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Erasmo Guerra

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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.
Nightlife

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

Jobs in New York

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Tomorrow, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

Printed Matter is pleased to present an
Tomorrow, 6 pm

¡Afuera! Publishing Queer Liberation
Printed Matter

Queer Book Club will be hosting a queer
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Queer Book Swap
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Join comedian Brandon Collins (Drunk Bla
Tomorrow, 7:30 pm

What the Film?! (WTF)
Littlefield

Get ready to witness an unforgettable ni
Tomorrow, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

★★★★★ “Comic genius!”
Sept. 6, 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

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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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