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Gary M. Kramer

“Went Up the Hill,” directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, opens Aug. 15 at the IFC Center.
Cinema

Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’

By Gary M. Kramer
A man and a woman's faces are close together in a black and white scene in “Who Killed Teddy Bear," directed by Joseph Cates, opens Aug. 8 at the Film Forum.
Cinema

“Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum

By Gary M. Kramer
Ellen Adair, Mitzi Akaha, and Scott Thomas in "Coming Out Polyamorous."
Cinema

Chain NYC Festival, set for mid-August, offers six LGBTQ shorts

By Gary M. Kramer
Four men stand together on a beach while facing the sun.
Cinema

Q&A: Charles Busch reflects on ‘Psycho Beach Party’ 25 years later

By Gary M. Kramer
Jason Patel and Ben Hardy in "Unicorns."
Cinema

Q&A with ‘Unicorns’ actors Jason Patel and Ben Hardy

By Gary M. Kramer
“Bel Ami” screens July 21 at 9 p.m. Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center.
Cinema

New York Asian Film Festival features queer features, shorts, and documentaries

By Gary M. Kramer
“Kill the Jockey," directed by Luis Ortega, opens July 2 at Film Forum.
Cinema

Q&A with ‘Kill the Jockey’ actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

By Gary M. Kramer
Ingrid (Vicky Krieps) holding Sofia (Emma Mackey) in "Hot Milk."
Cinema

Mother-daughter drama ‘Hot Milk’ is a film to endure, not embrace

By Gary M. Kramer
“Winter Kept Us Warm," directed by David Secter, opens June 21 at the Metrograph.
Cinema

Q&A: Director David Sector on remastered ‘Winter Kept Us Warm’

By Gary M. Kramer
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Cinema

Tribeca Film Festival rolls out more than two dozen queer movies

By Gary M. Kramer
“I Don’t Understand You," directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, opens June 6 at the Regal Union Square, the AMC Kips Bay, the AMC Empire 25, and the AMC Lincoln Square.
Cinema

Q&A with ‘I Don’t Understand You’ directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig

By Gary M. Kramer
"Heightened Scrutiny" chronicles trans advocate and activist Chase Strangio arguing Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti about banning gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee.
Cinema

NewFest Pride features ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Sally,’ and more

By Gary M. Kramer
Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari in "Things Like This."
Cinema

Q&A with ‘Things Like This’ director Max Talisman and actor Joey Pollari

By Gary M. Kramer
Writer/director Iair Said recently spoke with Gay City News about making “Most People Die on Sundays.”
Cinema

Q&A with ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ director Iair Said

By Gary M. Kramer
Director Roshan Sethi with Karan Soni, who stars as Naveen Gavaskar, in "A Nice Indian Boy."
Cinema

Q&A: Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni on the making of ‘A Nice Indian Boy’

By Gary M. Kramer
“Pink Narcissus,” directed by James Bidgood, screens April 7 at BAM and opens April 11 at the Metrograph.
Cinema

Q&A: Kelly McKaig revisits James Bidgood’s ‘Pink Narcissus’

By Gary M. Kramer
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Arts

  • “Went Up the Hill,” directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, opens Aug. 15 at the IFC Center. Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’
  • Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins, at Stage 422 at 422 W. 42nd St., runs through the end of the month in New York City. The great escape: ‘Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins’ takes New York
  • Ethel Cain's “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” debuted August 8. August LGBTQ music: Ethel Cain and Water From Your Eyes
  • Morgan Bassichis in "Can I Be Frank?" ‘Can I Be Frank?’: Solo show honors a comic queer pioneer
  • A man and a woman's faces are close together in a black and white scene in “Who Killed Teddy Bear," directed by Joseph Cates, opens Aug. 8 at the Film Forum. “Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum

Crime

  • 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
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations

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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