Dashiell Allen, Author at Gay City News

New Pride Agenda's Kei Williams delivers remarks during a rally for trans youth on Jan. 10, 2026.

Activism

Union Square rally draws support for trans youth as Supreme Court weighs sports bans

By Dashiell Allen

Books on display at Hive Mind Books, a queer-focused bookstore in Brooklyn.

Books

Queer bookstore Hive Mind Books builds community in Brooklyn

By Dashiell Allen

NYC (dis)Order of Sisters at World AIDS Day in 2024.

Health

NYC (dis)Order of Sisters set to lead this year’s World AIDS Day vigil

By Dashiell Allen

An exhibit on display offers highlights from New York City's drag history, as chronicled in the book, “The Drag Queens of New York," by Julian Fleisher.

Arts

Exhibit recalls the ‘sleazy goodness’ behind the East Village’s drag history

By Dashiell Allen

State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal delivers remarks on Election Night after he was elected Manhattan borough president.

Politics

Brad Hoylman-Sigal wins race for Manhattan borough president, making LGBTQ history

By Dashiell Allen

Zohran Mamdani, wearing a "Gays for Zohran" pin, delivers remarks to the crowd at a National Coming Out Day rally on Oct. 11.

Politics

Hundreds join Gays for Zohran’s National Coming Out Day rally

By Dashiell Allen

Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans.

Books

Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library

By Dashiell Allen

HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13.

Fashion

‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week

By Dashiell Allen

NYC H+H/Metropolitan CEO Julian John cuts the ribbon to mark the relaunch of the Pride Health Center.

Health

NYC Health + Hospitals/‌Metropolitan relaunches Pride Health Center

By Dashiell Allen

Niyya Tenee enjoys Harlem Pride on June 28.

Pride

Harlem Pride celebrates ‘sweet 16’ on June’s final Saturday

By Dashiell Allen

"MENERGY: Gay Male Magazines of the 1940s-1980s" is on exhibit at the Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, through July 31.

‘Menergy’ exhibition brings 1940s-1980s gay magazines out of the closet

By Dashiell Allen

Tens of thousands made their way to Park Slope for the 29th edition of Brooklyn Pride.

Pride

Tens of thousands join Brooklyn Pride’s exuberant twilight march

By Dashiell Allen

“We will not give up until Andry is freed from that prison in El Salvador,” said former City Councilmember Daniel Dromm, referring to Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan asylum seeker who was deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Pride

Queens kicks off Pride Month with ‘defiant joy’

By Dashiell Allen

Austin Rivers founded Knit the Rainbow in April 2020.

Features

Knit the Rainbow brings handmade clothing to LGBTQ youth

By Dashiell Allen

The antibiotic doxycycline is being utilized as a tool to combat sexually transmitted infections.

Health

NYC health officials, doctors embracing doxy-PEP for STI prevention

By Dashiell Allen

Community activist Julie DeLaurier protests a Moms for Liberty event on Jan. 18 in Manhattan.

Activism

‘No hate! no fear!’: LGBTQ activists and politicians protest Moms for Liberty event in NYC

By Dashiell Allen

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