by Alice Teeple | Mar 14, 2020 | Featured, Health, Nutrition, NYC
No, you’re not misreading this: LGBTQ youth in New York City comprise up to 40% of the homeless population. LGBTQ youths are victims of greater levels of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trauma, HIV infection, mental health issue and...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 8, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
By Lauren Crenshaw Thousands of people from around the world flooded the streets of New York City with rainbow-colored flags and banners, extravagant costumes, and music-blasting parade floats this past Sunday as the city celebrated its annual Pride Parade. This...
by Dan Metz | Jul 1, 2019 | Culture, Featured, News
At 9:30 am on Sunday, June 30th, just hours before the step off of the World Pride Parade, thousands of people gathered near the historic Stonewall Inn for a different cause. The Queer Liberation March, organized as an anti-corporate activist alternative to World...
by Downtown Magazine | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment
From debuting as a web series with its first two episodes uploaded to YouTube back in 2012, Eastsiders has grown into an Emmy-nominated show with a cult following and three darkly twisted yet hilarious seasons with more to come. Eastsiders is an LGBTQ+, dark comedy...
by Downtown Magazine | Jun 11, 2019 | News
By Michael Izquierdo A crowd of hundreds gathered around outside in Foley Square Monday afternoon to demand justice for the death of Layleen Polanco Xtravaganza, a 27-year-old Afro-Latinx trans woman, who was found dead while imprisoned at Rikers Island. Polanco has...
