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Matt Tracy

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

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Outside of Ginger's Bar during Brooklyn Pride in 2024.
National

Gallup: LGBTQ people now make up 9.3% of US population

By Matt Tracy
The LGBT Community Center is located at 207 W. 13th St. in Manhattan.
Legal

‘Our mission is under attack’: LGBTQ centers sue Trump administration over executive orders

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul.
Politics

LGBTQ clubs call on Hochul and state leaders to increase support for trans wellness fund, HIV/AIDS initiatives

By Matt Tracy
Sam Nordquist, 24, was staying at Patty's Lodge during the time leading up to his disappearance and death.
Crime

Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’

By Matt Tracy
A view of the Stonewall Inn from Christopher Park, which is also the home of the Stonewall National Monument.
New York City

New Yorkers protest after Trump administration scrubs transgender references from Stonewall National Monument’s website

By Matt Tracy
NYU Langone in February of 2025 after the hospital first started pulling back on gender-affirming care for youth in the aftermath of an executive order from President Trump.
Health

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s restrictions on youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
In September of last year, New York State Health Commissioner James McDonald signed an order allowing pharmacists to administer the mpox vaccine without requiring a prescription.
Health

New York State reports first case of new mpox strain

By Matt Tracy
Members of Caribbean Equality Project, seen here at the Phagwah Parade in 2023, are leading a "Black Future Tings" event on Feb. 22.
New York City

Caribbean Equality Project to host ‘Black Future Tings’ event in commemoration of Black History Month

By Matt Tracy
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, February 7, 2025.
Military

Hegseth begins implementing Trump’s ban on trans troops

By Matt Tracy
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams delivers remarks near NYU Langone on Feb. 6, 2025, after the hospital changed course on youth gender-affirming care in response to an executive order.
Health

‘Do not be complicit’: Pols speak out at NYU Langone after hospitals restrict gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order banning transgender girls and women from participating in women's sports, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2025.
Politics

Trump bans trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports 

By Matt Tracy
NYU Langone, pictured across the river, nixed appointments for youth seeking gender-affirming care, according to reports.
From the Editor

No time to waver on healthcare when trans youth are under attack

By Matt Tracy
New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Health

AG James warns providers after reports of two NYC hospitals halting youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
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
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Arts

  • London gay activists aid striking Welsh miners in "Pride The Musical." Pride sings at London’s National Theatre
  • "It Is Not Enough to See, One Must See Through to Find Truth" (2013), Emmett Wigglesworth. Exhibition explores esteemed Harlem incubator for artists
  • Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) in "Heartstopper Forever." ‘Heartstopper’ ends on a high note
  • Peter Hujar's (1934 – 1987) self-portraits at 189 Second Avenue, 1974. Peter Hujar exhibit at the Morgan: A love for outsiders
  • “Rosebush Pruning,” directed by Karim Aïnouz, opens July 24 at the Angelika Film Center. Gay filmmaker Karim Aïnouz on his new black comedy, ‘Rosebush Pruning’

Crime

  • People gather around flowers, mementos, and candles in Berlin, Germany on July 26 at the Brandenburg Gate, after a deadly incident in which a vehicle crashed into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on the evening of July 25. One dead, 29 injured in vehicle attack at Berlin Pride
  • The Bronx intersection where two suspects allegedly physically attacked an individual and voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks. Cops search for two suspects in anti-LGBTQ attack in the Bronx
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man sentenced to 20 years for killing O’Shae Sibley in homophobic gas station attack
  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade

Perspectives

  • James Dale and his partner, David Lam, at the NYC Pride March on June 28. Don’t let the parade pass you by
  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • 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

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