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Dashiell Allen

Family and friends of Sakia Gunn join LGBTQ advocates on October 28 for the renaming of a street in downtown Newark in honor of the late 15-year-old lesbian.
Crime

Newark street renamed ‘Sakia Gunn Way’ in honor of slain lesbian teen

By Dashiell Allen
Members of New Ways Ministry meeting with Pope Francis. From left to right: Matthew Myers, Francis DeBernardo, Sister Jeannine Gramick and Robert Shine.
Religion

LGBTQ Catholics meet with Pope Francis during month-long church gathering

By Dashiell Allen
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Crime

Man pleads guilty in NYC gay bar robbery scheme

By Dashiell Allen
Homeward CEO Jeannette Ruffin, flanked by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and others, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of Homeward Central Harlem on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
Youth

Supportive housing development for LGBTQ youth opens in Central Harlem

By Dashiell Allen
Jasmine Adams said she was attacked in July outside of West Brighton Deli & Grocery in Staten Island due to her LGBTQ identity.
Crime

Woman kicked and beaten at Staten Island deli due to LGBTQ identity: lawsuit

By Dashiell Allen
A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.
Crime

FBI report shows anti-LGBTQ hate crimes increased in 2022

By Dashiell Allen
Lesbian walking tour 1
History

‘Herstory’ walking tour highlights historic lesbian sites in the Village

By Dashiell Allen
Schuyler Bailar is the author of He/She/They
Books

Schuyler Bailar’s ‘He/‌She/‌They’ invites everyone to learn about gender

By Dashiell Allen
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson joined advocates to mark National Coming Out Day on, Oct. 10.
New York City

National Coming Out Day observed in the boroughs

By Dashiell Allen
Dubbs Weinblatt is the host of Thank You For Coming Out, a podcast from Gay City News.
Thank You for Coming Out

Gay City News’ ‘Thank You For Coming Out’ podcast to celebrate 5 seasons with live recording

By Dashiell Allen
Golden Collier at the New York Queer Zine Fair on Saturday, October 7. Collier makes zines that center “marginalized people of the African diaspora.”
Arts

Banjos, birds, and gender euphoria at the New York Queer Zine Fair

By Dashiell Allen
City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan speaks alongside then-New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett (left) and Raj Panjabi, then the coordinator of the White House Pandemic Office (right), at an mpox press conference outside of the city's Harlem clinic on July 7, 2022.
Health

Study finds racial disparities in NYC’s 2022 mpox response

By Dashiell Allen
Health

CDC proposes using antibiotic to prevent STI among gay men, trans women

By Dashiell Allen
A May Day demonstration in Manhattan last year brought attention to highlight labor issues.
Events

National Trans Visibility March events scheduled in NYC

By Dashiell Allen
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, based in Albany (pictured), will make “X” gender markers available.
New York State

New York State to offer “X” gender option on public benefit applications

By Dashiell Allen
Religion

Pope Francis considers blessing same-sex unions, drawing reaction from LGBTQ Catholics

By Dashiell Allen
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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Wallach Art Gallery

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Men Having Babies 2025 New York Surrogacy Conference and Expo
The Westin New York at Times Square

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Celebrate National Dance Day at the Muse
Sept. 20, noon

National Dance Day Celebration
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Local host Nomie K. Baker is back at Yan
Sept. 20, 7 pm

Lavender Laughs: Saturday Night Alive
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Arts

  • "She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year. She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 
  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale

Crime

  • 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
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue. 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
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity

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