the annual Fourth of July Invasion of the Pines attracts hundreds of drag queens and thousands of spectators to what has become an annual Independence Day event. The queens arrive at the Fire Island Pines Harbor. On the afternoon of July 4 each year, drag queens from both Cherry Grove and the Pines ...

With over 50,000 new HIV infections every year and the highest AIDS-related death rate of any wealthy nation, it has been declared that the US is “losing the battle against HIV.” This failure is a result of gaps in the “HIV Care Continuum” – which consists of the stages of HIV care ranging from kno

After helping Jonah (Asher Angel) get through a panic attack, Cyrus (Joshua Rush) opens up to him about being gay. Every moment, every mistake, and every maybe matters when you are part of the good hair crew! Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), increasingly confident about expressing herself, navigates he...

‘Support’, a new sculpture by world renowned artist Lorenzo Quinn, was created to coincide with the opening of this year’s Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition. It is one of many art projects drawing attention to the impacts of climate change ahead of COP23, the upcoming UN Climate Change Co

This installment of the World AIDS Museum (WAM) Chronology Exhibit delves into the "Denialism" movement in both, the scientific and political worlds of the AIDS epidemic. A group of scientists explain their theories and skepticism of the HIV/AIDS research findings and definitions, while complot th...

The exhibition marks an historic moment, when treasures from around the world can be seen together. Tate’s The Snail 1953 is shown alongside its sister work Memory of Oceania 1953 and Large Composition with Masks 1953 at 10 metres long. A photograph of Matisse’s studio reveals that these works were

In GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson (Love, Actually) embodies the candor and apprehension of retired teacher Nancy Stokes, and newcomer Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders) personifies the charisma and compassion of sex worker Leo Grande. As Nancy embarks on a po...

The Respect for Marriage Act official repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricted marriage to exclusively being between a man and woman. It was trumped by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, which established same-sex marriage as a 14th Amendment right.

At the 2017 Fire Island Dance Festival, Havana, Cuba’s Acosta Danza, led by dance legend Carlos Acosta, presented For Us, a mesmerizing ballet that explored the passion, frustration and sadness of a couple in love. Dancers Mario Sergio Elías and Raul Reinoso expressed this tragic love story through

Scientists say there's a place in our solar system outside of Earth that has the chemical make-up to potentially support life. Researchers found that Saturn's sixth largest moon -- Enceladus -- has an ocean that contains phosphorus, which is found in human teeth, bones and DNA. CBS News space consu...