AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance Pride Celebration

Join us as we celebrate our LGBTQIA+ architects, designers, and friends during Pride month, featuring special guest and emcee Cholula Lemon and our benefactor, SAGE, an organization providing advocacy and services for LGBTQ+ elders. Donations are welcome during the event in support of SAGE’s important work.

SAGE is the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ elders. In partnership with our constituents and allies, SAGE works to achieve a high quality of life for LGBTQ+ older people, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater understanding of aging in all communities, and promotes positive images of LGBTQ+ life in later years. SAGE fulfills its mission through advocacy and by providing direct services, training, education, and technical assistance.

The LGBTQIA+ Alliance is a newly launched group at AIANY that advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, plus other sexual and gender marginalized (LGBTQIA+) communities within the architecture profession by creating space to build community, host events and discussions, and foster diversity and inclusion within our profession.

Remarks by:
Jesse Lazar, Interim Executive Director, AIA New York and the Center for Architecture
Matthew Bremer, AIA, Founder and Director, Architecture in Formation; 2023 President, AIA New York
Matthew Ferraro, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD•C, Associate Principal, WEISS/MANFREDI
Gale Rothstein, VP Director of Design Review, NYC Public Design Commission
Laura Ettelman, Managing Partner, SOM

*On the day of the event, all guests must bring their ID and upon entrance walk to the left side of the lobby security desk to check in with someone from SOM/AIANY.

SOM offices are located at 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, 10007