MEDIA CENTER
As one of the world’s leading LGBTQ community centers, The Center offers an incredibly diverse mix of programming and events. Our Media Center provides an overview of recent media coverage, press releases and photo and video galleries.

As one of the world’s leading LGBTQ community centers, The Center offers an incredibly diverse mix of programming and events. Our Media Center provides an overview of recent media coverage, press releases and photo and video galleries.
Meet Murray, Arieana, and Faiz! Each of them has unique experiences with The Center—but they all discovered that their lives changed for the better once they got connected to our community.
The ballroom scene has long offered unbridled freedom for Black and brown queer people, and we are so grateful to have witnessed the community’s glory this year.
An update and call to action from our HIV & Sexual Health Services Manager.
“I will remember every trans person that I knew and didn’t know that has passed due to violence…they all mean a life taken too soon, and the necessity for change.”
We invited Pierre to speak with us this LGBTQ+ History Month about the historic milestones he has seen in his time at The Center, how he sees progress happening today, his thoughts on current issues facing our community, and his dreams for the future.
The Center’s HIV & Sexual Health Services Manager Brandy Andrews, and Substance Use Treatment Counselor Freddy Perez, talk about these important topics from their perspectives as both service providers and members of the Center community.
August is a unique time for our community—one of simultaneous celebration, awareness-raising and mobilizing against continuous threats, reflection on our collective past, and gathering strength for our futures.
Get a glimpse of what #QueerPersistence looks like for The Center’s community.
“It is possible to achieve a world where queer and trans youth are humanized, and it is vital that we all fight for it.”
“I want all these smart people who are part of ballroom to be seen more, supported more, and heard more. And I want all of us in ballroom to be a bigger part of making this change.”
For those of us in the LGBTQ community who struggle with substance use, it’s crucial to raise more awareness of the steeper challenges we face during this time of year and how we can overcome them. By Antonio Ruberto, Jr., Senior Director of Behavioral Health.
“The Center changed my life. My range of experiences with this organization over the past 8 years are too broad to capture all in one speech, but most importantly: The Center introduced me to countless mentors who saw a light in me that I thought had gone out…[they] have helped me bloom into a leader, an activist, and informed what I do today.”
“The Center’s Front Desk staff serve as frontline responders for anyone who turns to us, and a great deal of empathy and a deep understanding of the intersections of our community’s population is needed.”
“I think most LGBTQ people can relate with what it’s like to catch yourself or leave something unsaid in certain spaces, but there’s never a time in YPC where I feel like I need to do that. I can bring my whole self into the room.”
“We are still a community under siege on multiple fronts, and I’ve witnessed the transformation of The Center to support, serve, and be a home for the entire community in all its diverse colors and identities. The Center is a marvel of a place!”
“The acceptance and the love from everyone involved in Cycle is something that I don’t take for granted, and I’m honored to be a small part of this community.”
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From sunset parties on the Hudson River and our annual gala to rallies, community gatherings and PRIDE, The Center is everywhere you are in NYC. View photos and video from recent Center happenings.
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