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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (#LGBT) Community Center at 208 W 13 St, NYC
New York, NY
Joined March 2009
Today we reflect on the horrifying act of violence committed against our community six years ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We remember those we lost, and are reminded of the vital role safe spaces play for the LGBTQ community.
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October is #LGBTHistoryMonth, a time dedicated to recognizing important moments in queer history. We'll be posting images from our LGBT National History Archive collections, highlighting our own Center history, and more! #MakingHistory. Celebrate w/ us:
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"She was the first woman to win the popular vote" @ariannahuff introduces @HillaryClinton #CenterDinner
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Center Statement on Event Cancellation: Upon further review and consideration, The Center has cancelled the March 28 Walk Away event. Full statement available at
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Thank you, Timothée Chalamet (@RealChalamet), for supporting The Center and standing against sexual violence.
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"It's no wonder, then, that @JaviciaLeslie felt a responsibility to her character; more than just #Batwoman's comic book legacy, Leslie was a symbol for queer, racialized, and women communities.". Read more via @movieweb. #BlackQueerLove .@CWBatwoman.
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Center Dinner starts soon! We’re excited to come together to support the LGBTQ community and honor Anna Wintour of @voguemagazine, @ricky_martin, @Emma4Change, @geenarocero and @KeiynanLonsdale!
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Congrats to our honorees, @SaraRamirez, @NYCFirstLady, Lisa Linsky and Bernadette Harrigan! #WomensEvent
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Our responsibility is to provide space for connecting and organizing across our diverse viewpoints, not to censor.
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PrideFest is @NYCPride's annual LGBTQIA+ street fair that combines exhibitors, entertainers and activities for a day of fun and celebration in the name of equality. Don't miss performances by Princess Nokia, Lauren Jauregui, The Veronicas, and more.
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#fbf. @kimpetras made history as the first out #transgender woman to ever take the VMAs stage. #MakingHistory #LGBTHistoryMonth. Read more via @papermagazine.
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Today is Keith Haring's birthday. The iconic artist and activist would have been 59 years old.
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We acknowledge the diversity of our community's perspectives, and while we may be disgusted by or reject the ideas some groups espouse, we will not stand in the way of their right to say them.
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A growing community of older queer #TikTokers share their life experiences for young audiences. These stories might be carried on through those who will share them, keeping the history alive. #MakingHistory #LGBTHistoryMonth. via @them.
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Don't miss @nycpride's PrideFest at its new location on 4th Ave b/w Union Square and Astor Place. Princess Nokia will headline with special guest Lauren Jauregui. For more info:
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For upcoming #LGBTQ+ Arts and Culture programming, visit and look for our current list of #SecondTuesday events!. #QueerPortraits #MakingHistory #LGBTHistoryMonth.
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"In her signature tail coat and top hat, #GladysBentley was one of the #Harlem Renaissance's greatest singers and entertainers.". Read more via @outmagazine. #BiWeek.
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#TBT One of our favorite posters from one of our past exhibits, "In Times Like These," which served as a tribute to where we've been as a community and the power of our collective voices.
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“Please respect our human dignity despite your lack of understanding us.” Thank you @SaraRamirez for your powerful remarks! #womensevent
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🌈 You don’t have to be out to have queer community. 💕 You don’t have to be out to experience the spectrum of relationship and kinship that queerness creates. 🙅♀️ You can be out to only people you trust. Words: @TeenVogue.Artwork: @timpsingleton
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Take a stand against bullying and support #LGBTQ youth by going purple for #SpiritDay today. Visit to learn more and get involved.
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"At 40, this is my mantra of gratitude as I live and reflect on what and who it took for me to be here today. I’m in a new stage of life, in love with myself and the many, many people who helped me become myself." –@angelicaross. @Refinery29 #CommunityCare.
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Today is LGBTQ Center Awareness Day! Visit our website to learn about the support, care and connection that we provide for the LGBTQ community, and find out about other centers at or by following @CenterLink. #LGBTCAD
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Sending a heartfelt thank you to all who joined us on Sunday, standing together in community and welcoming Drag Story Hour NYC to The Center. ✨ 🏳️🌈 ✨ . @NewYorkStateAG
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@JPGaultier @BFA A big thank you to our hosts, @NymphiaWindy, @PlaneJane, @66wind99, and @sapphiracristal. Thank you for showing up for The Center. We can’t do this work without you. We look forward to seeing you next year. 📷: @BFA
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Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth! In July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. This landmark legislation broke down barriers to inclusion across society.
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Queer ASL with Nyle DiMarco and @chellamanart, teaching us the essentials of queer vocabulary in American Sign Language (ASL), and the variety of ways to communicate. Watch the video via @them.
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"I’m glad that I can provide that representation for #Black #asexual people in particular because we’re so often forgotten about." - @theyasminbenoit. More via @hypebae.
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Get your tickets now for the virtual reading of Larry Kramer’s "The Normal Heart." . @SterlingKBrown, @Lavernecox, Jeremy Pope, and @JakeBorelli are among the all-star cast of a virtual benefit reading, to be directed by Paris Barclay. via @DEADLINE.
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“I prefer queer because it transcends the boundaries of LGBT, because there are more identities than that and identities change and are fluid. I feel like queer kind of explains it all without putting you in a box.” -Maliika #QueerPerspectives
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Happy #BiWeek! 💗 💜 💙 . While many people choose to come out and feel most fulfilled that way, others choose different paths at different times of their lives. There’s no one right way to be bi+. (@BRC_Central). Artwork by @attzs_. #QueerArtSpotlight
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Today is Trans Day of Visibility, a day to recognize and celebrate the trans community! #tdov
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Center Statement on Public Events and Space Use in our Building:
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Gilbert Baker created the original rainbow flag in 1978. He believed that the dawning of the gay-rights era deserved a more positive symbol to replace the long-used pink triangle, which had a stigma-based history rooted in Nazism. #LGBTHistoryMonth. @Yahoo.
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🏳️⚧️ @NYMag has created this incredible Transgender Family Handbook — a set of resources, from talking points to shopping suggestions, gathered in over 100 conversations, for how to support your child’s transition.
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"As a proud trans woman, I'm so grateful that I get to share life experiences with the world through my music and that I get to be defined by so much more than just being transgender.". The Center honoring @KimPetras w/ the Trailblazer Award for #WomensEvent21.
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This week we’re sharing books by and about the LGBTQ community. Today we recommend “Check, Please!” by @ngoziu, a two-volume graphic novel series about hockey, bros, romance and finding yourself.
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You are loved. You are beautiful. You are powerful. You are valid.
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Today we remember Keith Haring; his joyful, defiant art; and his fierce love for his community. 📷: 1989, Center Show Collection, photographer unknown. #lgbtcenternycarchive
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Happy #BisexualVisibilityDay! Today is a day to celebrate and validate our Bi+ community. 💕 Your bisexuality is valid. 💜 It is not a phase. 💙 You are not being indecisive. To learn more about the letters in the LGBTQ+ acronym, visit #BiWeek
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My name is Marina Marqueza, and I am a queer Japanese-Venezuelan singer/songwriter/producer. Omizu Diosa is a genre-fluid EP featuring alternative R&B-inspired vocals paired with unique electronic production inspired by pop, jazz, house, and more. #QueerPortraits @marquezamusic
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Bayard Rustin, the influential gay #Black advisor who inspired MLK, was an American leader in social justice movements, however he was kept in the shadows by the #CivilRights movement establishment due to his sexuality. #LGBTHistoryMonth .
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"If you identify as bisexual, you’re bisexual—no additional qualifications required." @TeenVogue @becca_stickler
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The Center is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization. We do not support or endorse activities held by groups renting our space.
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We’re excited to proudly fly the Bi+ flag in front of The Center! Thanks to everyone who joined us for the flag raising. #bivisibility #bipride #biweek
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"This moment requires that we go further — that we make explicit commitments to embrace anti-racism and end white supremacy, not as necessary corollaries to our mission, but as integral to the objective of full equality for LGBTQ people." #BlackLivesMatter
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Were you or someone you know involved in the Stonewall Riots or the early years of the LGBTQ rights movement? Help spread the word or add your piece of history at #StonewallForever
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"Love is beautiful in all of its forms and on Sunday, singer-songwriter @durandbernarr wanted to highlight that beauty in Black queer love. Bernarr took to Twitter to start a thread on well-known Black queer couples.". More via @Into_tweets. #BlackQueerJoy.
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The Center is flying the Bisexual+ flag for #BisexualVisbilityMonth starting today, leading up to #BiVisibilityDay on September 23! 💗 💜 💙 . September is a month dedicated to celebrating bisexual identity, relationships, and community, as well as supporting folks in recovery.
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📣 "Darling, I want my gay rights now!" . Today, we remember the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson. Rest in power. 🌈 🌻 ✨. 📷: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, ca. 1989-1990. The Rudy Grillo Collection, Rudy Grillo, LGBT Community Center Archive.
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Today we honor #SylviaRivera—an LGBTQ+ civil rights pioneer and veteran of the 1969 #Stonewall uprising. 1951-2002. "We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are." — Sylvia Rivera. Artwork by the talented: @TheStrangeEli. #QueerArtSpotlight
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All groups utilizing space at The Center must execute a Space Use Agreement and agree to our Space Use Terms and Conditions, Code of Conduct and Pledge of Non-Discrimination.
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We join our community in mourning the passing of Achebe Powell. She was a powerful, beloved community leader, & one of the first Black women to have a leadership role in what was then known as the lesbian & gay liberation movement. via @TheAdvocateMag.
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Two especially popular queer YA books of the past year are @byleahjohnson's “You Should See Me in a Crown” and @aidenschmaiden's “Cemetery Boys." We're excited to host these authors in conversation about their work on Tuesday, December 8. Don't miss it!.
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Check out @iHeartRadio @ProcterGamble #CantCancelPride tonight at 8 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio’s Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok pages and @RevryTV! . WATCH HERE:
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A recent @TrevorProject survey revealed that 1 in 4 LGBTQ youth use pronouns or pronoun combinations beyond the binary construction of gender. Respecting others' pronouns has a major impact on their wellbeing!
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Join us at Stonewall, 53 Christopher St, tonight at 6 pm for a rally in response to the tragedy in Orlando.
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Thanks to all of our partners in the #EndAIDSNY2020 initiative. We're proud to stand with you on #WorldAIDSDay. http://t.co/QWJpC74ZuO.
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The @KeithHaringFdn perpetuates Haring's artistic and philanthropic legacy through the preservation and circulation of his artwork and archives, and by providing grants to children in need and those affected by HIV/AIDS. 🎨 Artwork courtesy of The Keith Haring Foundation.
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Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility! Join us in celebrating our trans community members. #TDOV
http://t.co/zNXpw3pNdi.
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You are loved. You are beautiful. You are powerful. You are valid.
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You are loved. You are beautiful. You are powerful. You are valid.
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Protect trans rights. Protect trans lives. Art by nedybrownkid (IG)
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Today, and every day, we celebrate our community and showing up for each other. How are you celebrating #Pride this year?
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#NationalDayofMourning honors Indigenous ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide. #QueerTranscendence
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Today is National Coming Out Day! Whether you're out or not, we're here for you. #ComingOutDay
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TRANS PEOPLE ARE A GIFT 🌸 🌷 🏳️⚧️. Save and share this post with a TGNCNBI person in your life that deserves a reminder of their beauty. Artwork by @theFoxFisher. #SupportQueerYouth #WomensHistoryMonth #TransIsBeautiful #QueerArtSpotlight
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We have made considerable progress for LGBT rights in NY in the last decade—but much work remains. Our #RiseOut Action Team is a volunteer group designed to equip the next generation of leaders w/ the tools & resources they need to make change. #MakingHistory #LGBTHistoryMonth.
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Today is our call day to ban the gay/trans “panic” defense! . Call your reps and urge them to end this practice now, so that LGBTQ New Yorkers can no longer be blamed for violence committed against them. Dial 718.866.4208 .#MondayMotivation #RiseOut.
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Today we reflect on the horrifying act of violence committed against our community two years ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We remember those we lost, and are reminded of the vital role safe spaces play for the LGBTQ community.
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Hope you'll join us for tomorrow's @iHeartRadio & @ProcterGamble #CantCancelPride!. Catch the show Tuesday, June 14 at 8 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio’s Facebook, YouTube, & TikTok and on @REVRYTV as we raise funds for some incredible organizations!. WATCH HERE:
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Today we reflect on the horrifying act of violence committed against our community one year ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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PRIDE IS HERE. Follow your rainbow. Find your community. And show the world that no matter what we face… We’re here and we always will be. To support our work this Pride, visit Pride is at The Center!
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