Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Steve Love Menendez.
TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.
TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community.
Steven Love Menendez is an award-winning New York City based photographer with a focus on the fine art figurative nude. His decades of work as a Stylist, Fashion Editor, Art Director and vast experience working on photography sets facilitate his work with the fine art medium. He pursued his passion for photography at the International Center of Photography. His evocative fine art portraits have graced the walls of the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, solo exhibitions in New York City, Fire Island, Provincetown and Miami. Accolades such as being named one of the World’s Top 10 Black and White Photographers in 2019 and one of the World’s Top 10 Fine Art Photographers in 2021 by One Eye Land, alongside winning placements in the NUDE Photoshoot awards in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. He received the President’s Medal at the Fire Island Cherry Grove Arts Project show in 2018. His sought-after photographs have been published in The Advocate, Gay Letter, Out Magazine, and The Queer Review, amplifying his vision to a broader audience and to cement his artistic legacy.
Steven’s unrelenting and consistent activism in the LGBTQ+ Community for over 20 years manifests through the idea that Peace, Love, Kindness and Beauty are the most powerful and needed forms of protest. In 2017, Steven created the annual 250 Pride month Rainbow Flag installation at the Stonewall National Monument. In 2019 Steven was pivotal in getting the first permanent flagpole and Rainbow flag installed at the Stonewall National Monument. He petitioned for the first permitted Drag Shows at a National Monument. His activism has been the focus of worldwide media attention for his tireless efforts to elevate the profile of the LGBTQ + Community.
“A vibrant testament to resilience, Queens of Stonewall chronicles the life of Simone of The West Village and her fellow transgender community members in New York City as they navigate decades of adversity, from the AIDS epidemic through COVID-19, culminating in defiant and celebratory outdoor drag performances at the Stonewall National Monument.”
The film chronicles the lives of Simone and her fellow LGBTQIA community members in New York City, spanning decades of adversity and resilience. Survivors of the AIDS epidemic and enduring transphobia, they navigate life as women, performers, drag queens, and dancers, embracing self-expression amidst societal challenges. When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts city life, Simone starts putting on outdoor drag performances at the Stonewall National Monument, hosting Sunday Tea Dances that become a celebrated fixture in the neighborhood, while defying attempts to silence them. Simone and her cohort embody a microcosm of survival, creativity, and the pursuit of beauty amid ongoing struggles. Their story, both remarkable and humbling, reflects a universal desire to live authentically despite adversity.”
Watch TriVersity Talk! Live on Wednesday at 7 PM ET on Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@TriVersityCenter
The official website for the TriVersity Center may be found at https://www.triversitycenter.org
