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Arthur S. Leonard

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Federal Judges Temporarily Block Anti-Trans Laws in Arkansas, West Virginia

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California Court Strikes Misgendering Ban from Long-Term Care Bill of Rights

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Narrow Ruling for Trans Student in 11th Circuit Bathroom Case

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European Human Rights Court Clashes with Russia Over Same-Sex Couples

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Court: School Not Wrong to Oust Teacher for Refusing to Respect Pronouns, Names

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NJ Court Affirms $3.5M Award Against Conversion Therapy Promoters

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Gay Musical Director Barred From Suing Catholic Church for Hostile Environment

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Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Tennessee Bathroom Sign Law

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Iowa Court Reverses Gay Commissioner’s $1.5 Million Damage Award

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SCOTUS Denies Review to Florist Who Refused to Serve Same-Sex Couple

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Gavin Grimm Triumphs in Battle with Virginia School Board 

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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for Catholic Social Services in Foster Care Policy Dispute

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US Education Department to Interpret Title IX to Cover LGBTQ Students

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Federal Court Refuses to Reject Challenge to West Virginia’s Ban on Surgery Coverage

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Privacy Claim by HIV-Positive Inmate

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Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Non-Binary New Yorker’s Driver’s License Lawsuit

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Today, 7:30 pm

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Sept. 24, 7 pm

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The Flea Theater

Out in Tech’s Leadership Institute
Sept. 25, 9 am

Leadership Institute
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The Godwin-Ternbach Museum is pleased to
Sept. 25, 6 pm

Quinceañera: Dress and Memory in Latine Culture
Godwin-Ternbach Museum

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Sept. 25, 7 pm

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Sept. 25, 7 pm

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Sept. 25, 9:30 pm

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Arts

  • "She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year. She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 
  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • 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

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