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Matt Tracy

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

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Pride

Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative hosts Pride kickoff fundraiser

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
The New York City subway’s Christopher St. 1 train station, seen here at an earlier date, is being renamed to the Christopher St.-Stonewall National Monument Station.
Politics

Late push in Albany for trans safe haven expansion, STI discrimination, and subway station renaming bills

By Matt Tracy
Destination Tomorrow's Sean Coleman delivers remarks at the City Council's Pride event in 2023.
News

Destination Tomorrow continues to expand with new DC location

By Matt Tracy
Health

CDC finalizes endorsement of doxy-PEP for men who have sex with men, trans women

By Matt Tracy
Advocates hoist the Rainbow Flag on the first day of Pride Month.
Pride

Rainbow Flags fly at Stonewall National Monument for Pride Month

By Matt Tracy
The scene at Bronx Pride on June 17, 2023.
Pride

Bronx Pride festival and march scheduled for June 22

By Matt Tracy
State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (second from left) stands with representatives from Ryan Health at Ryan Chelsea-Clinton location on May 31.
Health

Hoylman-Sigal funds mpox vaccines for Pride Month at Ryan Health

By Matt Tracy
Tayy Dior Thomas of Alabama was killed on May 7.
Crime

Several transgender women killed across US in May

By Matt Tracy
The New Queens Pride float in 2023.
Pride

Guide to Pride in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island 

By Matt Tracy
Trailblazers Park in July of 2022.
New York State

Fire Island’s Trailblazers Park set to showcase 16 LGBTQ icons 

By Matt Tracy
Harvey Milk sits at Mayor George Moscone's desk in 1978.
History

On Harvey Milk Day, remember his New York roots

By Matt Tracy
Business

GLAAD report gives most social media platforms ‘F’ grade

By Matt Tracy
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.
Health

Council, non-profits sound alarm as city proposes $5 million cut to HIV/AIDS services

By Matt Tracy
Brighton Beach Pride's lead banner moves along the Riegelmann Boardwalk in southern Brooklyn.
Pride

Eighth annual Brighton Beach Pride March takes over southern Brooklyn

By Matt Tracy
Jane Abott Lighty (Left) and wife Pete-e Peterson (rght) were the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage License in the State of Washington in 2012.
Love & Marriage

Study outlines positive impact of 20 years of marriage equality in America

By Matt Tracy
Advocates at a 2020 rally to decriminalize sex work in New York.
Politics

Activists, lawmakers mount fresh push to decriminalize sex work in New York

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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