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Gary M. Kramer

Bilal Hasna in "Layla."
Cinema

Five queer films to watch at Sundance Film Festival

By Gary M. Kramer
Laurel Holloman in "The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.
Cinema

Film Forum’s ‘Sapph-O-Rama’ to showcase lesbian films

By Gary M. Kramer
"You Can't Stay Here" opens Jan. 5 at the IFC Center.
Cinema

Cruising in the Ramble: Q&A with Todd Verow & Guillermo Díaz of ‘You Can’t Stay Here’

By Gary M. Kramer
“Huesera: The Bone Woman,” directed by Michelle Garza Cervera, was a top lesbian horror film of the year.
Cinema

The year in queer: Best and worst films of 2023

By Gary M. Kramer
Billy Porter, Christopher Woodley, and Luke Evans in "Our Son."
Cinema

‘Our Son’ Q&A: Gay City News interview with Billy Porter, Luke Evans, and Bill Oliver

By Gary M. Kramer
Nia and Katie in "We Live Here: We Live Here: The Midwest."
Cinema

Q&A: ‘We Live Here: The Midwest’ director Melinda Maerker on queer life in the heartland

By Gary M. Kramer
Queer Nero and Andrés Erickson in "Bad Together."
Cinema

Q&A: Andrés Erickson and Queer Niro give meaning to friendship in ‘Bad Together’

By Gary M. Kramer
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Cinema

‘Saltburn’ is a twisted story of class and attraction

By Gary M. Kramer
Jaiyah Saelua played on an American Samoa soccer team that is now the focus of a new film, "Next Goal Wins."
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Q&A: trans soccer player Jaiyah Saelua on ‘Next Goal Wins’ and American Samoa’s underdog story

By Gary M. Kramer
Sonny Kiss in "Out in the Ring," directed by Ry Levey.
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Q&A with ‘Out in the Ring’ filmmaker Ry Levey

By Gary M. Kramer
“Maggots and Men” is an experimental Russian-language film that features a large cast of trans actors.
Cinema

BAM’s Masc Film Series marks Transgender Awareness Week

By Gary M. Kramer
Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey) and Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (Matt Bomer) in "Fellow Travelers."
Cinema

Closeted gay love clashes with politics in steamy ‘Fellow Travelers’ series

By Gary M. Kramer
“Nyad” stars Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, the lesbian who, at age 60, swam from Cuba to Florida.
Cinema

NewFest offers robust slate of queer features, documentaries, and shorts

By Gary M. Kramer
Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) and Falak (Luka Dimic) in "Eismayer."
Cinema

‘Eismayer’ illustrates the power of love in the military

By Gary M. Kramer
“Down Low," directed by Rightor Doyle, is available Oct. 10 on demand.
Cinema

‘Down Low’ makes for painfully humorless comedy

By Gary M. Kramer
"The Origin of Evil," directed by Sébastien Marnier, is playing at the IFC Center and other locations in New York.
Cinema

Lesbian’s family reunion leaves more questions than answers in ‘The Origin of Evil’

By Gary M. Kramer
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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Tomorrow, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

Short films and documentaries from emerg
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — LGBTQIA+ Block
Chain Theatre

Get ready to close out summer in true tr
Tomorrow, 4 pm

Dia de Sol : End of Summer Brazilian Fest
Bar 47

It’s All About the (S)ex By Joe Ma
Tomorrow, 8 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!
BACCA Arts Center

Come together to learn and take action!
Aug. 17, 6 pm

Reproductive Freedom Summer 2025
Virtual via Zoom

Verse4Verse is New York’s only dra
Aug. 17, 7 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show
Dada Bar

National Queer Theater and Arts Project
Aug. 18, 8 pm

“Pizza and a Play”, The Cherry Picked Playreading Series
Arts Project of Cherry Grove Community House & Theatre

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Arts

  • Upon entering Oberon, patrons are greeted by a collection of mirrors and a sign introducing the space. Oberon, a new queer cocktail bar, opens in Williamsburg 
  • “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

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

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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