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

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Former NYC Anti-Violence Project executive director Beverly Tillery.
News

Anti-Violence Project fires executive director, pauses fundraising amid internal turmoil

By Matt Tracy
NYC Pride in 2018.

Seven grand marshals announced for NYC Pride 2024

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a host of elected officials gathered in November of 2023 to announce the Hate Crimes Modernization Act.
Politics

New York State approves bill to broaden hate crimes law

By Matt Tracy
The flyer for PrEP4All's No Pants Gala.
Health

PrEP4All to host ‘no pants’ fundraiser for HIV prevention advocacy

By Matt Tracy
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra
Health

Biden administration finalizes rule restoring LGBTQ healthcare protections

By Matt Tracy
Former soccer star Megan Rapinoe smiles while standing on a field.
Sports

Hundreds of athletes, academics, and groups tell NCAA to support trans athletes

By Matt Tracy
Legal

LGBTQ groups warn Supreme Court against ‘criminalizing homelessness’ in Oregon case

By Matt Tracy
Carl Nassib during his stint with the Browns.
Sports

Gay former NFL player Carl Nassib to announce Browns’ draft pick

By Matt Tracy
Washington, DC boasts the highest proportion of same-sex couples in the country but also ranks high for risk of flooding, heat waves, and strong winds, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
National

Same-sex couples face greater climate change risks, research shows

By Matt Tracy
Tee Arnold was 36 years old.
Crime

Answers sought in murder of Black trans man in Florida

By Matt Tracy
Spokesmodels and members of a PreP awareness campaign stand together at New Pride Agenda headquarters in Manhattan.
Health

PrEP campaign aims to boost awareness among trans New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy
Advocates band together to stand up for trans youth at a demonstration in 2023.
From the Editor

Do not normalize transphobia in New York

By Matt Tracy
Kawaski Trawick, a gay man, was shot to death by police in his Bronx home in 2019.
Crime

No punishment for cops in Kawaski Trawick case, NYPD says

By Matt Tracy
Former State Senator Thomas Duane speaks during a Community Board 5 meeting on April 11.
New York City

LGBTQ New Yorkers and electeds urge CB5 to condemn anti-trans education council resolution

By Matt Tracy
Trans and non-binary detainees at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility are accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement of mistreatment.
Legal

Trans and non-binary detainees accuse ICE of discrimination and mistreatment

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ to mobilize LGBTQ voters

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale
  • Denis Lambert, Luke Newton, Emily Skinner, Fady Demian and Catherine LeFrere in “House of McQueen." ‘House of McQueen’: A dazzling mix of biodrama and fashion
  • “The History of Sound,” directed by Oliver Hermanus, opens Sept. 12th. In ‘The History of Sound,’ love and music are drowned in grief
  • In “Sk+te’kmukue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)," an unresolved past trauma haunts an individual and his brother. Queer-themed films premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues

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