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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Crime

Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes

By Matt Tracy
Amanda Lefton testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when she was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
LI Press

Long Islander Amanda Lefton named new DEC commissioner

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán.
Politics

City lawmakers introduce package of bills to safeguard TGNCNBI New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy
The State Capitol building in Albany.
Health

New state bill targets anti-trans healthcare discrimination, requires Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
Outside of Ginger's Bar during Brooklyn Pride in 2024.
National

Gallup: LGBTQ people now make up 9.3% of US population

By Matt Tracy
Gerri Wells Memorial
Remembrance

Community remembers original ACT UP member Gerri Wells

By Gay City News
Denise Norris, Menace co-founder, speaks at a demonstration near the Stonewall Inn on Feb. 21.
Guest Perspective

The history and resurgence of The Transexual Menace

By Riki Wilchins & Denise Norris
Sarah Bitar in "Stockade."
Cinema

Brooklyn-based Lebanese immigrant story ‘Stockade’ fails to deliver

By Steve Erickson
Uel Renteria’s short, “Stellacast Transmission Pt. 1 Subconscious Eyes,” takes place on colorful sets daubed in paint.
Cinema

Queer films at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival

By Steve Erickson
Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.
Remembrance

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

By Amy Schatz
The LGBT Community Center, located at 207 W. 13th St. in Manhattan, is voluntarily recognizing a staff union.
Legal

‘Our mission is under attack’: LGBTQ centers sue Trump administration over executive orders

By Matt Tracy
Conversations-Mother010r

‘Conversations with Mother’ explores the relationship between a mom and her gay son

By Christopher Byrne
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Politics

LGBTQ clubs call on Hochul and state leaders to increase support for trans wellness fund, HIV/AIDS initiatives

By Matt Tracy
Lilith Grasmug and Josefa Heinsius in "Foreign Tongue."
Cinema

Several LGBTQ films slated for ‘Rendezvous with French Cinema’ at Lincoln Center

By Gary M. Kramer
pro drag wrestler in red hook
Brooklyn Paper

A Matter of Pride: How pro-drag-wrestlers make space for queer fighters in Brooklyn

A picture of John Umberger.
Crime

Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict

By Heather Cassell

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Theatre Row

Come celebrate the publication of Sex on
May 14, 7:30 pm

SEX ON STAGE: Book Launch & Performance
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May 15, 7:30 pm

OUTRAGED HEARTS: INTERIOR: PANIC and THE PRETTY TRAP
Houghton Hall Arts Community

Our Fabulous Variety Show (OFVS) and LTV
May 16, 6 pm

OFVS & LTV Present Drag Bingo
LTV Studios

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May 16, 7:30 pm

Anne Zander is MOTHER: a postpartum comedy
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Arts

  • The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 stands with Councilmember Erik Bottcher (second from right in the middle row) and Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz (next to Bottcher) RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 queens read anti-LGBTQ laws to filth at Stonewall
  • Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024. Latine LGBTQ arts festival Fuerza Fest returning for 10th edition
  • Model/Actriz performing in 2023. May LGBTQ music: Model/‌Actriz and Fielded
  • "Group on Petra, Lake Mahopac" (1888). Daguerreotype, day trips, and devastation: the Met explores early US photography
  • Writer/director Iair Said recently spoke with Gay City News about making “Most People Die on Sundays.” Q&A with ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ director Iair Said

Crime

  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
  • A picture of John Umberger. Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict
  • Sam Nordquist, 24, was staying at Patty's Lodge during the time leading up to his disappearance and death. Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’

Perspectives

  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC
  • Brandy Livingston. This Transgender Day of Visibility, spread awareness and fight false narratives
  • Medicaid is a lifesaver for trans people like me. Policymakers must protect it.

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