2011
Photos From the Broadway Backwards Benefit, New York Times, February 9, 2011
Theater Benefits Draw Starry Casts, Wall Street Journal Website, February 9, 2011
LGBT Center Exhibit Pushes Boundaries of 'Queer Art', DNAinfo.com - Manhattan Local News, February 7, 2011
January 2011
LGBT Center Focuses on Smoking Cessation, Edge, New York, January 12 2011The Center in New York City Presents "Living Live" , Passport Magazine, January 4 2011
This Month's Featured Alumni, Syracuse University, January 2011
