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About the Author

Erasmo Guerra

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
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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

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Burlesque meets matchmaking in “It’s Cuf
Today, 7 pm

Miss Lorna Wren’s “It’s Cuffing Season!” Is A Vintage Holiday Variety Party for the Naughty & Nice
Caveat NYC

In Undressed: the Musical, YOUR embarras
Tomorrow, 8 am

Undressed: The Musical
Red Eye NY

Join Rizzoli Bookstore for a conversatio
Tomorrow, 6 pm

Book Signing: ‘Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s –1950s’
Rizzoli Bookstore

Theater for the New City premieres the n
Tomorrow, 8 pm

Killing Mrs. Claus: A new inappropriate holiday comedy
Theater for the New City

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

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

THE TRUE MEANING OF CATHERINE: A Kate Bu
Dec. 12, 11 pm

THE TRUE MEANING OF CATHERINE
Purgatory

Experience the holiday magic with New Yo
Dec. 13, 3 pm

New York Theatre Ballet: Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker
Colden Auditorium

Ana Gasteyer will perform favorites from
Dec. 15, 7 pm

Ana Gasteyer’s Sugar & Booze “A Holiday Spectacular”
The Town Hall

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Arts

  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star
  • State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald. New York State Health Department’s ‘Unfiltered’ docuseries aims to fight HIV stigma, racial disparities
  • Jara Sofija Ostan as Lucia and Mina Svajger as Ana-Maria in a scene from Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girl. Choir trip sparks teen’s awakening in coming-of-age film ‘Little Trouble Girls’

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • 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

Perspectives

  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • 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

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