Lazin is the founder of Equality Forum (a national and international LGBT civil rights organization headquartered in Philadelphia)Holmes, Kristin E. "Equality Forum Still at Work after 20 years." Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 May 2012, p. B01. and the LGBT History Month icon series.https://www.lgbthistorymonth.com/icon-search As Vince Bellino explains, "Equality Forum has, for the last decade, organized LGBT History Month, which honors 31 icons of the movement each year."Bellino, Vince. "Malcolm Lazin talks about this year's Equality Forum." Philadelphia Weekly, 26 July 26, 2016. Lazin is also the executive producer of three award-winning documentary films and an Off-Broadway play. In 2020 he co-organized the National COVID-19 Remembrance , held on October 4 in Washington, D.C.
