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Past stories

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
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

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Today, 11 am

Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an Icon
Genesis House

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

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

 “An over-the-top gay…sendup
Today, 7 pm

Join the Queer Librarian as he discusses his new novel at BGSQD Bookstore at the LGBT Center
LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St

Bask in a night of beauty with two of NY
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AANI + Chispa live at C’mon Everybody
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Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

From the creators of “Brag Drunch,” one
Tomorrow, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
Branded Saloon

HAMLETMACHINE is a performance by ZIWEI
July 11, 5 pm

HAMLETMACHINE by ZIWEI 子维
3AM Theatre

Los Angeles, 1955: just minutes after a
July 13, 7:30 pm

Flit – A staged reading of a new one-act play
Dixon Place

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Arts

  • Joan Chen stars in her new film, "Montreal, My Beautiful," as Feng Xia, a married, menopausal Chinese immigrant in Montreal who has an affair with Lisa (Charlotte Aubin), a 30-year-old she meets on a dating app. New York Asian Film Festival’s ‘Queer Unbound’ program showcases LGBTQ features
  • Wet Leg's “Moisturizer debuts July 10. July LGBTQ music: Wet Leg’s ‘Moisturizer’ and Lido Pimienta’s ‘Caribenya’
  • “Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World," directed by Sasha Waters, opens at IFC Center July 3rd. ‘Mary Oliver’ documentary tells the story of a lesbian poet through her aesthetic
  • Robin Byrd. Q&A: Robin Byrd, ‘Bang My Box’ directors look back on her TV legacy in new documentary
  • Last October, President Trump, like presidents before him, issued an executive proclamation declaring Oct. 11, 2025, General Pulaski Memorial Day.Was General Pulaski a Revolutionary War Intersex Hero?

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

  • James Dale and his partner, David Lam, at the NYC Pride March on June 28. Don’t let the parade pass you by
  • 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

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