We are mted to empowerg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) New Yorkers to live the healthit life possible.
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- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- LONG ISLAND AND QUEENS: GAY DADS’ COMMUNY WH THE LGBT NETWORK
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
The LGBT Network is an associatn of non-prof anizatns workg to serve the LGBT muny of Long Island and Queens throughout the lifpan: Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth (LIGALY), The Long Island LGBT Communy Center (The Center), Servic and Advocy for LGBT Elrs - Long Island (SAGE-LI), and the Queens LGBT Communy Center (Q Center). * lgbt network queens *
Q Center particularly works to help those most unrserved through addrsg heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia. The Anti-Vlence Project – Long Island (AVP-LI) nontsvlence mted both agast and wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) and HIV-Posive project serv survivors of all vlence, cludg domtic vlence, timate partner vlence, sexual asslt, youth datg vlence, anti-LGBT and/or anti-HIV hate-motivated vlence, harassment, discrimatn, elr abe, and child abe.
LIGALY’s Communy Edutn ProgramSce 1993, LIGALY has worked wh schools, lleg and universi, and health and human service provirs to te the muny about the needs and experienc of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) stunts.
A few of our most popular workshops:Creatg Safer Schools for LGBT Young PeopleAudience: Faculty and School Staff, Edutn StuntsThis workshop is tend for Elementary, Intermediate, Middle, Junr andSenr High School staff terted learng about sexual orientatn, thechalleng facg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) youth, andhow to create a safe and supportive school 101Audience: College StuntsIn this workshop, we will create a basic overview of sexual orientatn andgenr inty as well as their social nstctns.
LONG ISLAND AND QUEENS: GAY DADS’ COMMUNY WH THE LGBT NETWORK
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A discsn ofheterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia will also be prented.
Growg Up Gay and LbianAudience: Stunts Gras 7-12, College StuntsThis teractive workshop addrs stereotyp, sexual orientatn, homophobia, appropriate e of the word, “gay, ” and how stunts n createa safe and supportive school climate. Over 650 LGBTQ and allied stunts om across New York Cy and Long Island held the largt rally the untry to nounce Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay Bill” at the LGBT Network’s 26th Annual LGBT Youth Conference at Ci Field on March 16th. LGBTQ stunts, their alli, and lol lears showed support and solidary, by proudly proclaimg and chantg “WE SAY GAY” so loud that uld be heard all the way down South.
Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth works to build muny, provi a home and safe space for all, end anti-LGBT bullyg, and prevent suici. The origal anizatn of the LGBT Network is Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth, Inc. 1993: Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth, Inc.
The LGBT Network is an associatn of non-prof anizatns workg to serve the LGBT muny of Long Island and Queens throughout the lifpan: Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth (LIGALY), The Long Island LGBT Communy Center (The Center), Servic and Advocy for LGBT Elrs - Long Island (SAGE-LI), and the Queens LGBT Communy Center (Q Center). * lgbt network queens *
The Queens Pri Para formed rponse to Rivera’s murr and, more directly, to the 1992 homophobic outcry over the cln of gay and lbian ntent the Children of the Rabow curriculum, which was signed to teach children tolerance of all of New York Cy’s diverse muni.
As a rult, former NYC Council Fance Chair Daniel Dromm, who was then a public school teacher the borough’s Communy School District 24 (where the ntroversy was centered), me out as openly gay and cid to unter the ensug propaganda wh a fay-iendly celebratory para that would promote LGBT visibily and pri, and be based a neighborhood where many closeted gay people lived. “I wanted people to know that lbians and gay men were their fay, iends, and neighbors.
On November 22, 1992, the ial planng meetg was held Dromm’s Flhg apartment, and the formatn of the Queens Lbian and Gay Pri Commtee (QLGPC) followed soon after at a meetg of Queens Gays and Lbians Uned (Q-GLU). Co-chaired by Dromm and Cuban-born LGBT rights activist Marza Martez, QLGPC nvassed neighborhood gay bars for donatns and support.
One of our goals at Daddy Squared is to help create muni for gay dads and prospective dads. The LGBT Network has been dog exactly that Long Island and Queens for seven years now. Wh an amazg number and variety of events for LGBTQ fai, and wh nstant re for the prospective dad muny, * lgbt network queens *
Dromm later relled that some bar owners were ristant, “It was a very quiet lbian and gay muny — a large one but not a very visible one. The acpanyg stage show featured drag queen and transgenr performers, who were also pivotal beforehand helpg to raise money and promote the para at the gay bars where they regularly entertaed. “We know that many gay and lbian Latos live here Queens.
This is the moment, wh this para, to e out of the closet and monstrate that we are Latos and gays!