The Carceral State: Examining the Treatment of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in NY
March 27, 2025 
VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to announce an event on policies impacting transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people as part of our programming for Transgender Day of Visibility. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are... Read more
BLACK AS U R — Film Screening and Conversation
February 26, 2025 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House—in partnership with Queer Voices NYC, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, and Borough of Manhattan Community College—is pleased to present a screening of the award-winning 2022 Billy... Read more
Violence Against the LGBTQ Community—Then and Now: A Screening of the 2002 film The Laramie Project and Conversation with Director Moisés Kaufman
October 9, 2024 VIDEO
Wednesday, October 9
5:00PM: Reception
5:30PM: Screening
7:00PM: Post-screening discussion
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Celebrating a New York Icon: Kenneth Sherrill’s Research and Impact on New York State Politics
September 19, 2024 VIDEO
A groundbreaking scholar, activist, and longtime professor of political science at Hunter College, the late Kenneth Sherrill (1942-2023) was the first out gay elected official in New York State. A former Democratic District Leader, and pioneer of... Read more
Rustin: A Film Screening and Conversation About the Life and Legacy of Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin
September 11, 2024 VIDEO
5 pm: Reception
5:30 pm: Screening: Rustin (1hr 47min)
7:15 pm: Post-screening discussion
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Initially proposed in 1971, the Gay Rights Bill in New York City was the first of its kind in the nation, meant to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, and public... Read more
Know Your Rights: Gender Identity and Expression Discrimination Protections in New York City
April 8, 2024
Join the LGBTQ Policy Center and the Sorensen Center at CUNY Law for a “Know Your Rights” training session on gender identity/expression discrimination protections and self-guided Name Change trainings. This training will provide a holistic... Read more
Banned Books — Censorship, Free Expression, and LGBTQ Identity
February 28, 2024 VIDEO
Over the past few years, challenges to books written by or about LGBTQ people—as well as... Read more
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a panel discussion with Paisley Currah, the author of Sex is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity, and Zein Murib, the author of... Read more
The New Generation of Lesbian Bars: A Stonewall Legacy
November 8, 2023 VIDEO
For the past three decades, the number of lesbian bars in the United States has seen a steady decline—from an estimated 200 at their peak in the 1980s to a low point in 2020 of less than 20 across the country, according to an NBC... Read more
This event has been postponed.In June of this year, on the eve of the annual NYC Pride March, Governor Kathy Hochul signed new, nation-leading... Read more
We Are Here: An LGBTQ+ Short Film Showcase
June 20, 2023 VIDEO
As part of its Pride Month programming, the LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a showcase of new short films made by local, award-winning LGBTQ filmmakers. The screening will be followed by a question and answer session... Read more
Craig Seligman — Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag
June 15, 2023 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of Craig Seligman’s new book Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag. The acclaimed book provides a vivid new history of drag as... Read more
Transgender Day of Visibility
March 29, 2023 VIDEO
With welcome by LGBTQ Policy Center Director, Erin Mayo-Adam.
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend an event celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility. The event brings together a panel of New York... Read more
LGBTQ Rights and the Supreme Court
March 1, 2023 VIDEO
In 2022, the Supreme Court decided some of the most consequential rights cases impacting LGBTQ rights in the country’s history — These include Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v.... Read more
James Kirchick — Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
November 10, 2022 VIDEO
An instant New York Times bestseller, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is a groundbreaking chronicle of American politics. Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, over... Read more
Out in Politics
October 11, 2022 VIDEO
Marking National Coming Out Day
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College invites you to attend
A new public... Read more
The Monkeypox Outbreak and LGBTQ Public Health
September 20, 2022 VIDEO
Across the country, infectious diseases are spreading at alarming rates and minority communities continue to be disproportionately affected. The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present an event... Read more
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a screening of the new, award-winning film Firebird, followed by a conversation with the stars and director of the film. A passionate and harrowing historical romance,... Read more
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan. This acclaimed and singular... Read more
The LGBTQ Homelessness Crisis in New York
May 4, 2022 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend a new public program presented in-person and on Zoom “The LGBTQ Homelessness Crisis in New York”
According to... Read more
The Rise of Anti-Trans Policy in 2022
April 5, 2022 VIDEO
Transgender Americans are currently facing one of the most anti-trans legislative years in US history. According to the Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index scorecard, 2021 saw 147 anti-trans legislative proposals; and this year,... Read more
The Struggle for Queer and Trans South Asian Human Rights: A Conversation with Community Leaders
February 24, 2022 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House
with the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program,
Hunter’s Asian American Studies Program and Center, and Hunter’s HCAP... Read more
Walking While Trans: The End Of New York’s Anti-Loitering Law
December 6, 2021 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend a new public program presented in-person and on Zoom Walking While Trans: The End Of New York’s Anti-Loitering Law.
Continuing the first full season of... Read more
The Struggle for LGBTQI+ Inclusive Education in New York
November 11, 2021 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend a New Public Program Presented In-Person and On Zoom “The Struggle For LGBTQI+ Inclusive Education In New York”
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