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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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Open Mic Tuesdays at Housing Works Bookstore & Cafe
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$5 Drinks At Drag Show Happy Hour
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Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
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Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4, 6pm
July 9, all day

Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC at Culture Lab LIC
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July 9, 7 pm

Home By Mourning
The Rat NYC

 “An over-the-top gay…sendup
July 9, 7 pm

Join the Queer Librarian as he discusses his new novel at BGSQD Bookstore at the LGBT Center
LGBT Center, 208 W 13 St

Bask in a night of beauty with two of NY
July 9, 7:30 pm

AANI + Chispa live at C’mon Everybody
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Arts

  • Joan Chen stars in her new film, "Montreal, My Beautiful," as Feng Xia, a married, menopausal Chinese immigrant in Montreal who has an affair with Lisa (Charlotte Aubin), a 30-year-old she meets on a dating app. New York Asian Film Festival’s ‘Queer Unbound’ program showcases LGBTQ features
  • Wet Leg's “Moisturizer debuts July 10. July LGBTQ music: Wet Leg’s ‘Moisturizer’ and Lido Pimienta’s ‘Caribenya’
  • “Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World," directed by Sasha Waters, opens at IFC Center July 3rd. ‘Mary Oliver’ documentary tells the story of a lesbian poet through her aesthetic
  • Robin Byrd. Q&A: Robin Byrd, ‘Bang My Box’ directors look back on her TV legacy in new documentary
  • Last October, President Trump, like presidents before him, issued an executive proclamation declaring Oct. 11, 2025, General Pulaski Memorial Day.Was General Pulaski a Revolutionary War Intersex Hero?

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • 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

Perspectives

  • James Dale and his partner, David Lam, at the NYC Pride March on June 28. Don’t let the parade pass you by
  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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

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