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href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">Director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a>, producer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1990s–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patrik-Ian Polk</b> (born July 29, 1973 in <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg, Mississippi</a>) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Polk, who is <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a>, is noted for his films and theatre work that explore the experiences and stories of <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Polk was included in the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> Diverse 100 list, which described him as "the man bringing black gay stories to screens large and small".<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polk made his <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">feature film</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_directorial_debuts" title="List of directorial debuts">directorial debut</a> with <i><a href="/wiki/Punks_(film)" title="Punks (film)">Punks</a></i> (2000), an <a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent film</a> that he also wrote and produced. <i>Punks</i> had its world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a>. In 2004, Polk created the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc_(TV_series)" title="Noah's Arc (TV series)">Noah's Arc</a></i>, which made its debut on <a href="/wiki/Logo_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Logo (TV channel)">Logo</a> in October 2005 and ran for two seasons. After the series' cancellation, Polk wrote, directed, and produced a film spin-off, <i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc:_Jumping_the_Broom" title="Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom">Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom</a></i>, which was released theatrically in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His subsequent feature films, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Skinny_(film)" title="The Skinny (film)">The Skinny</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Jussie_Smollett" title="Jussie Smollett">Jussie Smollett</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbird_(2014_film)" title="Blackbird (2014 film)">Blackbird</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Mo%27Nique" title="Mo'Nique">Mo'Nique</a>, Julian Walker and <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a>, were released in 2012 and 2015, following festival runs.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrik-Ian_Polk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in 1973 in <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg, Mississippi</a>, Polk was interested in television and movies as a child, notably <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>'s 1986 film <i><a href="/wiki/She%27s_Gotta_Have_It" title="She's Gotta Have It">She's Gotta Have It</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-sheifunmi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheifunmi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later attended <a href="/wiki/Brandeis_University" title="Brandeis University">Brandeis University</a>, where he was the arts editor of the college newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-sheifunmi_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheifunmi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his undergraduate degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi" title="University of Southern Mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a>, then went on to study at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> (USC) School of Cinema and Television.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrik-Ian_Polk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #F2F2F2;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Polk has built for himself a full collection of work that was formative for a generation of Black gay men. [..] Through these works, as well as the work he still does, he allowed Black gay men to not only see versions of themselves but also provided them digestible venues for the pragmatic sex education that few others would provide" </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Mikelle Street of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Advocate (LGBT magazine)">The Advocate</a></i> on Polk's career (2020).<sup id="cite_ref-Adv_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adv-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Polk made his <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">feature film</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_directorial_debuts" title="List of directorial debuts">directorial debut</a> with <i><a href="/wiki/Punks_(film)" title="Punks (film)">Punks</a></i> (2000), an <a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent film</a> that he also wrote and produced. The film starred <a href="/wiki/Rockmond_Dunbar" title="Rockmond Dunbar">Rockmond Dunbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renoly_Santiago" title="Renoly Santiago">Renoly Santiago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazzmun" title="Jazzmun">Jazzmun</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Devon_Odessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Devon Odessa">Devon Odessa</a>, and focused on the stories of a group of <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> friends. <i>Punks</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was chosen to open the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Lesbian_%26_Gay_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival">San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival</a>. In November 2001, <i>Punks</i> was released theatrically at the <a href="/wiki/Quad_Cinema" title="Quad Cinema">Quad</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. It was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/GLAAD" title="GLAAD">GLAAD</a> Media Award and the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_John_Cassavetes_Award" title="Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award">Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Punks</i> later had its television premiere on <a href="/wiki/Logo_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Logo (TV channel)">Logo</a> on August 7, 2011. </p><p>After <i>Punks</i>, Polk began developing a <a href="/wiki/Television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Television series">series concept</a> that again focused on the lives of several gay African-American men. The original one-hour <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">pilot</a> was produced independently and released as a <a href="/wiki/Web_series" title="Web series">web series</a> in 2004, and to assist in funding each episode, the show was originally envisioned as a <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> subscription series.<sup id="cite_ref-S01E01Commentary_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S01E01Commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the web series was well received, the series was picked up by Logo as a half-hour series.<sup id="cite_ref-S01E01Commentary_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S01E01Commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NASpecial_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASpecial-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series focused on issues like <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_relationships" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex relationships">same-sex dating</a>, <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>, <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a> and <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a> awareness, <a href="/wiki/Infidelity" title="Infidelity">infidelity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Promiscuity" title="Promiscuity">promiscuity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gay_bashing" title="Gay bashing">gay bashing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_parenting" title="Same-sex parenting">same-sex parenthood</a>. The series ultimately ran for two seasons on Logo before it was canceled in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polk's second feature film, <i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc:_Jumping_the_Broom" title="Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom">Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom</a></i>, a spin-off of <i>Noah's Arc</i>, was released in 2008. It was written in collaboration with fellow writer from the series <a href="/wiki/John_R._Gordon" title="John R. Gordon">John R. Gordon</a>, and picks up after the <a href="/wiki/Cliffhanger" title="Cliffhanger">cliffhanger</a> at the end of the second season. The film focuses on the marriage and wedding of the main character, Noah Nicolson, and his boyfriend Wade Robinson at <a href="/wiki/Martha%27s_Vineyard" title="Martha's Vineyard">Martha's Vineyard</a>. The film received three <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NAACP Image Award">NAACP Image Award</a> nominations: Outstanding Independent Feature Film, Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film, and Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="GLAAD Media Awards">GLAAD Award</a>'s for Best Feature Film (Limited Release).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom</i> was released on October 24, 2008, on a limited basis, at theaters in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The movie showed in <a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_New_Jersey" title="Ocean City, New Jersey">Ocean City, New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> in early November. The movie then began showing at theaters in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> in at the end of November and performed above expectations, with $30,336 per screen average that <a href="/wiki/IndieWire" title="IndieWire">IndieWire</a> dubbed "astounding".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, the film received poor reviews from mainstream film critics; <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Out (company)">Time Out</a></i> called it a "silly soaper",<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> described it as "a lame feature" that was "blandly staged".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called it an "agreeable melodrama".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Polk released his third feature film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Skinny_(film)" title="The Skinny (film)">The Skinny</a></i>, which he wrote, directed, and produced.<sup id="cite_ref-Thomas_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thomas-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film tells the story of five friends who are <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> classmates—four gay men and one lesbian—as they reunite in New York City for a tumultuous <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride_festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride festival">Gay Pride</a> weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a festival run and limited theatrical release, the film premiered on Logo on July 8, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Thomas_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thomas-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His third feature film as a writer and director, <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbird_(2014_film)" title="Blackbird (2014 film)">Blackbird</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Mo%27Nique" title="Mo'Nique">Mo'Nique</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a>, was released in April 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polk co-wrote the film with <a href="/wiki/Rikki_Beadle-Blair" title="Rikki Beadle-Blair">Rikki Beadle-Blair</a>. The film had a successful run on the film festival circuit, winning awards at several LGBT-oriented festivals, including Outflix Memphis, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>'s Out On Film Festival, and the Crossroads Film Festival in Polk's native Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was the closing night gala screening for Los Angeles' <a href="/wiki/Pan_African_Film_Festival" title="Pan African Film Festival">Pan African Film Festival</a> (PAFF), where it won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature Film.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Blackbird</i> received mixed reviews from critics upon release.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> called it "too all over the map to take seriously".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The New York Times</i> said that the film has an "impressive, palpable conviction", although it ultimately "suffers from soapy excesses and narrative disjunctures".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Polk joined <i><a href="/wiki/Being_Mary_Jane" title="Being Mary Jane">Being Mary Jane</a></i> as a producer and writer.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he started co-producing the Starz show <i><a href="/wiki/P-Valley" title="P-Valley">P-Valley</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Adv_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adv-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrik-Ian_Polk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polk is <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">openly</a> <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a>, which has greatly influenced his work; in discussing his inspiration for the series <i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah's Arc">Noah's Arc</a></i> in an interview, Polk said: "I wanted to see black gay characters and there were none on TV. So I decided rather than complain about it, I'd do it myself."<sup id="cite_ref-sheifunmi_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheifunmi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polk lives in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PatrikIanPolkHarlem_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PatrikIanPolkHarlem-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polk has spoken out about lack of diversity in the entertainment industry, contrasting his struggle as a <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a> gay man with his <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">white</a>, and also gay, counterparts: </p> <blockquote><p>The same year <i>Punks</i> premiered at Sundance, there was another film there by a white gay filmmaker called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Broken_Hearts_Club" title="The Broken Hearts Club">The Broken Hearts Club</a></i>. The films are eerily similar except <i>The Broken Hearts Club</i> is a mostly white cast. Both films were well received, but [its director] <a href="/wiki/Greg_Berlanti" title="Greg Berlanti">Greg Berlanti</a> — who is a friend of mine, very talented and this in no way is to take anything away from him — has gone on to become a premiere television producer. I'm not saying Greg is any more or less talented than I am.... What I am saying is doors were opened to Greg that just simply were not open to me; he was given access that I wasn't. Fifteen years in, I've had to carve out a career of independent work while a lot of my white gay counterparts and white straight counterparts [are] doing the kinds of things that I just simply have not even been given the opportunity to talk about doing.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrik-Ian_Polk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in New York City">LGBT culture in New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_people_from_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of 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