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Guest Perspective

Op-ed: Why LGBTQ activism and Palestinian nationalism are incompatible causes

By Tsach Saar
Politics

Doug Burgum vetoed anti-LGBTQ measures while governor. Then he started running for president

By Jack Dura, AP
Moving along Fifth Avenue on the way to Washington Square.
Pride

NYC Dyke March combines celebration and protest along Fifth Avenue

By Morgan Desfosses
Members of the NYC Dyke March team.
Pride

Pride season in pictures: Snapshots from around NYC

By Gay City News
An individual at holds a sign at the Nassau County Legislative Building during a demonstration against the county's anti-trans sports policy.
Politics

Lawmakers in Nassau County pass transgender athlete ban

By Associated Press and Gay City News
History

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

By Jennifer Peltz, AP
Politics

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

By Zeke Miller, AP
Lorenzo Van Ness
Guest Perspective

Love and rage: Reflections on Pride Month and the fight for equity in NYC

By Lorenzo Van Ness
Pat Nealon is the founder of Butch Monthly.
New York City

‘Anybody is welcome’: Butch Monthly strikes down stereotypes

By Julia Mitchem 
Crime

The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes

By Colleen Slevin, AP
Community members enjoy the Juneteenth Block Party Celebration.
New York City

LGBT Center marks Juneteenth with afternoon block party

By Gay City News
Ethan Felson, executive director of A Wider Bridge.
Guest Perspective

Don’t let them take our Pride away

By Ethan Felson
Elected officials and Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC members.
Politics

Stonewall Democrats host annual Pride event

By Gay City News
International

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

By Jintamas Saksornchai, AP
Remembrance

Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender discrimination, dies at 86

By Ed White, AP
Legal

Judge blocks Biden’s Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students

By Collin Binkley, AP 
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Arts

  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland's latest release is called “Laughter In Summer." February LGBTQ music: Troye Sivan and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine. At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences
  • The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.” The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages
  • After gradually rolling out episodes, the full second of "The Boyfriend" is now available on Netflix. A second date with ‘The Boyfriend’: Gay Japanese reality show returns to Netflix for Season 2
  • “Pillion," directed by Harry Lighton, opens Feb. 6th at the Angelika and AMC Lincoln Square. Dom and sub probe the limits of their feelings in ‘Pillion’

Crime

  • 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
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation

Perspectives

  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging

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