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Amy Schatz

The 2025 Queer Liberation March banner leads the way.
Pride

Resist! Reclaim! Rejoice! Queer Liberation March takes back Eighth Avenue

By Amy Schatz
Marchers move to the beat of the drum at the 2023 NYC Dyke March.
Activism

NYC Dyke March’s anti-Zionist stance sees mixed reactions from Jewish communities

By Amy Schatz
Marti Gould Cummings is serving as a grand marshal four years after running for City Council.
Pride

Grand marshal Marti Gould Cummings brings drag and politics to NYC Pride

By Amy Schatz
Four local high school students received scholarships as part of this year's Live Out Loud homecoming gala.
Youth

Live Out Loud’s homecoming gala honors queer youth, community builders

By Amy Schatz
The lead banner of the 2025 Brighton Beach Pride March in Brooklyn.
Pride

‘No Hate, No Fear’: Qaravan hosts ninth annual Brighton Beach Pride

By Amy Schatz
Music artist Kesha delivers remarks at The LGBT Community Center's dinner on April 10.
New York City

‘Love ourselves and one another’: Kesha, trans Navy commander, and queer honorees highlight LGBT Center dinner

By Amy Schatz
The lineup of speakers at Troy Masters' memorial on March 30.
Remembrance

Queer media pioneer Troy Masters celebrated for transformative impact on community publishing

By Amy Schatz
(From L-R): Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts Adam Silvera swears in Judge Norma Jennings, accompanied by her wife, Judge Juliet Howard, and two sons, Nicholas and Jordan.
Legal

Norma Jennings sworn in as New York State’s first Black LGBTQ+ Civil Court judge

By Amy Schatz
American LGBTQ+ Museum executive director Ben Garcia delivers remarks on stage at the museum's groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 3 at the New-York Historical Society’s auditorium.
National

New American LGBTQ+ Museum begins construction with original Stonewall brick

By Amy Schatz
Marchers make their way through the streets of Jackson Heights at Queens Pride on June 2.
Pride

‘We need to keep marching’: Queens Pride kicks off the season in Jackson Heights

By Amy Schatz
Members of the biker group Sirens on the scene at Queens Pride in Jackson Heights on June 4.
Pride

Community flocks to Jackson Heights for ‘dragtastic’ Queens Pride

By Amy Schatz

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Champions of Equality: Violence Prevention in the LGBTQ Community
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Aug. 8, 6 pm

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Arts

  • Chappell Roan performs at the 2024 Governor's Ball, where she debuted her new song, "The Subway." ‘The Subway’ arrives: Chappell Roan drops music video for NYC-inspired breakup ballad
  • Ellen Adair, Mitzi Akaha, and Scott Thomas in "Coming Out Polyamorous." Chain NYC Festival, set for mid-August, offers six LGBTQ shorts
  • Two men hug while facing the camera and holding roses in "Taxi Zum Klo." Frank Ripploh’s ‘Taxi Zum Klo’ is still provocative, 45 years later
  • Darwin DelFabro looks in the camera during a portrait, with a gray background. The picture is black and white. Darwin Del Fabro channels Lili Elbe in one-woman show
  • Four men stand together on a beach while facing the sun. Q&A: Charles Busch reflects on ‘Psycho Beach Party’ 25 years later

Crime

  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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