New York City’s Rainbow of Legislators
By Adam Kocurek
This collection presents its interviewees as a mosaic—a group of unique individuals who, when viewed together, represent the diversity of the New York community.
By Adam Kocurek
This collection presents its interviewees as a mosaic—a group of unique individuals who, when viewed together, represent the diversity of the New York community.
By Liza Neal
Violence against transgender people has risen across the globe. According to the ACLU, one in four transgender people has experienced assault, and the majority of deadly attacks are against trans women of color. According to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, the top three countries for rates of murder are Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. Still, record numbers of trans people are fleeing to the U.S., especially from Central and South America.
By John R. Killacky
IN 1981, I was with friends celebrating the Fourth of July weekend at New York’s Fire Island Pines gay enclave when life changed. Buried on page A20 of The New York Times (July 3,1981) was a report about a new condition: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” Doctors in New York and San Francisco…
A while back we reported (Sept.-Oct. 2018) on a clever device to stop the serial incineration of a gay flag in a Warsaw square—a “water rainbow” that couldn’t be ignited.…More
We’ve followed Aaron Schock over the years, and now he’s back, possibly for the last time. For those who need a refresher, Schock is the former Republican Congressman from…More
ON OCTOBER 21, 2018, the New York Times reported that a memo had been circulated in the Department of Health and Human Services seeking to amend a law…More
The social media’s role in the Russian interference / collusion investigation was neatly clarified by the testimony of one Chris Wylie, a whistleblower who once worked for Cambridge Analytica.…More
The message was simple: “Michele Bachmann, NO. — God.” However cryptic to outsiders, everyone in Minnesota knew exactly what it meant. The former congresswoman and darling of the Tea Party…More
ON THE MORNING that my husband Joe and I got married, the sun shone warmly on our chilly necks, absorbing the bite of the low, steady breeze floating across…More
The defeat of North Carolina’s Republican governor, Pat McCrory, last November ran against the general tide of the election, and his loss was clearly due to his support for…More