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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
Vigil participants standing in the shadow of the NYC AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day in 2019.
Health

Events slated for World AIDS Day in New York City

By Dashiell Allen
Individuals wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2021.
Health

Study: COVID setbacks threaten goals in fight against HIV in America

By Dashiell Allen
High school students hold a memorial and vigil in Washington Square Park for trans people who have died in the past year.
Remembrance

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City

By Dashiell Allen & Matt Tracy
International

Mexico’s LGBTQ community mourns death of first non-binary magistrate

By Dashiell Allen
Judge Seth Marnin listens to speakers before getting sworn in.
Legal

Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission announces new co-chair, two new members

By Dashiell Allen
LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Tiffany Cabán of Queens and Crystal Hudson of Brooklyn leads the City Council's banner.
Seniors

City Council votes to establish commission on LGBTQ older adults

By Dashiell Allen
The American LGBTQ+ museum's first traveling exhibit celebrates the history of Lambda Legal.
History

American LGBTQ+ Museum’s first traveling exhibition celebrates Lambda Legal’s history

By Dashiell Allen
The Utica Avenue A and C train station platform in Bed-Study, Brooklyn, is where an anti-LGBTQ attack allegedly took place.
Crime

Brooklyn man arrested for anti-LGBTQ assault in Bed-Stuy

By Dashiell Allen
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Arts

  • Hudson Williams poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026. Queer representation and trans rights on stage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
  • Jodie Foster in “A Private Life” ‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris
  • “Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika. Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’
  • Anu Ogunmefun (Ensemble), Nina Cassells (Pauline), Sienna Arif Knights (Petrova), and Scarlett Monahan (Posy) star in "Ballet Shoes" at the Olivier. In London’s packed theater season, “Pride” cometh before the fall
  • Billy Porter. Billy Porter ‘on the road to recovery’ after sepsis hospitalization

Crime

  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • 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

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