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Donna Aceto

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.
Legal

PHOTOS: LGBTQ advocates at the Supreme Court ahead of oral argument in US v. Skrmetti

By Donna Aceto
Grand marshal André De Shields shows his costume.
New York City

Cats take center stage at 51st annual Village Halloween Parade

By Donna Aceto
Liberty star Breanna Stewart celebrates during the Oct. 24 parade.
Sports

Queer joy: New York Liberty showered with love at jubilant WNBA championship parade

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Mapplethorpe Foundation trustee Eric R. Johnson (left) with Mapplethorpe model Randy Sherman and fashion designer Zaldy Goco.
Health

Hundreds raise money for Callen-Lorde at Hamptons Tea Dance

By Donna Aceto
There were several testing vans on hand.
Health

Callen-Lorde leads Union Square event to mark HIV Testing Day

By Donna Aceto
Posing with the 2024 Drag March banner.
Pride

PHOTOS: NYC Drag March marks 30 years of expression

By Donna Aceto
Enjoying a moment in the sun.
Pride

Sunset Garden Party sets the scene for Pride week in NYC

By Donna Aceto
Alexis Danzig, who co-organized the event, delivers remarks.
Remembrance

Kathy Ottersten, veteran of ‘Stop the Church’ protest, remembered at NYC AIDS Memorial

By Donna Aceto
Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun.
Pride

Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative hosts Pride kickoff fundraiser

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Laverne Cox stands next to her portrait poster after it was unveiled.
New York City

Stonewall National Museum spotlights Laverne Cox and the late Urvashi Vaid

By Donna Aceto
From left to right: Ken Lustbader of the LGBT Historic Sites Project; Finn Brigham and Patrick McGovern of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center; and Bernie Wagenblast at the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square station.
New York City

Bernie Wagenblast, out trans ‘voice of the subway,’ rolls out podcast and visibility campaign

By Donna Aceto & Matt Tracy
Alan Menken accepts the Howard Ashman Award at GMHC's fundraiser on Feb. 26.
Arts

Alan Menken receives Howard Ashman Award at GMHC fundraiser

By Donna Aceto
The Reclaim Pride Coalition's Jay W. Walker leads a town hall meeting about the 2024 Queer Liberation March at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan on Jan. 26.
Pride

Reclaim Pride Coalition weighs route, theme of 2024 Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
A marcher prepares to lay her effigies to rest in Manhattan on Dec. 28.
Activism

Jewish LGBTQ activists silently mourn civilian deaths in Gaza

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Gender Cool Project honorees take the stage.
New York City

Stonewall Inn honors LGBTQ leaders

By Donna Aceto
Advocates carry the banner at the 32nd Out of the Darkness World AIDS Day candlelight vigil in 2023.
Health

Advocates brave the rain at 32nd Out of the Darkness vigil on World AIDS Day

By Donna Aceto
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Today, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

★★★★★ “Comic genius!”
Tomorrow, 10:30 pm

The Heterosexuals @ Neurotica Festival
Under St Marks

A new dark comedy about bugs, strangers
Sept. 7, 3 pm

let’s talk about anything else
The Flea Theater

Brooklyn Art Meetup Sunday, Sept 7 · 3:3
Sept. 7, 3:30 pm

BROOKLYN ART MEETUP Make Art • Make Friends • Make Memories
Maria Hernandez Park

Think you’ve got the brains *and* the be
Sept. 7, 8 pm

T‘nA: A Broadway-Themed Drag Trivia Extravaganza at Pink Metal!
Pink Metal

Join Illume Fertility and Circle Surroga
Sept. 9, 5:30 pm

Illume Fertility and Circle Surrogacy To Host Free Surrogacy and IVF Event in New York on Sept. 9
Circle New York Office

DIFFA and Sewciety are excited to presen
Sept. 9, 6 pm

DIFFA Threads for Impact
Steelcase Showroom

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Arts

  • A club room at Ridgewood nightclub Earthly Delights, which is transitioning to a private event-only venue before ultimately closing on Nov. 30. Ridgewood nightclub Earthy Delights celebrates one-year anniversary amid looming closure
  • Ann Harada, Julie Halston, Anika Larsen, and Jackie Hoffman in "Finding Dorothy Parker." Douglas Carter Beane’s ‘Finding Dorothy Parker’ revives the legacy of a witty 1920s writer
  • Sasha Velour celebrates her new book, “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag,” at the New York Public Library in 2023. Sasha Velour marks 10 years of ‘NightGowns’ with seven-show residency in NYC
  • James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien in "Twinless." ‘Twinless’ Q&A: Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on the intersection of brotherhood and twinhood
  • “Griffin in Summer," directed by Nicholas Colia, screens at Regal Union Square on Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. Q&A: Writer/‌director Nicholas Colia on coming-of-age comedy ‘Griffin in Summer’

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

  • 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
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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