Faith, Memory & LGBTQ Community (2020–ongoing) Documenting queer faith communities, AIDS-era volunteers, and spiritual commemoration.
NY Dignity Annual Conference (2020) – LGBTQ Christian advocacy and intergenerational dialogue
St. Pat’s for All LGBTQ March (2021 & 2026) – Inclusive Irish-LGBTQ civic procession
Kirkridge Retreat Center Spiritual Retreat & Memorial (2025) – Honoring LGBTQ pioneers, including John McNeill, who ministered to AIDS-affected communities
Brendan Fay: Championing LGBTQ Rights Through Photography.
2. Lavender and Green Alliances (2022–ongoing)
Long-term documentation of early LGBTQ volunteers and community organizers who provided health education and mutual aid during and after the AIDS crisis. Focus on intergenerational networks and immigrant participation in grassroots activism.
Bronx & Harlem Queer Civic Memory (2019–ongoing)
Chronicling LGBTQ civic leaders, public recognition ceremonies, and marriage equality pioneers:
Puerto Rican Night Civic Recognition Ceremony of Jesús Lebrón (Bronx, 2023)
Tracing Marriage Equality Back to the Bronx exhibition, Fordham University (2025) – Official exhibition photographer documenting Jesús Lebrón and other early activists
LGBTQ weddings, focusing on older couples, highlighting enduring love and historical continuity in queer communities
SOLO & FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Gay Seniors Exhibition, Queens Senior Gay Center, NY | 2025
Official Photographer, Tracing Marriage Equality Back to the Bronx, Fordham University | 2025
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (Photojournalist)
Bronx Times (2023)
Norwood News (2022)
Irish Voice (2022)
Irish Echo (2022)
Pressenza (2021)
Irish Examiner (2021)
The Fight Magazine (2025)
COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS & SCREENINGS
Queens Public Library
Yale University
CUNY
Muslim Alliance for Gender and Sexual Diversity (MASGD)
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, Nassau, Long Island