Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beit Simchat TorahĪ prominent figure in the ACT UP era of HIV/AIDS activism in New York, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led Congregation Beitth Simchat Torah since 1992. Littman, who also founded the gay Jewish social group Hebro, applauded the de Blasio administration’s recent move to certify LGBTQ-run businesses and designating them as minority-owned companies in competing for city contracts. Senior Adviser for LGBTQ Community Affairs and Director of Events, Office of New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioĪfter temporarily acting as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s senior adviser for LGBTQ community affairs, Jayson Littman has filled the post on a permanent basis while retaining his position as director of events. Harlem United recently launched a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, administering thousands of doses. Andrew Cuomo's pledge to end the state's HIV/AIDS epidemic. Like many other LGBTQ leaders, Kilmer criticized proposed cuts to Medicaid’s 340B program, which she said are at odds with Gov. Jacquelyn Kilmerĭespite funding shortages, Jacquelyn Kilmer has continued the work of Harlem United, which provides health care, housing, food and other services to over 10,000 New Yorkers of color every year, including HIV treatment and prevention strategies. She has also worked for Amnesty International, 1199SEIU and ACORN. She was previously deputy director of education and public affairs at Lambda Legal, where she headed national advocacy campaigns. The organization seeks to end violence against LGBTQ individuals through organizing and education.
With three decades of experience fighting for social justice, Beverly Tillery now serves as executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. Beverly TilleryĮxecutive Director, New York City Anti-Violence Project
He now co-chairs the Ending the Epidemic Subcommittee of the New York State AIDS Advisory Council. Along with other activists, he helped found Housing Works in 1990. A former Baptist minister, Charles King got his start in LGBTQ activism with ACT UP, serving on its housing committee. Charles Kingĭedicated to addressing the interrelated epidemics of homelessness and HIV/AIDS, Housing Works has set up extensive shelter space to house homeless LGBTQ New Yorkers who are suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.
Louie, who has served as CEO at GMHC since 2014, in July will hand the reins temporarily to Kishani Moreno, the chief operating officer, while the venerable HIV/AIDS services organization searches for a permanent leader to replace him. In May, Gay Men’s Health Crisis announced that Kelsey Louie would be leaving his leadership post in order to run The Door, a social services nonprofit serving young people in New York City. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed cuts to Medicaid spending, which she has described as an “existential threat.” 54.
Along with other nonprofit providers of medical services to queer people, Stark early this year was a vocal critic of Gov. Wendy StarkĮxecutive Director, Callen-Lorde Community Health Centerĭespite a decline in visits last year, under Wendy Stark’s leadership the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center – which typically serves more than 17,000 LGBTQ New Yorkers annually – was able to maintain some in-person services in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Roque was also a vocal proponent of a law legalizing paid surrogacy in New York, which went into effect earlier this year. Since being promoted in 2019 to head the Ali Forney Center, the largest social services nonprofit in the country serving homeless youth, Alexander Roque has forged a partnership with the de Blasio administration to launch the country's largest workforce development program for LGBTQ youth, NYC Unity Works. President and Executive Director, Ali Forney Center "I believe that the biggest barrier for a healthy community is the stigma associated with HIV, followed by homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia," he told the Edge Media Network last fall. Program Director of New York State Latino Gay/Bi Men’s Initiatives, Latino Commission on AIDSĮven as HIV infection rates dip on account of PrEP use, the epidemic has worsened in the Latino community – a trend Luciano Reberte is trying to combat as head of Latino Gay/Bi Men’s Initiativies at the New York-based Latino Commission on AIDS.