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

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Mayor Eric Adams announces the new $10,000 benefit at City Hall on Oct. 28.
Families

Mayor announces $10k family planning benefit for some non-unionized city employees

By Matt Tracy
DeAnna LeTray, a trans woman, said she was sexually assaulted and humiliated by upstate New York authorities in 2017.
New York State

Settlement forces upstate New York police department and jail to respect TGNCNBI individuals

By Matt Tracy
Liberty star Breanna Stewart celebrates during the Oct. 24 parade.
Sports

Queer joy: New York Liberty showered with love at jubilant WNBA championship parade

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra
Health

Biden administration looks to require insurance coverage of injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy
Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas delivers remarks at the Oct. 21 rally for Proposal 1 outside City Hall.
Politics

LGBTQ leaders and advocates encourage New Yorkers to vote yes on Proposal 1

By Matt Tracy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's survey on transgender students included 20,000 responses.
Youth

CDC survey says 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender

By Matt Tracy
New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots as Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride (21) defends during the second half of game three of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Target Center on Oct. 16.
Sports

Liberty star Breanna Stewart faces homophobic threat during WNBA finals

By Matt Tracy
Proposal 1, or the Equal Rights Amendment, is on the ballot this election day.
From the Editor

Reject the misinformation and vote yes on Prop 1 

By Matt Tracy
Shane Tull, Uche Onwa, and Dr. Julian Watkins during a panel discussion at The New School's Tisch Auditorium on Oct. 11.
Health

Conference panel tackles intersection of immigration, mental health, and race

By Matt Tracy
Honee Daniels, 37, died in a hit-and-run in Rochester on Oct. 2.
Crime

Rochester community mourns Black trans woman killed in hit-and-run

By Matt Tracy
A view of the national anthem before game three between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets in the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field.
Sports

Trump campaign blankets MLB playoff games with transphobic ads against Harris

By Matt Tracy
Elisa Crespo speaks during the 2021 Gay City News Impact Awards.
New York City

Elisa Crespo named executive director of Stonewall Community Foundation

By Matt Tracy
Congregation Beit SImchat Torah's day-long event on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack.
Religion

Marking one year since Oct. 7, CBST acknowledges members ‘in their full humanity’

By Matt Tracy
Mayor Adams leaves Manhattan Federal Court on Oct. 2.
Politics

Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City tells Mayor Adams to resign

By Matt Tracy
New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on the New York Equal Rights Amendment in November.
Legal

What the statewide ballot proposal could mean for LGBTQ rights in New York

By Matt Tracy
Wikimedia Commons/Ajay Suresh The In My Mind Conference will be held at The New School.
Health

In My Mind Conference to bring attention to mental health among LGBTQ people of color

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • 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

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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