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“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.

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.

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.

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City

By Dashiell Allen & Matt Tracy

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

By Dashiell Allen

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