Instructional Video2:10
Curated Video

Ball Culture of New York City

9th - Higher Ed
Ball Culture can be traced as far back as the 1860s in New York City, where LGBTQ+ people began to create safe spaces where they could express and celebrate their identities freely.
Instructional Video4:51
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Richard Blanco - "El Americano in the Mirror"

Higher Ed
Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Forty-five days later, the family immigrated once more to New York City, and eventually settled in...
Instructional Video2:24
Curated Video

Stonewall Uprising: The Fight Against Oppression

9th - Higher Ed
The LGBTQ+ community took a stand in 1960s America. Discriminated against because of their sexuality and gender identity, they campaigned for a fairer, freer society in a time of social and political upheaval in America.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: How Lgbtq People of Color Are Dealing With Orlando

9th - 10th
The attack on a largely Latino crowd at a gay nightclub in Orlando by a Muslim American mass shooter has meant different things to different people. The devastation cuts across many facets of culture, identity and community.