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Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project.
Guest Perspective

How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives

By Ronald Porcelli, director of the NYC Unity Project
The 2025 NYC Dyke March.
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity

By Elaine Chapnik
Enjoying Callen-Lorde's tea dance fundraiser on July 12 in Water Mill.
Health

Callen-Lorde hosts annual Hamptons Tea Dance fundraiser

By Gay City News
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024.
Education

Advocates, electeds reaffirm commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive education after controversial Supreme Court ruling

By Ajani Stella
Justin Sanchez (R) celebrating at Zona de Cuba in the South Bronx after taking a commanding lead in the Democratic primary for City Council District 17 on June 24, 2025.
Politics

Former Stonewall Democratic Club president Justin Sanchez wins Bronx Council race

By Sadie Brown
Ellie J Rudy (left) conducts interviews outside the Stonewall Inn at NYC Pride on June 29.
Pride

‘We named it the lesbian train’: The best quotes from outside Stonewall at NYC Pride

By Ellie J Rudy
The Caribbean Equality Project's Little Guyana Pride event in Richmond Hill, Queens.
Pride

Inaugural ‘Little Guyana Pride’ builds support and resilience for LGBTQI+ Caribbean communities in Queens

By Ryan Persadie (Cultural Researcher, Caribbean Equality Project)
National HIV Testing Day
Health

Callen-Lorde and Brita Filter mark HIV Testing Day in Union Square

By Gay City News
Posing with the 2024 Drag March banner.
Events

Look ahead to Pride’s final weekend in NYC

By Gay City News
Zack Reedy, Danielle Jackson, and David Echevarria share a moment at Brooklyn Pride.
Pride

We asked New Yorkers: What does Pride mean to you?

By Gay City News
Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.
Pride

‘Our existence is resistance’: Bronx Pride returns strong in 2025

By Sadie Brown
Advocates rally called on New York City to follow through on a proposal to abolish labor policies that allow for home care aides to work for 24 hours, but only receive 13 hours worth of pay.
Health

LGBTQ advocates join protracted push to improve conditions for home care aides

By Rohan Zhou-Lee
Craig Slutzkin was among the candidates re-elected to Community Education Council District 2.
Education

Conservative group loses ground in community education council races after anti-trans sports resolution

By Ajani Stella
Lance LePere, Michael Kors, Dr. Carla Smith, Robert Turner, and Peter Speliopoulos.
Fashion

Fashion icons honored at The Center

By Gay City News
Blasian Pride was moved inside this year due to rain.
Pride

PHOTOS: Rain pushes Blasian Pride indoors; march rescheduled

By Gay City News
Dr. H. Jean Wright II, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Mental Hygiene, NYC Health Department.
Health

New York City’s LGBTQ community faces mental health disparities, but resources are available

By Dr. H. Jean Wright II, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Mental Hygiene, NYC Health Department
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It’s Giving Brunch: Drag Brunch Fundraiser
Stella 34 Trattoria at Macy’s Herald Square

Journey to the nanm (“soul” in Haitian K
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Afro-Haitian Workshop with Julio Jean
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Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4, 6pm
Today, all day

Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC at Culture Lab LIC
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The East Midtown Partnership is thrilled
Today, 7 pm

The East Midtown Partnership Presents Unspeakable Joy: A Juneteenth Concert with The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
Christ Church NYC

Fresh off a sold-out run, Cecilia Corrig
Today, 8 pm

The Gay Divorce at The Brick
The Brick

As part of The Tank’s PrideFest 2026, Th
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The Late Night Radio Fest
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Marble Collegiate Church welcomes you to
Tomorrow, 11 am

It’s Pride Month at Marble Collegiate Church
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June 28, 8 am

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Arts

  • Alice Kremelberg, director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, playwright Victoria Lynne Barclay, and Colby Minifie. ‘Camping’: Love and repression in an intimate tent setting
  • Myra Molloy as Sonya and Maya Da Costa as Coley in “Girls Like Girls." In ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko turns from sapphic pop star to filmmaker, telling the same story
  • Downtown Boys. June LGBTQ music: Downtown Boys’ ‘Public Luxury’ and Andrew Sa’s ‘American Rough’
  • “The Devil Queen,” directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, opens June 19 at the Alamo Lower Manhattan. Colorful costumes, drag queens, and bloodletting: Brazilian gangster film ‘The Devil Queen’ gets 4k restoration
  • Director Saheem Ali's Public Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet." Central Park comes alive with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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

  • 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
  • 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

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