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Donna Aceto

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Activism

In Election Campaign’s Final Stretch, LGBTQ Activists Out and Loud

By Donna Aceto
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Community Gathers to Honor Marsha P. Johnson, Bayard Rustin

By Donna Aceto
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Galleries

New Black Lives Matter Mural in Lower Manhattan

By Donna Aceto
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Pride

Sunday’s Queer Liberation March in Pictures

By Donna Aceto
Mid point Dyke Marches. 2000-2009
Pride

The Dyke March’s History in Pictures

By Donna Aceto
ACT UP at the 2010 Pride March in New York City.
Pride

Pride Marches Through the Years

By Donna Aceto & Michael Luongo
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Gays Against Guns Remember the Pulse Massacre

By Donna Aceto & Paul Schindler
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Activism

Queer People of Color Lost to Police Violence Remembered in Sheridan Square

By Donna Aceto & Paul Schindler
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Health

Franklin Graham’s Send-Off: Cleaning Up After a False Samaritan

By Donna Aceto
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Health

Release ICE Detainees in Public Health’s Interest, Activists Say

By Donna Aceto & Paul Schindler
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Activism

Gays Against Guns Join International Women’s Day Action

By Donna Aceto
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New York City

City Council Marks Black History Month

By Donna Aceto
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DC Women’s March Aims to Finish the Job

By Donna Aceto
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Lesbian Lives Opening Program
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TARRYTOWN – The legend of Sleepy Hollow, a new musical
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Benny & the JettsOpening October 202
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Get ready to witness an unforgettable ni
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Superstar Open Set
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Join us for Friday’s Lesbian Lives plena
Oct. 24, 1 pm

Responding to Authoritarianism
Proshansky Auditorium at the Graduate Center 365 5th Ave New York New York

WINNER – BEST ONE MAN SHOW – UNITED SOLO
Oct. 24, 7 pm

Under the Rainbow @ The United Solo Festival
Theatre Row, 410 W 42nd Street, NY, NY

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Arts

  • Sasha Colby With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art
  • Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca." Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers
  • Bluestockings Cooperative abruptly closed last month. Bluestockings Cooperative’s abrupt closure sparks internal drama
  • A Lesbian and Transgender Flag Hangs Above a Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson. Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes in Brooklyn
  • Participating artists (standing left to right) Sharon De La Cruz, Mariela Figueroa, Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, Ivan Velez, and panel moderator Megami. From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

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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