TOPIC
Sexuality
Turning the Tide
Where can queer and trans community flourish, if not at Riis Beach? Yet current plans for its future don't account for the people it has sustained for decades.
Teenage Dream
At the annual Anti-Prom, queer and trans teens refashion the New York Public Library’s marble-lioned flagship into a kinder, gentler world.
Where to Have Sex in an Epidemic
The New St. Marks Baths became a key infrastructure of care in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. What can its history tell us about still pressing questions around public health, private pleasure, and the spaces in-between?
See and Be Seen
When safe space is hard to find, art and events collective Papi Juice gives queer and trans people of color a home — and a soundtrack — for the night.
Queer, New Urban Agendas
In London, as in New York, forces of development and displacement threaten nightlife spaces of significance for the LGBTQ+ community. How can municipal governments help?
House Proud
As a generation of queer pioneers reaches old age, new models of housing and community space leverage design to meet their needs.
Lavender Lining
Rising rents mark the “straightening” of gayborhoods like Greenwich Village. What role does queer presence play in cycles of urban redevelopment and displacement?
Noncompliant Bodies, Accommodating Space
The architects behind “Stalled!” see gender as one of many variables and identities to consider in designing inclusive environments.
Constellating Queer Spaces
How can the ephemeral and mutable geographies of queer urban life be mapped and preserved?
Battlegrounds and Bachelor Flats
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites project puts once-marginal histories on the map, shining a light on the significance of overlooked sites.