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The Lunar New Year for All banner.
New York City

‘We are very much a part of this Chinatown’: Lunar New Year for All perseveres in the face of adversity

By Rohan Zhou-Lee
Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity.
Guest Perspective

Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 

By Katie Blum
From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue.
Guest Perspective

Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

By Michael Kane
Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin's surviving spouse, delivers remarks on what would have been his late partner's 114th birthday.
Remembrance

Activists protest nuclear weapons in honor of Bayard Rustin’s birthday

By Gay City News
The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025.
Guest Perspective

Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait

By Jacqui Kilmer, Aracelis Quiñones, and Sandrine Blake
Members of the Lunar New Year for All contingent march in the Lunar New Year Parade on March 1.
New York City

Lunar New Year for All contingent welcomes The Year of the Fire Horse

By Gay City News
Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth.
Guest Perspective

In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

By Amy Leipziger
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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The Arkell Museum presents a solo exhibi
Tomorrow, 8 am

Artist Fernando Carpaneda Inaugurates Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum
Arkell Museum

Lesbian Visibility Week (April 20-26, 20
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Lesbian Visibility Week 2026
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Active Aging Workshops at the Ailey Stud
April 21, 1 pm

Active Aging Workshops
Ailey Extension

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April 21, 6:30 pm

$5 Drinks At Drag Show Happy Hour
Phoenix Bar

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April 21, 8 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
good judy

YOU & ME is set in a small-town New
April 22, 7 pm

You & Me
Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York Theatres

World Dance Celebration at Ailey Extensi
April 23, midnight

World Dance Performance Workshops
Ailey Extension

Poet Emanuel Xavier celebrates the relea
April 23, 6 pm

Still, We Are Sacred — Emanuel Xavier Book Launch at Stonewall
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center

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Arts

  • “Erupcja," directed by Pete Ohs, opens April 17 at the Angelika Film Center. ‘Erupcja’: Charli XCX, Lena Góra ignite a volcanic love triangle in Warsaw
  • L to R: Jon Bernthal (“Sonny”), Danny Johnson (“Mr. Eddy”), and Jessica Hecht (“Colleen”) in "Dog Day Afternoon." ‘Dog Day Afternoon’: A botched caper, a bold queer love story
  • The cast of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ reimagines a classic through a ballroom lens
  • Arlo Parks' latest release, "Ambiguous Desire," delivers an introspective version of dance music. April LGBTQ music: Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ and Gay Meat’s ‘Blue Water’
  • The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division's space at the LGBT Community Center. ‘We can’t let that go’: Hive Mind Books looks to save the last queer bookstore in Manhattan

Crime

  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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