New York - 25 Giugno 2020 New York Pride 2020 nonostante Covid-19: la bellezza e la libertà di essere se stessi Vi invito anche a prestare attenzione alla musica che accompagna il video qui sopra e cogliere il contrasto con le immagini: non è casuale, ma voluto...
Primo Piano - 15 Giugno 2020 La Corte Suprema USA avverte il vento della protesta anche per i diritti LGBTQ La Corte Suprema ha votato per includere l'orientamento sessuale e l'identità di genere nelle discriminazioni proibite dal Civil Rights Act del 1964
New York - 26 Giugno 2019 50 Years after the Stonewall Riots, New York City Is Colored by Pride The 1960s, as well as the preceding decades, are known to have been hostile towards the LGBT individuals in the United States. Same-sex relations were illegal in the state of New York up until 1980, when NY v. Onofre overturned the existing sodomy law. Many members of the LGBT community were discriminated against, prosecuted, and even incarcerated. For this reason, gay bars and clubs were a place of refuge for LGBT individuals who wanted to socialize and openly express themselves. Those bars were frequently raided and their patrons harassed by police.
Arts - 1 Marzo 2019 Being LGBTQ+ Fifty Years After Stonewall Inn and Acting “Normal” in NY Based on the research by Matthew Zundel and Brian DeGrazia, two graduate New York University students, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò hosted part one of their Rainbow Jubilee series, “LGBTQ in Italian Theater: 50 Years from the Stonewall Uprising and of LGBTQ Liberation”
People - 25 Giugno 2018 Melania at Pride: Why I Dressed Up As the First Lady to Defend Freedom My newest character is named Melania Trump. I created her after a suggestion from a comedy club manager one night. I got off the stage at Joe Conklin’s show at Parx Casino and he said, “You have to do Melania”...
Arts - 18 Luglio 2017 La libertà al tempo di Trump: a New York, la mostra On Freedom Il gruppo si ispira alle “Quattro libertà” di Roosevelt: libertà di parola e di espressione, libertà di culto, libertà dal bisogno e libertà dalla paura. Da quattro, su queste pareti le libertà si moltiplicano e rifraggono in varie sfaccettature, tante quante i punti di vista e le esperienze degli artisti, più di sessanta
U.N. - 9 Giugno 2017 A Global Call for LGBTQ Awareness at the UN The Human Rights Council elected Independent Expert, Vitit Muntharbhorn, at the 2017 Geneva Summit to cultivate mandates and create a platform for LGBTQ victims of human rights violations to be heard. His work will be instrumental in bringing LGBTQ rights to the forefront of the international community.