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Matt Tracy

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

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NYPD officers outside the crime scene in Bensonhurst on October 13, 2021.
Crime

Former NYPD cop sentenced for shooting ex, killing ex’s new partner 

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Josh Gottheimer during a Pride Month roundtable with LGBTQ advocates.
Seniors

Congressmembers seek task force to protect LGBTQ older adults

By Matt Tracy
Los Angeles County ranks number one in the total number of same-sex households.
National

Census report compares top US counties with gay and lesbian households

By Matt Tracy
A picture of The Mormon Church from below during the day.
Religion

Mormon Church imposes restrictions on transgender members

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

LGBTQ leaders blast Trump-Vance campaign at Democratic National Convention

By Matt Tracy
The Boiler Room's new space is located at 45 Second Ave. in the East VIllage.
News

The Boiler Room, longtime East Village queer bar, reopens in a new location

By Matt Tracy
Crowds hover around Ginger's Bar at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.
National

Survey: Smaller share of Americans support LGBTQ equality; Gen-Z reports more discrimination

By Matt Tracy
A truck displays a digital billboard promoting the 2023 National Trans Visibility March near the Christopher Street Pier on Manhattan's west side.
National

Returning to DC, National Trans Visibility March looks to mobilize the community

By Matt Tracy
Insurers could be required to cover doxy PEP if the United States Preventive Services Taskforce acts to give it an A-grade rating.
Health

Congressmembers call on task force to require insurers to cover doxy PEP

By Matt Tracy
The World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Health

WHO, Africa CDC declare global health emergency over mpox outbreak in Africa

By Matt Tracy
Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran was suspended two games for using an anti-gay slur during a game at Fenway Park.
Sports

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran suspended for voicing anti-gay slur

By Matt Tracy
Erin Wright, 24, said she never received a full refund — or appropriate closure — after she was booted from an American Airlines flight in June.
National

American Airlines mistakenly puts lesbian on no-fly list for ‘sexual relations’ with a man

By Matt Tracy
Downtown Kinshasha, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been impacted by the latest mpox outbreak.
Health

Health officials warn of mpox outbreak in African countries

By Matt Tracy
Former President Donald Trump.
Politics

Trump leans into transphobic attacks on Harris and Walz

By Matt Tracy
The Brooklyn Community Pride Center at Brooklyn Pride.
New York City

Brooklyn Community Pride Center closes former headquarters in Bed-Stuy

By Matt Tracy
MLB executive Billy Bean during an interview with Gay City News in December of 2019.
Remembrance

Billy Bean, trailblazing gay MLB player and executive, dies at 60

By Matt Tracy
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Experience the vibrant legacy of jazz in
Today, 7 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: Rubén Coca Quintet
Rockaway Beach Park

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

Fire Island Dance Festival will celebrat
Tomorrow, 4 pm

Fire Island Dance Festival
Whyte Hall

Join us for a night of comedy that
Tomorrow, 7 pm

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Heightened Scrutiny (Sundance 2025) foll
Tomorrow, 7 pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As
Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film

Déa Thatcher invites you to come out for
July 25, 7 pm

TransVolution, folk-punk playlist featuring Déa Thatcher
The Powerhouse Arena

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Arts

  • McKenzie Kurtz (Heather Chandler), Lorna Courtney (Veronica Sawyer), Elizabeth Teeter (Heather McNamara), and Olivia Hardy (Heather Duke) in "Heathers The Musical." ‘Heathers the Musical’ is bursting with talent, but questions remain
  • Jason Patel and Ben Hardy in "Unicorns." Q&A with ‘Unicorns’ actors Jason Patel and Ben Hardy
  • Kesha's "(Period)" debuted on July 4. July LGBTQ music: Kesha’s ‘(Period)’ and DJ Haram’s ‘Beside Myself’
  • "I'm Not Everything I Want to Be" runs July 12-14 at Anthology Film Archives. ‘I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’ documents queer life in 1980s Prague
  • “Bel Ami” screens July 21 at 9 p.m. Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center. New York Asian Film Festival features queer features, shorts, and documentaries

Crime

  • 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
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

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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