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Events

What to do in queer NYC Nov. 2-5

By Michael Shirey
Sunil Gupta's Untitled #5, from the exhibition, “The New Pre-Raphaelites."
Arts

Brand new heavy: Portraits bring weight of the past to bear on the present 

By Nicholas Boston
New Yorkers love to dress in a wide range of costumes at the Village's annual Halloween Parade.
Galleries

Spooky costumes take over Village Halloween Parade

By Donna Aceto
Out gay Congressmember Mark Pocan of Wisconsin is pushing for a new national museum for the LGBTQ community in Washington, DC.
National

Pocan renews push to establish national LGBTQ museum

By Dashiell Allen
Family and friends of Sakia Gunn join LGBTQ advocates on October 28 for the renaming of a street in downtown Newark in honor of the late 15-year-old lesbian.
Crime

Newark street renamed ‘Sakia Gunn Way’ in honor of slain lesbian teen

By Dashiell Allen
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in "Rustin."
Cinema

‘Rustin’ biopic revisits the life of a gay civil rights hero

By Steve Erickson
Sports

NHL rescinds ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape, allowing players to use it on the ice this season

By Stephen Whyno, AP
Members of New Ways Ministry meeting with Pope Francis. From left to right: Matthew Myers, Francis DeBernardo, Sister Jeannine Gramick and Robert Shine.
Religion

LGBTQ Catholics meet with Pope Francis during month-long church gathering

By Dashiell Allen
Murvin, 33, left Jamaica for the United States last year.
International

Gay Jamaican immigrant navigates ‘hectic and scary’ quest for asylum in New York City

By Matt Tracy
The suspect (left) allegedly harassed the victim near the Utica Ave/Flatlands Ave bus stop in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning in a hate crime.
AMNY

Police investigating anti-LGBTQ hate crime aboard Brooklyn bus

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Crime

Man pleads guilty in NYC gay bar robbery scheme

By Dashiell Allen
Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson widely condemned for anti-LGBTQ record

By Matt Tracy
Join Queer Social at Bowlmor Chelsea Piers for Queer Tag.
Events

What to do in queer NYC Oct. 26-29

By Michael Shirey
International

Japan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender

By Mari Yamaguchi, AP
Che Flores has accumulated experience as a referee across the WNBA, NBA, and college basketball.
Sports

NBA referee comes out as trans and non-binary

By Matt Tracy
A banner promotes a PrEP awareness campaign targeting transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
Health

New PrEP awareness campaign targets trans and gender non-conforming New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Q&A: ‘Blue Film’ director and cast discuss desire, power, and intimacy
  • “Our Land," directed by Lucrecia Martel, opens May 1 at Film Forum. ‘Our Land’ investigates the injustices of Argentina’s history
  • David Tag (as Jake), left, with Benji (as Lloyd Eyre-Morgan) in "Departures." Q&A: Director Lloyd Eyre-Morgan on love, trauma, and intimacy in ‘Departures’
  • The stage at the Publishing Triangle’s 38th annual awards ceremony at the New School. ‘Every book is an act of resistance’: Publishing Triangle’s annual awards ceremony honors LGBTQ books and authors
  • The "Sakia, Sakia, Sakia, Sakia" mural along the McCarter Highway painted by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in memory of Sakia Gunn in 2016 as a part of the Newark Downtown District’s Gateways to Newark initiative, “Portraits.” Fourth annual Newark LGBTQ Film Festival to spotlight dozens of BIPOC queer films

Crime

  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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