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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
Eliza Byard, the former executive director of GLSEN, with former National LGBTQ Task Force executive director Rea Carey.
New York City

Women in the spotlight at LGBT Center’s 26th annual event

By Donna Aceto
New Yorkers love to dress in a wide range of costumes at the Village's annual Halloween Parade.
Galleries

Spooky costumes take over Village Halloween Parade

By Donna Aceto
Emcee Dev Doee stands in the spotlight at GMHC's event at City Winery on Oct. 5
Around Town

GMHC combines drag performances with casino games to raise money

By Donna Aceto
The Drag March went from Tompkins Square Park to the Stonewall Inn.
Pride

Colorful NYC Drag March returns for 29th year

By Donna Aceto
Kids swarm the Brooklyn Public Library's booth at Youth Pride in Brooklyn.
Pride

PHOTOS: Families flock to Brooklyn for Youth Pride

By Donna Aceto
Everyone crowds together for a group photo at the disco.
New York City

Silent Disco returns to AIDS Memorial for Pride Month

By Donna Aceto
The event's hosts and co-chairs of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus, Tiffany Caban and Crystal Hudson, stand at the podium.
Pride

PHOTOS: New York City Council marks Pride Month

By Donna Aceto
Human Beings cross the street during a remembrance of the Pulse victims.
Remembrance

Pulse victims remembered seven years later

By Donna Aceto
AIDS Walk New York generated $2.1 million for GMHC and other service organizations in the tri-state area.
Health

AIDS Walk New York brings in $2.1 million

By Donna Aceto
Showing much-needed support for deaf trans youth.
Activism

Advocates march for youth on International Transgender Day of Visibility

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Andre De Shields accepts an award and offers wisdom on racism, activism, and becoming an entertainment Icon.
New York City

GMHC honors André De Shields with Howard Ashman award

By Donna Aceto
Ann Northrop speaks to the audience.
Activism

Ann Northrop recognized for years of activism

By Donna Aceto
Members of Rise and Resist at Washington Square.
Activism

LGBTQ activists protest police killing of Tyre Nichols

By Donna Aceto & Matt Tracy
Nancy Pelosi signs the Respect for Marriage Act.
Politics

PHOTOS: On the scene for marriage equality at the Capitol

By Donna Aceto
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Five Lesbians Eating Quiche
BACCA Arts Center

SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
Nov. 10, noon

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman
SoMad

Celebrate “A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of
Nov. 11, 6 pm

GRIOT Circle 29th Anniversary Celebration & Reception
The Loft Brooklyn

Tyler’s Party is a comedy show that revo
Nov. 11, 8 pm

Tyler’s Tea Party
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JACKIE MASON LIVES AGAIN in this riotous
Nov. 12, 2 pm

New York Comedy Festival Presents: The Jackie Mason Musical
Triad Theater

After a sold-out run at Provincetown
Nov. 12, 7:30 pm

A Gay Masseur’s Guide to Happy Endings
The Chain Theatre

William, Warren, and Lewis are not just
Nov. 12, 8 pm

Burn Book play by JJ McGlone
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Nov. 13, 8 am

Voices & Visions Performance Workshops
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Arts

  • On stage during the after-school program known as Staging Pride. National Queer Theater hosts after-school LGBTQ theater program
  • A new report warns that 41% of LGBTQ characters will not return to television next year. Report warns of looming decrease in LGBTQ characters on TV
  • "Bunny," directed by Ben Jacobsen, opens Nov. 7 in select theaters and premieres on VOD. ‘Bunny’: 24 frantic hours in a sex worker’s life
  • Todd Buonopane (center) with members of the company. ‘I’d like to play the old lady’: Todd Buonopane on his role in renewed ‘Tartuffe’
  • “Whoever Deserves It, Will be Immortal," by Nay Mendl, collects thoughts about mortality, regret, masculinity, and homophobia as four Cuban men of different ages. MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival to showcase dozens of short films

Crime

  • 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
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. 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

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