While ANTI-LGBTQ+ Rights Legislation Has Doubled – Luther Church Openly Gay President of the Board Calls for Church Leadership to Embrace LGBTQ+ Worshippers in His Speech at the Church’s New York Annual Assembly

While ANTI-LGBTQ+ Rights Legislation Has Doubled – Luther Church Openly Gay President of the Board Calls for Church Leadership to Embrace  LGBTQ+ Worshippers in His Speech at the Church’s New York Annual Assembly

NEW YORK, NY – May 1, 2023 – At the Lutheran Church’s 2023 Metro New York Synod (MNYS) Assembly, the organization’s first openly gay president of the board Christopher Vergara, will give a speech affirming church leadership’s commitment to inclusivity in faith — and underscoring the importance of embracing their LGBTQ+ worshippers.  His comments will be presented on Friday May 5, 2023, from 10:30am to 11:30 am at the Marriott Hotel in […]

Trans Women Are Fighting Back Against Police Abuse

Transgender people are often profiled as sex workers and targeted with bogus arrests

(By NYCLU) On her way home from the bus stop on a spring night in the Bronx last year, Linda Dominguez cut across a park because it was the most direct route to her apartment. Even though others leaving the bus were also crossing the park, three officers from the New York City Police Department […]