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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
Gessica Généus and Béonard Monteau in "Marie Madeleine."
Cinema

‘The Man I love,’ ‘Club Kid,’ and other queer movies highlight Cannes Film Festival

By Gary M. Kramer
The Fire Island Dance Festival, returning July 18-19 to Fire Island Pines, is set on a waterfront stage overlooking the Great South Bay. The festival gathers extraordinary dancers in a place where salt air, open sky, and communal memory become part of the performance. Here, dance is not merely entertainment. It is witness, offering, and love made visible, moving from the stage into real life through meals, medication, counseling, emergency assistance, testing, grants, and care.
Fire Island News

Fire Island Dance Festival Launches 2026 Season with Pop-Up Performances in the Pines

“Matador Bolero," directed by Jonathan Rosado.
Music

‘Matador Bolero’: Queer rocker Yves Tumor makes their acting debut in oddball sci-fi experiment

By Steve Erickson
The 125th Street station on the west side of Manhattan.

Man arrested for alleged homophobic attack in Harlem subway station

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Tim Walberg successfully carried legislation to passage that would force schools to out trans youth to their parents or guardians.
Politics

‘Don’t Say Trans’: GOP-led House passes bill requiring forced outing of trans youth

By Matt Tracy
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AMNY

Jasper Quattrone: An 18-Year-Old Artist Rewriting the Rules of Success

Monroe Township High School.
Legal

New Jersey school board on the hook for big damages in homophobic harassment case

By Arthur S. Leonard
Barney Frank delivers remarks at the Capitol in 2022 during a ceremony celebrating the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
Politics

Barney Frank, trailblazing gay congressmember, dies at 86

By Matt Tracy
“Stop! That! Train!” kicks off NewFest Pride 2026.
Cinema

‘Dads,’ ‘Leviticus,’ and more: NewFest Pride tees up annual lineup of queer films

By Gary M. Kramer
The Colorado Supreme Court's courtroom at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center.
Legal

Transgender plaintiffs win preliminary victories in three gender-affirming care lawsuits

By Arthur S. Leonard
Grand Marshal Rosie Perez at the opening ceremony to kick off AIDS Walk New York.
Health

GMHC raises $1.7 million at AIDS Walk New York 2026

By Donna Aceto
Advocates rally for gender-affirming care at Washington Square Park on May 16.
Health

PHOTOS: Activists stand up for gender-affirming care at Washington Square Park

By Gay City News
Natalio Wheatley, the premier of the British Virgin Islands.
Caribbean Life

British Virgin Islands defends effort to outlaw same-sex marriage in new constitution

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SCOWL: QUEERAPALOOZA at the Queerly Festival
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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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