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Matt Tracy

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

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Heritage of Pride's banner leads the 2024 NYC Pride march.
Pride

NYC Pride loses sponsors, scales back events amid DEI backlash

By Matt Tracy
Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21.
Crime

Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme

By Matt Tracy & Heather Cassell
Councilmember Erik Bottcher and more than a dozen other elected officials from Manhattan signed a letter blasting "ongoing dysfunction" at Community Education Council District 2.
Education

Community Education Council accused of obstructing votes on trans resolutions

By Matt Tracy
K. Kerimian with the original book bike.
Books

The Nonbinarian secures new wheels to replace ‘book bike’

By Matt Tracy
Matthew Kuriloff, associate executive director at East End Disability Associates, worked on a campaign to create LGBTQ-inclusive trainings for direct support professionals.
New York State

New York’s fight for pay parity and inclusion for direct support professionals

By Matt Tracy
Stonewall House, a residence for LGBTQ older adults, is based in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.
Seniors

Report suggests pathways to sustainable, lower-cost housing for LGBTQ older adults

By Matt Tracy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the U.S., appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.
Religion

Queer Catholics cautiously welcome Pope Leo XIV

By Matt Tracy
Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.
Military

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement trans military ban

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

Reclaim Pride Coalition announces 2025 Queer Liberation March route

By Matt Tracy
The State Capitol building in Albany.
Politics

New York State Senate committee approves anti-trans sports bill

By Matt Tracy
Kei Williams (center) surrounded by the New Pride Agenda team during a rally in Albany in February.
New York State

Kei Williams, New Pride Agenda’s new executive director, embraces statewide vision

By Matt Tracy
Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024.
Events

Latine LGBTQ arts festival Fuerza Fest returning for 10th edition

By Matt Tracy
A previous job fair hosted by the Office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.
Events

Inclusive job fair slated for May 6 at Bronx Borough Hall

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
From the Editor

Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections

By Matt Tracy
Candidates speak during an LGBTQ mayoral forum at The Church of the Village on March 27.
Politics

LGBTQ Democratic clubs roll out primary endorsements for mayor and other races

By Matt Tracy
Marti Gould Cummings fires up the audience at a demonstration near Stonewall in February.
Pride

NYC Pride announces five grand marshals for 2025

By Matt Tracy
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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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