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

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Botswana Appeals Sodomy Repeal

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LGBTQ Players Lead Team to World Cup Title

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Survey Ties Trump Support to Bigotry

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Arsonist Hits Harlem Gay Bar Again
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Arsonist Hits Harlem Gay Bar Again

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Council Boosts LGBTQ Funding, With Asterisks
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Council Boosts LGBTQ Funding, With Asterisks

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Bigots Attack Trans Women in Jackson Heights
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Bigots Attack Trans Women in Jackson Heights

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Jason Collins, Gus Kenworthy on Gay Life in Sports

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Lady Phyll Puts the Global in WorldPride

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Ritchie Torres Lands First Congressional Endorsement
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Ritchie Torres Lands First Congressional Endorsement

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Trans Flag Creator Looks Ahead to WorldPride

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Queer Latina Tiffany Cabán Claims DA Victory
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Queer Latina Tiffany Cabán Claims DA Victory

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Lawmakers Shelve DecrimNY Proposals
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Lawmakers Shelve DecrimNY Proposals

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Bronx Pride, seen here in 2019, is returning this year.
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LGBTQ Pride Shows in the South Bronx

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Trans Community Board Member Makes History in Brooklyn
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Trans Community Board Member Makes History in Brooklyn

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Arts

  • “Matador Bolero," directed by Jonathan Rosado. ‘Matador Bolero’: Queer rocker Yves Tumor makes their acting debut in oddball sci-fi experiment
  • “Stop! That! Train!” kicks off NewFest Pride 2026. ‘Dads,’ ‘Leviticus,’ and more: NewFest Pride tees up annual lineup of queer films
  • "Diamonds," directed by Ferzan Özpetek, opens May 15 at the Angelika Film Center. Q&A: Filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek delivers an ode to women in new film ‘Diamonds’
  • Author Wendell Edward Carter promotes his novel, "Melting The Snow," about a Black gay man's journey towards embracing his identity.  Queer authors and bookworms converge at 14th annual New York Rainbow Book Fair
  • "Dancing On the Wall" is MUNA's first release since their self-titled 2022 album. May LGBTQ music: Isaiah Rashad’s ‘It’s Been Awful’ and MUNA’s ‘Dancing On the Wall’

Crime

  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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 
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