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Donna Aceto

Grand marshal André De Shields shows his costume at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.
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
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
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Arts

  • “She’s the He," directed by Siobhan McCarthy, opens June 5 at the IFC Center. Trans writer/‌director Siobhan McCarthy opens up about debut film ‘She’s the He’
  • Nadia Melliti in "The Little Sister." Q&A: Actress Nadia Melliti on her role in coming-of-age film ‘The Little Sister’
  • Jay Armstrong Johnson and Jimin Moon in “Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody” ‘Heated Rivalry’ musical parody: Slap shots and slapstick
  • “Untitled,” from the series, “Akabanaa (Red Flowers),” 1975-77. Becoming Angela Davis: Two photographic portraits evoke the activist across time and space
  • Gessica Généus and Béonard Monteau in "Marie Madeleine." ‘The Man I love,’ ‘Club Kid,’ and other queer movies highlight Cannes Film Festival

Crime

  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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