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AMNY

Op-Ed | Supercharging safety for e-bikes

Elisa Crespo speaks during the 2021 Gay City News Impact Awards.
New York State

New Pride Agenda looks to highlight priorities during April 1 rally

By Matt Tracy
Derek Christopher Murphy and Max Kantor in "Rough Trade."
Theater

‘Rough Trade’ review: Surviving modern gay New York

By Christopher Byrne
Noah J. Ricketts (Kevin), Frankie Grande (Nico), and Troy Iwata (Reggie) in "Summoning Sylvia," available for streaming April 7.
Cinema

LGBTQ streaming: What to watch in April

By Gary M. Kramer
It was a beautiful day for the 35th annual Phagwah Parade in Queens on March 26.
New York City

Caribbean Equality Project returns to Phagwah Parade

By Matt Tracy & Adrian Childress
Politics

House narrowly passes anti-LGBTQ Parents Bill of Rights Act

By Matt Tracy
Sports

NHL team won’t wear Pride jerseys, citing new Russian law

By Jay Cohen and Stephen Whyno, AP
"Disco Boy" is writer/director Giacomo Abbruzzese’s homoerotic and hypnotic character study.
Cinema

Queer-themed films slated for New Directors/‌New Films festival

By Gary M. Kramer
Daniel O'Donnell represents Manhattan's District 69 in the New York State Assembly.
Politics

O’Donnell calls on Governor Hochul to restrict travel to six states amid anti-LGBTQ laws

By Matt Tracy
The annual Brighton Beach Pride March in 2021 — back when Russian Flags were more visible.
Pride

RUSA LGBTQ+ to host seventh annual Brighton Beach Pride in May

By Matt Tracy
Politics

DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to all grades

By Anthony Izaguirre, AP
New Hope (pictured) is preparing for a month-long schedule of Pride festivities.
Pride

New Hope Celebrates prepares for month-long Pride slate in May

By Matt Tracy
Pakistani director/cowriter Saim Sadiq’s extraordinary feature debut, “Joyland,” depicts the relationship that develops between the married Haider (Ali Junejo) and the trans Biba (Alina Khan) when he takes a job as one of her backup dancers.
Cinema

Spring LGBTQ film guide: What to watch this season

By Gary M. Kramer
International

Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

By Rodney Muhumuza, AP
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art's current exhibition, “Images on which to build, 1970s – 1990s,” runs until July 30.
Galleries

The archive is the agent: Exhibition charts trans, feminist, and lesbian educational projects of the 1970s to 1990s

By Nicholas Boston
"The Five Devils" opens March 27th at the Angelika Film Center.
Cinema

‘The Five Devils’: smells, supernatural powers, and ominous imagery

By Steve Erickson

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Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an Icon
Genesis House

Aesop Queer Library returns to New York
Today, 11 am

Aesop Queer Library
Aesop Nolita

JBL Livebrary at Pride is a free weekend
Today, 11 am

JBL Pride Livebrary
JBL SoHo

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4, 6pm
Today, all day

Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC at Culture Lab LIC
Culture Lab LIC

Spongebob themed drag show: flash tattoo
Today, 6:30 pm

Big Bikini Bottoms
Madame X

Murmrr & ArKtype Present: John Camer
Today, 7 pm

John Cameron Mitchell & Friends
The Town Hall

Coney Island’s Premiere Drag Revue
Today, 8 pm

Prideshow at the Sideshow
Coney Island USA

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Arts

  • “Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center. Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro
  • If America were handing out scores for the stories it chooses to remember, LGBTQ+ ballroom culture would earn a verdict without hesitation: tens across the board.Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History
  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections
  • solera_groupdancing_ps‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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 

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‘There is no way to repair it’ NYC Parks seeks funding for Van Cortlandt Park Stadium demolition 

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Caribbean Life

Caricom sub-region face US pressure to take deportees from foreign countries

Tenants and housing advocates exploded in cheers as the city's Rent Guidelines Board announced that it would freeze the rent on one and two-year leases of rent stabilized apartments.
AMNY

BREAKING: Rent Guidelines Board votes to freeze the rent, fulfilling Mamdani campaign promise

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