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Heather Cassell

Members huddle together during Dignity NY's 50th anniversary event.
Religion

LGBTQ Catholics celebrate golden anniversary at Dignity NY

By Heather Cassell
The Gaythering staff
Travel

Visit Miami’s buzzing queer scene this winter

By Heather Cassell
Dafina Ward, left, executive director of the Southern AIDS Coalition, and Cedric Sturdevant, right, co-founder of the Community Health-PIER, holding the panel of JSU Professor Mark Colomb that they created together for the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Health

AIDS Memorial Quilt tackles the epidemic in the South

By Heather Cassell
Runner & Stone booth at Union Square
Food

Queer-owned booths at Union Square help serve holiday feasts

By Heather Cassell
Isaiah Wilkins
Legal

Lambda Legal sues military for discrimination of HIV-positive recruits

By Heather Cassell
Imani Rupert-Gordon
Advocacy

National Center for Lesbian Rights celebrates 45 years of advocacy

By Heather Cassell
MLB executive Billy Bean during an interview with Gay City News in December of 2019.
Sports

Gay MLB veterans ponder a future with an out player

By Heather Cassell
Edurne Balmori of the Trevor Project
International

The Trevor Project expands to Mexico

By Heather Cassell
Yeshiva University's Pride March in 2019.
Education

YU Pride Alliance rips Yeshiva University’s “sham” club

By Heather Cassell
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Business

Lesbians Who Tech Summit returns to the Castro

By Heather Cassell
International

Queer scientists earn Nobel Prizes

By Heather Cassell
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Travel

Vienna’s revival is magical, modern, and perfect for a queer autumn escape

By Heather Cassell
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Youth

Trinity Place Shelter hosting second annual gala

By Heather Cassell
The now-shuttered Hell's kitchen nightclub known as The Q.
Nightlife

NYC gay nightlife promoters facing multiple allegations

By Heather Cassell
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National

Human Rights Campaign announces new executive director

By Heather Cassell
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Education

Yeshiva University criticized after halting student clubs amid legal battle over LGBTQ group

By Heather Cassell
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Arts

  • The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division's space at the LGBT Community Center. ‘We can’t let that go’: Hive Mind Books looks to save the last queer bookstore in Manhattan
  • TransArtFest_040226-2New York City’s first Trans Art Fest showcases, connects and empowers trans artists
  • “The Christophers,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, opens April 10. ‘The Christophers’: Intrigue swirls around an aging queer painter
  • "The Stranger," directed by François Ozon, opened April 3 at the Angelika and Film at Lincoln Center. In ‘The Stranger,’ gay director François Ozon adapts a classic French novel
  • "The Blue Trail," directed by Gabriel Mascaro, opened at Angelika Film Center April 3. Q&A: Director Gabriel Mascaro on dystopian drama ‘The Blue Trail’

Crime

  • 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
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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