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

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels
Business

Meta guts hateful conduct policy, eliminates DEI programs in sweeping overhaul

By Matt Tracy
Anita Bryant in 1971.
Remembrance

Anita Bryant, anti-gay singer who killed gay rights ordinance in Miami, dies at 84

By Matt Tracy
Pride Center of Staten Island executive director Carol Bullock.
New York City

Staten Island Pride Center executive director Carol Bullock to step down

By Matt Tracy
Department of Defense
Military

Military settles with troops impacted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharges

By Matt Tracy
Some members of the Prospect Park Women's Softball League in the dugout at Prospect Park.
Sports

Safe at home: Softball league builds camaraderie on and off the field at Prospect Park

By Matt Tracy
Evan Wolfson.
National

Marriage equality champions Bonauto, Wolfson receive Presidential Citizens Medal

By Matt Tracy
Robin Fierce starred on the 15th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Television

NYC queer bars plan viewing parties for Season 17 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race

By Matt Tracy
Syracuse City Court.
Legal

Syracuse judge under investigation for allegedly refusing to marry same-sex couple

By Matt Tracy
Anderson Cooper (left) and Andy Cohen (right) will usher in 2025 from Times Square.
New York City

New Year’s Eve co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen returning for eighth year

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024.
Politics

In hateful speech, Trump commits to anti-trans executive orders

By Matt Tracy
Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.
Politics

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024

By Matt Tracy
Rick Welts is the new CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.
Sports

Gay NBA executive Rick Welts hired as CEO of Dallas Mavericks

By Matt Tracy
The US Capitol Building in Washington.
Military

Senate approves anti-trans military spending bill, drawing calls for president’s veto

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Crime

Hochul vetoes bill designed to protect users of payment apps after murders of gay men

By Matt Tracy
Sniffies' "Download 2024" zooms out to look at the year in review on the app.
National

Most tops? Gayborhood of the year? Grindr, Sniffies look back at 2024 trends

By Matt Tracy
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is championing the Kids Online Safety Act.
Politics

New York LGBTQ groups call on Congress to reject the Kids Online Safety Act

By Matt Tracy
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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Today, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

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

A new dark comedy about bugs, strangers
Today, 7 pm

let’s talk about anything else
The Flea Theater

Blood Orange, by Abigail Duclos and prod
Today, 7:30 pm

Blood Orange
Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York Theatres

Don’t miss the hottest New York Fashion
Tomorrow, 9 am

NY FASHION WEEK FESTIVAL: RASHIDA ASHLEY
Armory Arena

I’ve been thinking about how to give bac
Tomorrow, 1 pm

The Doris Dear FREE Thank you show
The Triad Theater

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10pm Red
Tomorrow, 10 pm

Bollywood X House Music Night at Red Eye
Red Eye NY

Caribb-esque 🏝️ is an original sultry Bu
Sept. 18, 8:30 pm

Caribb-esque! Caribbean Burlesque Show & Party
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Arts

  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale
  • Denis Lambert, Luke Newton, Emily Skinner, Fady Demian and Catherine LeFrere in “House of McQueen." ‘House of McQueen’: A dazzling mix of biodrama and fashion
  • “The History of Sound,” directed by Oliver Hermanus, opens Sept. 12th. In ‘The History of Sound,’ love and music are drowned in grief
  • In “Sk+te’kmukue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)," an unresolved past trauma haunts an individual and his brother. Queer-themed films premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
  • Curators P. Henry (left) and Sal Kimura (right) have been working to uncover LGBTQ history through their project, “Queer Archeology: Reflections on Communal History." New York Public Library curators highlight lesser-known queer history

Crime

  • 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
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • 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

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