Gay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New YorkGay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New York
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • Arts
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Perspectives
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Editions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Gay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New YorkGay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New York
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • Arts
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Perspectives
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Editions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Gay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New YorkGay City News: Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender New York
  • News
  • All
  • Arts
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Perspectives
  • Things to Do
  • Local Events
  • Post an Event
  • Business Events
  • Games
  • Jobs
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Editions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts

Past stories

Lorelei Creen, Jay W. Walker, Stacy Lentz, Steven L. Menendez, Robert Croonquist prepare to raise the Rainbow Flag at the Stonewall National Monument.
Pride

Rainbow Flags go up at Stonewall for Pride Month

By Gay City News
A view of E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, home to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as seen from the East Building of the National Gallery of Art.
Legal

Divided appeals panel authorizes interim protection from discharge for some trans troops

By Arthur S. Leonard
a canavas tote bag
AMNY

NYC nonprofit kicks off Pride month by highlighting cool fashions designed by local queer artists

A Parent's Guide to Supporting LGBTQ+ Children: What To Do When Your Child Comes Out
New York Family

A parent’s guide to supporting LGBTQ+ children: what to do when your child comes out

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks alongside Taylor Brown, the director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, on March 13, 2026.
New York City

Kicking off Pride Month, Mayor Mamdani announces trans rights awareness campaign

By Matt Tracy
Brighton Beach Pride moves eastward from from Coney Island to Brighton Beach along the Riegelmann Boardwalk on May 31.
Pride

On 10th anniversary, Brighton Beach Pride shows it’s ‘here to stay’

By Matt Tracy
Free NYC Pride Month Events for Families at NYPL This June
New York Family

Free NYC Pride month events for families at NYPL this June

Liberty mascot Ellie the Elephant performs at the halftime show on Pride Night on May 29.
Pride

New York Liberty takes fans back to 1997 for Pride Night

By Amy Schatz
New Pride Agenda's Kei Williams
New York State

New Pride Agenda says state budget ‘misses the mark’ on funding for trans initiatives

By Matt Tracy
Beauty queens, the parents of transgender children, a former Special Forces police officer, and the Deputy Mayor/Alderman of Amsterdam are among the accomplished transgender individuals telling their stories. His documentary, which has earned recognition at the World Film Festival in Cannes, is having its world premiere at The Suffolk Music and Arts Festival, presented by the Love Wins International Film Festival and Babylon Pride, in collaboration with House of Yes in Sayville, on June 6.
Fire Island News

LGBTQ+ Love Wins International Film Festival debuts with Heartfelt Cinema at Sayville Movie Theater

18 LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Books for Kids & Teens
New York Family

18 LGBTQ+ nonfiction books for kids & teens

A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.
Crime

Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense

By Matt Tracy
The lead banner proceeds along the parade route at Queens Pride 2025.
Pride

Staten Island and Queens set to kick off borough-wide Pride events in NYC

By Matt Tracy
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Jimin Moon in “Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody”
Theater

‘Heated Rivalry’ musical parody: Slap shots and slapstick

By David Kennerley
Founded by Shawn Dixon, Otis & Finn Barbershop has four locations around Long Island City and Brooklyn.
QNS

Five LGBTQ+ owned spots to visit in western Queens during Pride Month

“Untitled,” from the series, “Akabanaa (Red Flowers),” 1975-77.
Galleries

Becoming Angela Davis: Two photographic portraits evoke the activist across time and space

By Nicholas Boston

Posts navigation

Older
Newer

Jobs in New York

Add your job

  • MDG Design & Construction LLCSection 3 Work Opportunity
  • Uncle Giuseppe's MarketplaceEvento de Contratación | Hiring Event
  • MDG Design & Construction LLCM/WBE Work Opportunity

View all jobs…

LGBTQ+ events in NYC

Post an Event

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

JBL Pride Livebrary
JBL SoHo

HAPPY PRIDE, BROOKLYN! Every Pride needs
Tomorrow, 5 pm

This Party Is Killing You: The Robyn PRIDE Party
3 Dollar Bill

Join us for an exclusive, intimate scree
Tomorrow, 6 pm

Marcel’s Promise: Short Film Screening
Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center

Got big plans for Pride weekend? Pregame
Tomorrow, 6 pm

Drag Prize Trivia + Bingo
banksy museum

Celebrate Pride weekend on the Upper Wes
Tomorrow, 6:30 pm

Pride Disco Night at Superfly Dispensary
Superfly Dispensary

Murmrr & ArKtype Present: John Camer
Tomorrow, 7 pm

John Cameron Mitchell & Friends
The Town Hall

Journey to the nanm (“soul” in Haitian K
June 27, noon

Afro-Haitian Workshop with Julio Jean
Ailey Extension

Join Marble Collegiate Church as it cont
June 28, 8 am

Celebrate Pride at Marble Collegiate Church
Marble Collegiate Church

View All Events…

Sign up for our regular & breaking news updates.

Subscribe

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 

LGBTQ+ events in NYC

New York’s Job Board

More from Around NYC

bushwick-855-bushwick-avenue-june2426-abs-brownstoner-10
Brooklyn Paper

South Bushwick Reformed Church plans partial preservation, demolition after devastating fire

Cori Bratz2 by @brandontriii
Bronx Times

Bronx Summer Jam, the borough’s only free music festival, celebrates its fifth year

A view of the remains of a building damaged by earthquakes that hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.
Caribbean Life

Jamaica ready with relief effort for earthquake-hit Venezuela

protesters against city hiring more NYPD cops
AMNY

Headcount headache: Activists call on Mamdani to not bolster NYPD numbers even as police union says more cops are needed

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Networking Events
  • Advertise
  • © Gay City News 2026. Schneps Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sections
  • Jobs
  • Games
  • Events
  • Contact