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

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Pride

NYC Pride unveils theme for 2024: ‘Reflect. Empower. Unite.’

By Matt Tracy
Attendees surround the Stonewall Inn during a vigil for Nex Benedict.
Activism

Hundreds mourn Nex Benedict at fiery Stonewall vigil

By Matt Tracy
The New York City Lunar New Year For All contingent.
New York City

Lunar New Year for All contingent marks Year of the Dragon

By Matt Tracy
The 2023 St. Pat's for All Banner.
News

St. Pat’s for All scheduled for March 3 in Sunnyside and Woodside

By Matt Tracy
Crime

Man guilty in Black transgender woman’s killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity

By James Pollard, AP/Report for America
Advocates and members of the Pride Center of Staten Island stand together in 2022 after applying unsuccessfully to march in the borough's St. Patrick's Day Parade.
New York City

New Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade to welcome LGBTQ groups

By Matt Tracy
Nex Benedict.
Crime

‘We must demand justice’: Non-binary teen’s death in Oklahoma sparks national attention

By Matt Tracy
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
Sports

Nassau County executive’s ban on trans athletes sparks outrage

By Matt Tracy
Ramzan Kadyrov is the mastermind behind the Chechen anti-LGBTQ purge.
From the Editor

The NYPD should stop playing games with anti-LGBTQ regimes

By Matt Tracy
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.
Religion

Archdiocese of New York criticizes Cecilia Gentili’s funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Matt Tracy
National

Despite many LGBTQ gamers, video games lack representation

By Matt Tracy
The Human Rights Campaign's headquarters in Washington, DC.
Youth

HRC report sheds light on experiences of Black LGBTQ youth

By Matt Tracy
Cecilia Gentili at an mpox-related demonstration in July of 2022.
Remembrance

Friends and family bid farewell to Cecilia Gentili at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Matt Tracy
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban visited Dubai after members of the department's emergency services unit traveled there earlier this year.
International

NYPD competed with anti-LGBTQ Chechen authorities in Dubai

By Matt Tracy
Steve Ostrow opened the Continental Baths in the basement of this building at 2109 Broadway.
Remembrance

Steve Ostrow, founder of NYC’s Continental Baths, dies at 91

By Matt Tracy
Television

GLAAD: Super Bowl commercials showed more LGBTQ representation, but still fell short

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • ‘Love’ begins a trilogy about changing ideas of romance
  • K. Kerimian with the original book bike. The Nonbinarian secures new wheels to replace ‘book bike’
  • 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

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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