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US v. Skrmetti: Reading the silence and curiosity in the room at the Supreme Court
By Matthew J. Skinner
TD Bank announces chosen first name: A heartfelt commitment to the trans, gender-expansive, and non-binary communities
By Steven Garibell, Community Business Development Officer, TD Bank
Shining a light on New York’s lack of shelter access for LGBTQIA+ survivors
By Nathaniel M. Fields and Carla Smith
This free speech week, Democrats in Congress should rethink support for KOSA
By Amanda Babine and Jared Trujillo
LGBTQ+ events in NYC
Today, 7 pm
May 9, 9 pm
May 10, 7 pm
Arts
Latine LGBTQ arts festival Fuerza Fest returning for 10th year
May LGBTQ music: Model/Actriz and Fielded
Daguerreotype, day trips, and devastation: the Met explores early US photography
Q&A with ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ director Iair Said
Queer experimentation with non-fiction at the 2025 Prismatic Ground Film Festival
Crime
Man sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict
Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’
Perspectives
Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC
This Transgender Day of Visibility, spread awareness and fight false narratives
Medicaid is a lifesaver for trans people like me. Policymakers must protect it.