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Matt Tracy

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

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The Trevor Project's new CEO, Jaymes Black.
Youth

The Trevor Project hires Jaymes Black as new CEO

By Matt Tracy
Former NBA player Jason Collins at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28.
Sports

‘Pure love’: A decade later, Jason Collins reflects on historic NBA career and offers advice for athletes

By Matt Tracy
Health

White House issues follow-up statement after criticism over position on gender-affirming care for youth

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul signs legislation on June 28, 2024, in Greenwich Village.
Health

Hochul signs package of HIV/AIDS bills, rolls out funding for Harlem LGBTQ Center

By Matt Tracy
The Reclaim Pride Coalition's 2024 Queer Liberation March banner.
Pride

Thousands march to Battery Park in sixth annual Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy
President Joe Biden addresses the audience at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center.
Pride

President Biden, Elton John headline opening of Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center

By Matt Tracy
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has re-introduced The John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act.
Politics

Gillibrand reintroduces legislation to protect LGBTQ youth and families in foster care

By Matt Tracy
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan (middle).
Health

Adams administration reverses proposal to cut Health Department’s HIV/‌AIDS budget

By Matt Tracy
Marchers head down Seventh Avenue at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's 2021 Queer Liberation March.
Pride

Pride weekend: Drag March, Harlem Pride, Dyke March, NYC Pride, and Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy
A view of the Stonewall Inn from Christopher Park, which is also the home of the Stonewall National Monument.
Politics

New York congressmembers to introduce resolution designating June 28 as ‘Stonewall Day’

By Matt Tracy
The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Bedford, New York.
Legal

State settles with trans man for $275k over abuse at Beford Hills Correctional Facility

By Matt Tracy
The damaged Rainbow Flags on the morning of June 14.
Crime

Rainbow Flags vandalized near Stonewall for second straight year

By Matt Tracy
Politics

ACLU outlines ‘roadmap’ to defending LGBTQ rights in a second Trump term 

By Matt Tracy
Ronald Porcelli is the new director of the NYC Unity Project.
Youth

Mayor Adams appoints new director of NYC Unity Project

By Matt Tracy
Representatives from the Ali Forney Center with State Senators Hoylman-Sigal and Brisport at Christopher Street Pier on June 11.
Youth

Ali Forney Center announces ‘historic’ agreement with ACS to protect LGBTQ youth

By Matt Tracy
The Prospect Park Women's Softball League marches along Fifth Avenue at Brooklyn Pride in 2024.
Pride

Thousands bring electrifying energy to Brooklyn Pride 

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • Benito Skinner, right, along with the cast of “Overcompensating.” ‘Overcompensating’ takes a comical, biting look at the college experience
  • The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 stands with Councilmember Erik Bottcher (second from right in the middle row) and Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz (next to Bottcher) RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 queens read anti-LGBTQ laws to filth at Stonewall
  • Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024. Latine LGBTQ arts festival Fuerza Fest returning for 10th edition
  • Model/Actriz performing in 2023. May LGBTQ music: Model/‌Actriz and Fielded
  • "Group on Petra, Lake Mahopac" (1888). Daguerreotype, day trips, and devastation: the Met explores early US photography

Crime

  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
  • A picture of John Umberger. Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict
  • Sam Nordquist, 24, was staying at Patty's Lodge during the time leading up to his disappearance and death. Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’

Perspectives

  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC
  • Brandy Livingston. This Transgender Day of Visibility, spread awareness and fight false narratives
  • Medicaid is a lifesaver for trans people like me. Policymakers must protect it.

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