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Heather Cassell

Elsie De Wolfe.
Home

The lasting legacy of Elsie de Wolfe, the lesbian mother of interior design

By Heather Cassell
Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21.
Crime

Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme

By Matt Tracy & Heather Cassell
A picture of John Umberger.
Crime

Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict

By Heather Cassell
A picture of John Umberger.
Crime

Trial begins in string of deadly nightlife attacks targeting gay men

By Heather Cassell
(L-R): Tourism Cares CEO Greg Takehara moderated the panel discussion, “Feeling Seen, Being Heard: The Importance of Inclusivity and Representation,” which brought together The Pathways Project executive director team member Miles Tibbs, Travel Unity Executive Director Roni Weiss, and WorldStrides tour guide AJ Gibson, at TripCon in Brooklyn on November 12, 2024.
Travel

TripCon brings tour and experience professionals to NYC

By Heather Cassell
Longtime activist Brent Nicholson Earle continues to lead the annual Out of the Darkness march and vigil for World AIDS Day
Health

Brent Nicholson Earle maintains legacy of HIV/AIDS activism for World AIDS Day

By Heather Cassell
nglccNY’s new executive director, Barton L. Jackson II.
Business

Barton Jackson takes the reins at nglccNY

By Heather Cassell
The former nightclub known as The Q, which was located at 795 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, closed in 2023.
Legal

Setting the record straight: The Q nightclub owner speaks out

By Heather Cassell
From left to right: Gayle, Ellen Broidy, unknown woman, and Arlene Kisner at New York City’s first-ever Christopher Street Liberation Day March in 1970.
Pride

Ellen Broidy looks back on more than five decades of Pride

By Heather Cassell
One Brooklyn Health interim CEO Dr. Sandra Scott.
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Dr. Sandra Scott, One Brooklyn Health’s interim CEO, leads with Pride

By Heather Cassell
Narwhal Divers exploring Cozumel’s Playacar Reef on the company’s first dive trip to Mexico.
Travel

Trans-led scuba diving company caters to queer travelers

By Heather Cassell
David Mixner speaks during a past Victory Fund event in New York.
Politics

Hundreds remember David Mixner’s life and legacy in NYC

By Heather Cassell
The Mayan ruins at Caracol Natural Monument Reservation, a living archeological site.
Travel

Make Belize your next big gay escape

By Heather Cassell
Astoria Food Pantry’s free store. The mutual aid group has served the community since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food

Queer-led Astoria Food Pantry thrives three years after pandemic launch

By Heather Cassell
Kenrick Ross, the new executive director of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Inc.
New York City

New leader takes the helm at Brooklyn Community Pride Center

By Heather Cassell
Village Apothecary receives a City Council citation from Councilmember Erik Bottcher of Manhattan.
Health

Village Apothecary, independent pharmacy specializing in HIV, turns 40

By Heather Cassell
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Tomorrow, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Tomorrow, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

National Queer Theater and Arts Project
Tomorrow, 8 pm

“Pizza and a Play”, The Cherry Picked Playreading Series
Arts Project of Cherry Grove Community House & Theatre

Mark those numbers and win prizes with S
Tomorrow, 9 pm

Drag Bingo with Sparkle Monster
Moxy Chelsea

Join us as we celebrate what would have
Aug. 26, 7 pm

Free NYC Event 8/26: Marsha P. Johnson’s 80th Birthday with Afterlives Podcast
The Stonewall Inn

Free to play. Cheap to drink. Impossible
Aug. 27, 7 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC
Recreation at The Moxy Downtown

Get ready to witness an unforgettable ni
Aug. 28, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

Join us for Round 3 of our experimental
Aug. 29, 7:30 pm

Untitled (Art Star): Season 3: Round 03: INSTALLATION
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Arts

  • Sandra Oh & Lupita Nyong'o in Shakespeare in the Park's "Twelfth Night." Shakespeare in the Park is back with ‘Twelfth Night’
  • “Lurker," directed by Alex Russell, opens Aug. 22nd at AMC Lincoln Square, Regal Union Square and Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn. ‘Lurker’: A twisted tale of power and desire in a pop star’s inner circle
  • The Queer Urban Orchestra's artistic director and conductor David Bloom and general manager Brian Shaw. Queer Urban Orchestra creates ‘a place for us’ among LGBTQ musicians and allies
  • “Legendary Looks: Preserving Our Legacy” runs until Sept. 4 at City Lore Gallery. ‘Legendary Looks’ exhibition series highlights untold legacy of House-Ballroom culture
  • This year's Flame Con was held on Aug. 16 and 17 at the Sheraton Times Square. Queer resistance art takes center stage at Flame Con in Times Square

Crime

  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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