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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
Housing Works' South Slope thrift shop in Brooklyn.
Health

Housing Works expands virtual food bank program with $300K grant

By Dashiell Allen
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Politics

Hochul approves protections for LGBTQ and HIV-positive long-term care facility residents

By Dashiell Allen
Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, a recent college graduate, was murdered in May 2022. She had planned on becoming a physician assistant.
Crime

Man found guilty in 2022 murder of transgender woman in Albany

By Dashiell Allen
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Aesop Queer Library returns to New York
Today, 11 am

Aesop Queer Library
Aesop Nolita

JBL Livebrary at Pride is a free weekend
Today, 11 am

JBL Pride Livebrary
JBL SoHo

HAPPY PRIDE, BROOKLYN! Every Pride needs
Today, 5 pm

This Party Is Killing You: The Robyn PRIDE Party
3 Dollar Bill

Celebrate Pride weekend on the Upper Wes
Today, 6:30 pm

Pride Disco Night at Superfly Dispensary
Superfly Dispensary

Murmrr & ArKtype Present: John Camer
Today, 7 pm

John Cameron Mitchell & Friends
The Town Hall

From the creators of “Brag Drunch,” one
Today, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
Branded Saloon

Journey to the nanm (“soul” in Haitian K
Tomorrow, noon

Afro-Haitian Workshop with Julio Jean
Ailey Extension

Join Marble Collegiate Church as it cont
June 28, 8 am

Celebrate Pride at Marble Collegiate Church
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Arts

  • “Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center. Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro
  • If America were handing out scores for the stories it chooses to remember, LGBTQ+ ballroom culture would earn a verdict without hesitation: tens across the board.Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History
  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections
  • solera_groupdancing_ps‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

Perspectives

  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 

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