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David Kennerley

Jim Parsons in "Our Town."
Theater

‘Our Town’ review: A durable classic gets a modern refresh

By David Kennerley
Regina Betancourt – Spencer Aste Wake Up (4)
Theater

‘Wake Up’ review: One man’s fraught journey to salvation

By David Kennerley
The cast of "The Village! A Disco Daydream"
Theater

Queer pioneer: Nora Burns delivers zany, subversive LGBTQ theater

By David Kennerley
Brian Rubin-Sowers (L) and Judson Morrow (R) are the co-hosts of the new podcast "Dads and Daddies."
Podcast

‘Dads and Daddies’ plumbs the glories and glitches of daddyhood

By David Kennerley
Chico Raro's band photo.
Theater

Queerly Festival: Celebration of pride, diversity, and strength

By David Kennerley
Celia Keenan Bolger and Jessica Lange in "Mother Play."
Theater

‘Mother Play’ review: Unpacking the past with a meddling matriarch 

By David Kennerley
"Sperm Donor Wanted (or, The Unnamed Baby Play)" runs through April 28.
Theater

‘Sperm Donor Wanted’ review: And baby makes five?

By David Kennerley
Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch in The Seven Year Disappear."
Theater

‘Seven Year Disappear’ review: When mom goes rogue

By David Kennerley
Calvin Knegten, Raquel Sciacca, (Center) Patrick Porter, Jamie Heinlein, Aaron Kaplan, (back) London Carlisle, and Alex Herrera in "Pride House."
Theater

‘Pride House’ review: Epic storm shakes up queer haven in Cherry Grove

By David Kennerley
Tim Daly stars as Rev. Shannon and Jean Lichty portrays Hannah in "The Night of the Iguana."
Theater

‘Night of the Iguana’: at the end of their rope

By David Kennerley
Cindy Cheung, Marinda Anderson, Nicole Villamil, Esco Jouléy and Shaunette Renée Wilson in "Merry Me."
Theater

‘Merry Me’ playfully considers lesbian power and sexual prowess 

By David Kennerley
George Strus is the founding artistic director of Breaking the Binary.
Theater

Theatre festival fosters community among trans, non-binary, two-spirit artists

By David Kennerley
Swiping America is now available on Max.
Cinema

‘Swiping America’ puts realness back into reality TV

By David Kennerley
Imani Pearl Williams, Jonathan Burke, and Matt Walker in “Love + Science."
Theater

Love amidst an epidemic

By David Kennerley
Stonewall Park
History

Storytelling show at Stonewall celebrates LGBTQ history

By David Kennerley
JC Leyendecker (1874-1951) was an award-winning commercial artist specializing in male figures who settled in New York in 1902.
Galleries

Cult of masculinity

By David Kennerley
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Arts

  • Stephen Pasquale plays Charles Condomine in "High Spirits." ‘High Spirits’ musical makes memorable return to New York after more than 60 years
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press briefing on the city’s preparations for a snowstorm at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Jan. 23. Thousands download ‘Heated Rivalry’ from NYPL after Mamdani’s snowstorm suggestion
  • Ani Palmer, Beatrix Rain Wolfe and Sophia Kirkwood-Smith appear in "Big Girls Don't Cry." Sundance Film Festival offers LGBTQ features, documentaries, and shorts
  • Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." Belonging, art, and trauma collide in The Met’s WWII opera ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’
  • A 1990 KG vogueing ball at Cafe de Paris. London gallery revisits Black queer nightlife and a transatlantic culture pipeline

Crime

  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • 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

Perspectives

  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option
  • 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

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