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Randy Wicker (left) and Steven Love Menendez Raising the Rainbow Flag on federal land at the Stonewall National Monument.
Pride

Rainbow Flags hoisted near Stonewall to mark Pride Month

By Matt Tracy
Rob Madge
Theater

‘My Son’s a Queer’ finally making NYC debut

By Christopher Byrne
“We will not give up until Andry is freed from that prison in El Salvador,” said former City Councilmember Daniel Dromm, referring to Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan asylum seeker who was deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Pride

Queens kicks off Pride Month with ‘defiant joy’

By Dashiell Allen
Former Assemblymember Michael Blake, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Comptroller Brad Lander participate in a mayoral forum at Red Eye NY on May 31, 2025.
Politics

Six mayoral candidates talk LGBTQ issues at Red Eye NY forum

By Matt Tracy
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New York Family

Pride Month Events on Long Island for Kids and Families 2025

Fans enjoy Pride Night at Citi Field in 2023.
Pride

New York City’s pro sports teams gear up for Pride Month

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
AMNY

Man who stabbed trans woman on Randall’s Island jailed for 25 years: DA

Crisco dancers in 1979, as depicted in the book "Queer Happened Here."
Books

A new wave of books celebrating queer spaces

By David Kennerley
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New York Family

Pride Month Events in NYC for Kids and Families 2025

DEFEND DEFUND Police concept on wood blocks
Fire Island News

NEA Revokes Funding for Fire Island Performance Arts Organization BOFFO

16 Books to Read With Kids During Pride Month
New York Family

16 Books to Read With Kids During Pride Month

An International Transgender Day of Visibility demonstration in 2023.
National

Pew: LGBTQ adults say trans and non-binary people lag behind in acceptance

By Duncan Osborne
Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024.
Crime

Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

By Matt Tracy
Former Rep. George Santos, who was convicted of felony charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud, said he will no longer be seeking a presidential pardon.
LI Press

Ex-Rep. George Santos says he no longer seeks presidential pardon

Woof Fest Returns: A Pride Celebration for Pups, Kids, and the Whole Family!
New York Family

Woof Fest Returns: A Pride Celebration for Pups, Kids, and the Whole Family!

The Hetrick Martin Institute's team at Queens Pride in 2023.
Pride

Look ahead to Pride in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Daniel Craig in "Wake Up Dead Man." ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back
  • "Emolsa," from Lola Flash's "Unsung Fire Island" series. Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future
  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Perspectives

  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

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