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Matt Tracy

Matt Tracy is Gay City News’ editor-in-chief.

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The State Capitol building in Albany.
Education

New state law requires private schools to protect against bullying

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Tiffany Cabán of Queens.
Politics

Out City Council candidates win big in general election races

By Matt Tracy
Zohran Mamdani speaks at an election night rally in Brooklyn after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race on November 4, 2025.
Politics

Mamdani dominated LGBTQ vote in mayoral race, exit polls show

By Matt Tracy
A cruise ship is docked on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 22, 2025.
National

US Virgin Islands governor signs executive order allowing gender marker ID changes

By Matt Tracy
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is emphasizing his commitment to LGBTQ rights ahead of Election Day.
Politics

Confronting Trump, Mamdani vows to ‘cherish’ trans rights and make NYC a ‘true sanctuary’

By Matt Tracy
Assemblymember Deborah Glick, the first out member of the State Legislature, addresses the crowd during a protest near the Stonewall Inn in February of 2025.
Politics

Deborah Glick, first out New York State lawmaker, won’t run for re-election

By Matt Tracy
Students take the L train on their first day back to school on Sept 4.
National

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

By Matt Tracy
Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa are set to face off in the general election in November.
News

How the NYC mayoral candidates compare on LGBTQ issues

By Matt Tracy
Miss Major participates as a grand marshal in the 2024 NYC Pride March.
Remembrance

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall veteran and longtime trans activist, dies at 78

By Matt Tracy
The trajectory of mpox cases in New York City so far this year.
Health

NYC mpox cases increase again in September, surpassing 2025 monthly high

By Matt Tracy
Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell.
Politics

Bottcher raises $683k in first 24 hours after announcing potential Congressional bid

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Erik Bottcher speaks at a Sept. 30 rally against the Trump administration's anti-trans funding cuts.
Politics

Denouncing Trump, Bottcher explores bid for Congress in race to replace Nadler

By Matt Tracy
A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court begins new term with decisions looming on conversion therapy, trans sports participation

By Matt Tracy
FBI Director Kash Patel gestures as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025.
National

Report: FBI agent fired for displaying Rainbow Flag on desk

By Matt Tracy
The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City.
From the Editor

Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms

By Matt Tracy
Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives.
Crime

Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband

By Matt Tracy
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Celebrate “A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of
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GRIOT Circle 29th Anniversary Celebration & Reception
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Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
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JACKIE MASON LIVES AGAIN in this riotous
Nov. 12, 2 pm

New York Comedy Festival Presents: The Jackie Mason Musical
Triad Theater

After a sold-out run at Provincetown
Nov. 12, 7:30 pm

A Gay Masseur’s Guide to Happy Endings
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This four-week performance workshop is d
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Voices & Visions Performance Workshops
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Arts

  • “Peter Hujar’s Day," directed by Ira Sachs, is running at Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center. ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974
  • On stage during the after-school program known as Staging Pride. National Queer Theater hosts after-school LGBTQ theater program
  • A new report warns that 41% of LGBTQ characters will not return to television next year. Report warns of looming decrease in LGBTQ characters on TV
  • "Bunny," directed by Ben Jacobsen, opens Nov. 7 in select theaters and premieres on VOD. ‘Bunny’: 24 frantic hours in a sex worker’s life
  • Todd Buonopane (center) with members of the company. ‘I’d like to play the old lady’: Todd Buonopane on his role in renewed ‘Tartuffe’

Crime

  • 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
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

Perspectives

  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • 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

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