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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.
Galleries

‘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
The beach along Fire Island in The Pines has eroded significantly since April 2020.
New York State

LGBTQ community members call on feds to protect Fire Island Pines from erosion

By Dashiell Allen
Makyyla Holland, 25, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Broome County Jail to implement policies for the treatment of LGBTQ people in custody.
Legal

Advocates renew push to protect incarcerated trans people in New York

By Dashiell Allen
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SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
Today, noon

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman
SoMad

Burlesque meets matchmaking in “It’s Cuf
Today, 7 pm

Miss Lorna Wren’s “It’s Cuffing Season!” Is A Vintage Holiday Variety Party for the Naughty & Nice
Caveat NYC

🔥☃️ HOT CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 2 WARM UR COLD
Today, 8 pm

La Boix: A Drag King n Thing Holiday Open Set
Young Ethel’s

In Undressed: the Musical, YOUR embarras
Tomorrow, 8 am

Undressed: The Musical
Red Eye NY

Join Rizzoli Bookstore for a conversatio
Tomorrow, 6 pm

Book Signing: ‘Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s –1950s’
Rizzoli Bookstore

Theater for the New City premieres the n
Tomorrow, 8 pm

Killing Mrs. Claus: A new inappropriate holiday comedy
Theater for the New City

From the creators of “Brag Drunch,” one
Dec. 12, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
Branded Saloon

Ana Gasteyer will perform favorites from
Dec. 15, 7 pm

Ana Gasteyer’s Sugar & Booze “A Holiday Spectacular”
The Town Hall

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Arts

  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star
  • State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald. New York State Health Department’s ‘Unfiltered’ docuseries aims to fight HIV stigma, racial disparities
  • Jara Sofija Ostan as Lucia and Mina Svajger as Ana-Maria in a scene from Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girl. Choir trip sparks teen’s awakening in coming-of-age film ‘Little Trouble Girls’

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Perspectives

  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes

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