“In 1969, I was 19 years old and I saw a very small news article in The New York Daily News saying homosexuals were rioting. They did not refer to us as the gay and lesbian community. I finally came out of the closet at 25 years old, when I realized what Stonewall was basically all about.
Queens Community House is proud to submit our testimony on behalf of Introduction 1867 to expand voting rights in New York City elections to nearly one million noncitizen New Yorkers.
“During COVID, I've had a harder time keeping myself motivated because a lot of the fun stuff my family was going to do got canceled, such as vacations.
Meet Shakola, one of our program participants at Queens Connect! Shakola talks about her interest in furthering her culinary skills and her time with the program!
