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A photograph of Kamehameha III.
History

Kamehameha III: Reviving the forgotten story of a Hawaiian king and his lover

By Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton
Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration.
Guest Perspective

The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall

By Steven Love Menendez
Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine.
Theater

At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences

By Rohan Zhou-Lee
A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March.
Guest Perspective

Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

By David Collymore, Kei Williams, and Shirley Torho
Mark Milano.
Remembrance

Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/‌AIDS

By Asia Russell, Health GAP
NYC Commission on Gender Equity Executive Director Priya Nair
Guest Perspective

A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone

By Priya Nair
AIDS Walk New York in 2025.
Guest Perspective

Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it

By Guillermo Chacón, Sean Coleman, Joe Pressley, Kimberleigh Joy Smith, and Shirley Torho
A stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn running tour.
History

‘Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn’ running tour revisits the borough’s forgotten queer history

By Rohan Zhou-Lee
Sasha Colby
Arts

With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art

By Ellie J Rudy
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Cinema

ACT UP members join ‘Fairyland’ screening and Q&A

By Gay City News
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New York City

PHOTOS: Rallying for trans rights in New York City

By Gay City News
Artists sketch while a model poses during The Anatomy Lesson, a drink & draw event at Club Cumming.
Arts

‘The Anatomy Lesson,’ biweekly drink & draw event, lives on at Club Cumming

By Caryl Espinoza Jaen
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Remembrance

Susan Xenarios, leader in the crime victim movement and longtime LGBTQ ally, dies at 79

By Roberta Sklar
"She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year.
Galleries

She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 

By Iryna Shkurhan
Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell.
Guest Perspective

Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

By Evan Low
Émilia Decaudin
Guest Perspective

For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes

By Émilia Decaudin
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Arts

  • “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It," directed by Paris Barclay, opens Feb. 20 at Film Forum. ‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’ charts the rise and fall of a troubled gay musician
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland's latest release is called “Laughter In Summer." February LGBTQ music: Troye Sivan and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine. At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences
  • The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.” The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages
  • After gradually rolling out episodes, the full second of "The Boyfriend" is now available on Netflix. A second date with ‘The Boyfriend’: Gay Japanese reality show returns to Netflix for Season 2

Crime

  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it

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