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Dashiell Allen

Austin Rivers founded Knit the Rainbow in April 2020.
Features

Knit the Rainbow brings handmade clothing to LGBTQ youth

By Dashiell Allen
The antibiotic doxycycline is being utilized as a tool to combat sexually transmitted infections.
Health

NYC health officials, doctors embracing doxy-PEP for STI prevention

By Dashiell Allen
Community activist Julie DeLaurier protests a Moms for Liberty event on Jan. 18 in Manhattan.
Activism

‘No hate! no fear!’: LGBTQ activists and politicians protest Moms for Liberty event in NYC

By Dashiell Allen
The beach along Fire Island in The Pines has eroded significantly since April 2020.
New York State

LGBTQ community members call on feds to protect Fire Island Pines from erosion

By Dashiell Allen
Makyyla Holland, 25, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Broome County Jail to implement policies for the treatment of LGBTQ people in custody.
Legal

Advocates renew push to protect incarcerated trans people in New York

By Dashiell Allen
Graves on Hart Island of anonymous individuals who died of AIDS-related complications.
New York City

Hart Island, burial site for many people lost to AIDS, opens to the public

By Dashiell Allen
LGBT Center CEO Carla Smith.
Advocacy

Carla Smith named new CEO of LGBT Center

By Dashiell Allen
The spire of One World Trade Center lit red for World AIDS Day.
Health

President Biden, New York electeds commemorate World AIDS Day

By Dashiell Allen
Housing Works' South Slope thrift shop in Brooklyn.
Health

Housing Works expands virtual food bank program with $300K grant

By Dashiell Allen
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Politics

Hochul approves protections for LGBTQ and HIV-positive long-term care facility residents

By Dashiell Allen
Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, a recent college graduate, was murdered in May 2022. She had planned on becoming a physician assistant.
Crime

Man found guilty in 2022 murder of transgender woman in Albany

By Dashiell Allen
Vigil participants standing in the shadow of the NYC AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day in 2019.
Health

Events slated for World AIDS Day in New York City

By Dashiell Allen
Individuals wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2021.
Health

Study: COVID setbacks threaten goals in fight against HIV in America

By Dashiell Allen
High school students hold a memorial and vigil in Washington Square Park for trans people who have died in the past year.
Remembrance

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City

By Dashiell Allen & Matt Tracy
International

Mexico’s LGBTQ community mourns death of first non-binary magistrate

By Dashiell Allen
Judge Seth Marnin listens to speakers before getting sworn in.
Legal

Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission announces new co-chair, two new members

By Dashiell Allen
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