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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
Graves on Hart Island of anonymous individuals who died of AIDS-related complications.
New York City

Hart Island, burial site for many people lost to AIDS, opens to the public

By Dashiell Allen
LGBT Center CEO Carla Smith.
Advocacy

Carla Smith named new CEO of LGBT Center

By Dashiell Allen
The spire of One World Trade Center lit red for World AIDS Day.
Health

President Biden, New York electeds commemorate World AIDS Day

By Dashiell Allen
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Arts

  • "Lesbian Space Princess," directed by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs, opens Oct. 31. ‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy
  • Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade. Annual Village Halloween Parade returning for 52nd year
  • Joshua Henry, Cassie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and the cast of "Ragtime." Sing a song of America: The revival of ‘Ragtime’ is not to be missed
  • Sasha Colby With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art
  • Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca." Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • 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

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