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Michael Petrelis, here at Christopher Park, hopes to see more cameras around the Stonewall National Monument to monitor activity around the flagpole.
New York City

New campaign calls for cameras to monitor Rainbow Flag at Stonewall National Monument

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

NYU Langone shuts down youth gender-affirming care program

By Matt Tracy
The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10.
From the Editor

We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly

By Matt Tracy
Staten Island Councilmember David Carr, the only Republican member of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus, speaks at a stated meeting on Feb. 12.
Politics

LGBTQ Republicans stay silent on removal of Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at a news conference in New York, U.S. January 15, 1997 to announce an accord on the boycott of Mitsubishi Motors products and the company's work force diversity efforts.
Remembrance

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and LGBTQ ally, dies at 84

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

Trump administration sued over removal of Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer leads a press conference at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 15.
Politics

Schumer introduces bill to make Rainbow Flag permanent part of Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
The Rainbow Flag and American Flag at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 13.
New York City

Rainbow Flag continues to fly at Stonewall National Monument after defiant re-raising ceremony

By Matt Tracy
The Rainbow Flag stands tall at the Stonewall National Monument after activists re-raised it on Feb. 12.
Politics

Trump administration derides Stonewall National Monument flag-raising ceremony as ‘political stunt’

By Matt Tracy
Activists stand in front of the Rainbow Flag after re-installing it at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 12. From left to right: Josh Tjaden, Jay W. Walker, Assemblymember Alex Bores, and Lorelei Crean.
New York City

Defying Trump, activists re-install Rainbow Flag at Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chair Chi Ossé delivers remarks during a rally at the Stonewall National Monument flagpole on Feb. 12.
Politics

City and state lawmakers lead ‘Hands Off Our Flag’ rally at Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Gov. Kathy Hochul visit Christopher Park on Feb. 11.
Politics

‘Let’s just do it’: Governor Hochul visits Stonewall National Monument, calls on Trump to restore Rainbow Flag

By Matt Tracy
The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10.
National

Trump officials blast electeds’ plan to re-raise Rainbow Flag: ‘Trying to distract from their recent failures’

By Matt Tracy
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, a co-founder of New York Transgender Advocacy Group, speaks at a rally at Christopher Park on Feb. 10.
Activism

Advocates rally at Stonewall as electeds vow to raise Rainbow Flag once again

By Matt Tracy
The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument is seen on Feb. 10 after the Trump administration removed a Rainbow Flag.
Politics

City Council Speaker, LGBTQIA+ Caucus co-chairs urge Trump administration to restore Rainbow Flag at Stonewall

By Matt Tracy
Miss Simone (left) watches Shirley McKinney and Steven Love Menendez lift the Rainbow Flag up into the air at Christopher Park in 2022 — back when the Biden administration allowed the flag to go up, complete with black and brown stripes and the colors of the Trans Flag.
New York City

Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present
  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis
  • Angelo Madsen is the director of "A Body to Live In." Q&A: Trans director Angelo Madsen on Fakir Musafar and ‘A Body to Live In’

Crime

  • 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
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

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