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Councilmembers Erik Bottcher of Manhattan and Tiffany Cabán of Queens.
Guest Perspective

Social housing for queer liberation

By Councilmembers Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán
Edwin Joseph, Shannon Delijani, Lloyd Reshard Jr., and Emily Margevich in "Eugene Onegin."
Theater

Heartbeat Opera spins ‘Eugene Onegin’ and introduces ‘The Extinctionist’

By Sherri Rase
Legal

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

By Associated Press
Legal

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Andrew DeMillo and Jim Salter, AP

Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity

By Nicole Winfield, AP
Jinkx Monsoon as Audrey in "Little Shop of Horrors."
Theater

Jinkx Monsoon takes on the role of Audrey in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

By Ellie J Rudy
Politics

The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden’s recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility

By Josh Boak, AP
Rope Master Cabbit with Rope Bottom Kona.
Arts

NJ Leather weekend takes over Asbury Park

By Sherri L Rase
Sports

After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, ‘No way’

By Philip Marcelo, AP
National

No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma non-binary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says

By Sean Murphy, AP
International

A Japanese court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and calls for urgent change

By Mari Yamaguchi, AP
Politics

Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement

By Mike Schneider, AP
Sports

Women’s roller derby league sues suburban New York county over ban on trans athletes

By Philip Marcelo, AP
International

A Greek novelist and a lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall

By Theodora Tongas and Michael Varaklas
Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton at the Problemista premiere in the East Village.
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Q&A: Julio Torres helms ‘Problemista’

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Steven Garibell is a Community Business Development Officer at TD Bank.
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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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