Erasmo Guerra, Author at Gay City News

Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca."

Books

Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

By Erasmo Guerra

Participating artists (standing left to right) Sharon De La Cruz, Mariela Figueroa, Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, Ivan Velez, and panel moderator Megami.

Arts

From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight

By Erasmo Guerra

Curators P. Henry (left) and Sal Kimura (right) have been working to uncover LGBTQ history through their project, “Queer Archeology: Reflections on Communal History."

Books

New York Public Library curators highlight lesser-known queer history

By Erasmo Guerra

Books

‘American Teenager’ gives a voice to trans adolescents across the US

By Erasmo Guerra

Jade Mapp leads the poetry picnic.

Arts

Poets House hosts a Queer Joy Poetry Picnic in Lower Manhattan

By Erasmo Guerra

Inside the dazzling Beaux-Arts splendor of Astor Hall, DJ Gregory spun Taylor Swift and other crowd favorites.

Youth

The New York Public Library’s anti-prom celebrates 20 years of free expression

By Erasmo Guerra

Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024.

Arts

Fuerza Fest celebrates the Latinx LGBTQ+ community

By Erasmo Guerra

The cover of Phil Bildner's book, "Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five."

Sports

Queer author hits home run with Glenn Burke picture book for kids

By Erasmo Guerra

Khane Kutzwell (left) mentors apprentice barber Da’Shawn Scott (right) while touching up the sides on a Fordham Law School student.

Business

A cut above: How a queer, Black, woman-owned barbershop makes space for the LGBTQIA+ community

By Erasmo Guerra

Customers line up for Bite’s Gay Donut, available Fridays at Smorgasburg World Trade Center, the weekly open-air food market located at the Oculus Plaza on Fulton and Church Streets.

Food

Donuts that dare to show their Pride colors

By Erasmo Guerra

Camryn Garrett, a 23-year-old queer Black author, recently came out with "Friday I'm in Love," a novel.

Books

Author’s book celebrates LGBTQ visibility, identity

By Erasmo Guerra

Musician Martin St. Lawrence (left) and general manager Daniel Tobey (right) accept the 2023 Village Award for The Monster Bar from Village Preservation at Cooper Union’s Great Hall on June 13. Penny Arcade (seated, far right) emceed the event.

The Monster: a place for all of us

By Erasmo Guerra

Suzy Wong shares her recipe for prik nam pla, Thai chili fish sauce. As fellow drag artist Pattaya Hart looks on.

Food

Suzy Wong serves fish sauce realness

By Erasmo Guerra

News

No Country for Lovers

By Erasmo Guerra

Guest Perspective

Pillow Balk

By Erasmo Guerra

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