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Reflections on NYC Pride and Lower Manhattan
downtown. More than
20 feet tall, it is covered in
powerful symbols that represent
freedom, inclusion,
gender diversity, friendship
and adversity. At night, internal
LED lights turn the
installation into a largescale
lantern. There’s no
better way to embody the
message of inclusion than
with this magnificent rainbow
archway at the center
of our neighborhood.
For as far as we’ve come,
there’s more to be done before
everyone in the LGBTQ
community feels safe
being seen. With more
people visiting Lower Manhattan
than ever before,
we want everyone in the
neighborhood to know they
are welcome here.
To that end, the Alliance
partnered with Hospitable
Me for LGBTQ hospitality
training for hotel and local
attraction staff. The educational
program is an inperson
session tailored for
tourism staff and management,
providing actionable
education for participants
for success with LGBTQ
consumers and their allies
.A
nd with nearly fifty
percent of the LGBTQ community
closeted at work
in the United States according
to Human Rights
Campaign, LMHQ’s June
Women’s Breakfast focused
on visibility in the workplace.
Local leaders from
Lambda Legal, Spotify and
Blue Park Kitchen spoke
on how to implement necessary
policies and steps to
achieve workplace equality.
Celebrate
World Pride
2019
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On Sunday, millions of
people will come together
along Fifth Avenue for the
NYC Pride Parade. With the
city playing host to World-
Pride to mark the 50th anniversary
of the Stonewall
riots, this year’s Pride provides
a special moment to
celebrate, remember New
York’s LGBTQ history and
look to what still needs to
be done.
As the city’s oldest
neighborhood, Lower Manhattan
is where the story
of New York’s LGBTQ community
begins. To highlight
the neighborhood’s
essential and fascintiang,
but rarely examined place
in LGBTQ history over
four centuries, we released
Queer All Along, a report
on those who faced down
struggles, fought for civil
rights, created and built
their lives downtown.
To showcase the diverse
and welcoming neighborhood
Lower Manhattan is,
we partnered with three
local LGBT influencers --
them’s Whembley Sewell,
Blue Park Kitchen’s Kelly
Fitzgerald and Doug Flores
-- for our Be Seen video
campaign. Following the
three throughout a day
downtown, they shared
why they think Lower Manhattan
is one of the city’s
most inclusive and interesting
neighborhoods. Our
#ifeelseenwhen Instagram
contest asked residents, local
workers and visitors to
share what it means to be
seen in this community.
We were overwhelmed by
the incredibly heartfelt
responses. The winner received
tickets to march in
this weekend’s World Pride
Parade.
If you’ve walked
through the Oculus this
month, you’ve seen Live
4 Love from Australian
artists Matthew Aberline
and Maurice Goldberg.
We are thrilled to have
helped bring this installation
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