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Ivy Joan Young.
Remembrance

Journalist, poet, and activist Ivy Joan Young dies at 75

By Gay City News
Politics

Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says ‘these are our kids’

By Darlene Superville, AP
The "SunnyPride" banner leads the way.
News

Pride sweeps through Sunnyside, Queens

By Gay City News
The American Flag and Progress Pride Flag at the Bronx County Building.
Pride

Bronx borough president marks Pride Month, hoists Rainbow Flag

By Gay City News
International

Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By Rodney Muhumuza
The site of Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

After Club Q shooting, New York woman accused of threats to Colorado LGBTQ businesses

By Associated Press
National

Largest US LGBTQ rights group issues Florida travel advisory for anti-LGBTQ+ laws

By Associated Press
Brighton Beach Pride in 2019.
Events

What to do in queer NYC May 18-21

By Gay City News
Mazarte Dance Company at last year's Dance Parade.
Dance

Dance Parade returning to NYC for 17th year

By Ellie J Rudy
Business

Disney updates lawsuit against DeSantis to add new events

By Mike Schneider, AP
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Advocacy

NYC May Day march brings attention to labor issues

By Adrian Childress

Ugandan lawmakers pass new version of anti-gay bill

By Rodney Muhumuza, AP
Fashion

Met Gala: Rihanna, Jeremy Pope, Lil Nas X, Brittney Griner, and more

By Leanne Italie, AP
Chella Man said his art installation "is basically about breaking elevator etiquette."
Galleries

From Industry City, Chella Man invites you to think outside the box

By Jang Kapgen
Sports

Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment

By John Marshall, AP Sports Writer
Michael Leo Denneny wrote three books and was the co-founder and early co-editor of Christopher Street magazine.
Remembrance

Michael Leo Denneny, trailblazing editor, dies at 80

By Keith Kahla
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Outspoken Voices: LGBTQ+ Storytelling Circle
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Aug. 13, 7 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC
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Summer LGBT Dance Social with Brooklyn Contra
Queens Botanical Garden

The High and Mighty Brass Band is an ele
Aug. 14, 7 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: High & Mighty Brass Band
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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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