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Matt Tracy

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

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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025.
Politics

Recapping the Trump administration’s early anti-trans executive orders

By Matt Tracy
President Donald Trump signs executive orders as White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf stands by in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025.
Education

Trump issues executive order aiming to erase transgender students in schools

By Matt Tracy
Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream after more than a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.
Sports

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream

By Matt Tracy
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025.
Health

Trump signs executive order targeting youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025.
Military

Trump bans trans troops yet again, prompting lawsuits and outrage

By Matt Tracy
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025.
Politics

State Department, Bureau of Prisons begin carrying out Trump’s transphobic agenda

By Matt Tracy
Karla Sofía Gascón attends the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, in Palm Springs, California, U.S., January 3, 2025.
Cinema

Karla Sofía Gascón becomes first out trans actress nominated for Academy Award

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

Now, more than ever, double down and stand up for our community

By Matt Tracy
Standing up for trans youth during the Jan. 18 People's March in New York City.
Activism

New Yorkers denounce Trump in counter-inauguration events across the city

By Matt Tracy
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
Politics

Trump attacks trans and non-binary Americans in dark inaugural speech

By Matt Tracy
Members of Griot Circle at the organization's space at 25 Flatbush Ave. prior to leaving the location in 2022.
Seniors

Griot Circle, hub for NYC’s LGBTQ older adults of color, returns home to downtown Brooklyn

By Matt Tracy
The modern-day version of Village People bears little resemblance to the original group, seen here in 1978.
Music

Village People, led by just one original member, to perform at Trump’s inauguration

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

Human Rights Campaign releases 2025 Corporate Equality Index

By Matt Tracy
A plane makes a drop as smoke billows from the Palisades Fire at the Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025.
National

New York’s queer bars promote fundraisers to support Los Angeles wildfire relief effort

By Matt Tracy
US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.
Politics

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels
Business

Meta guts hateful conduct policy, eliminates DEI programs in sweeping overhaul

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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