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Matt Tracy

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

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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
Politics

Statehouses and AGs continue attacks on trans Americans

By Matt Tracy
Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024.
Remembrance

‘She always showed up’: Hundreds memorialize Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan

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

Cecilia Gentili, longtime advocate for trans people, immigrants, and sex workers, dies at 52

By Matt Tracy
Music

Boygenius’ big night, Tracy Chapman’s performance highlight 2024 Grammys

By Matt Tracy
Marsha P. Johnson State Park is one of the 48 locations included in the NYC LGBT Historic Sites' Black History Month collection.
History

Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month

By Matt Tracy
The Reclaim Pride Coalition's Jay W. Walker leads a town hall meeting about the 2024 Queer Liberation March at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan on Jan. 26.
Pride

Reclaim Pride Coalition weighs route, theme of 2024 Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
The Skaneateles Central School District is located at 45 East Elizabeth Street in Skaneateles.
Education

Mother backed by anti-trans legal group sues New York school over parental notification policy

By Matt Tracy
TC Wheelers in Tonawanda, New York.
Legal

Western New York pizzeria ordered to pay $25k for discriminating against trans worker

By Matt Tracy
State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
Politics

New York updates heteronormative rape law to include oral, anal sexual contact

By Matt Tracy
The Cherry Grove Community House and Theater.
Theater

Second annual New York Transgender Film Festival set for September

By Matt Tracy
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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Tomorrow, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

Heightened Scrutiny (Sundance 2025) foll
Tomorrow, 7 pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As
Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film

Factory Reset www.factoryreset.club A Ra
July 24, 10 pm

Factory Reset: A Rave for the Dolls, Theys & Gays
Cmon everybody

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
July 25, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

City Lore Announces New Exhibition LEGEN
July 25, 6 pm

Legendary Looks: Preserving our Legacy Exhibit on House Ballroom
City Lore Gallery

Déa Thatcher invites you to come out for
July 25, 7 pm

TransVolution, folk-punk playlist featuring Déa Thatcher
The Powerhouse Arena

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Arts

  • Four men stand together on a beach while facing the sun. Q&A: Charles Busch reflects on ‘Psycho Beach Party’ 25 years later
  • Josh Sharp stands on stage with his name printed on screen behind him in rainbow colors. ‘ta-da!’ review: A heartfelt romp full of magic and mayhem
  • Bella Ramsey speaks to reporters. A person in a suit is standing in the background. Primetime Emmy nominations feature LGBTQ representation
  • McKenzie Kurtz (Heather Chandler), Lorna Courtney (Veronica Sawyer), Elizabeth Teeter (Heather McNamara), and Olivia Hardy (Heather Duke) in "Heathers The Musical." ‘Heathers the Musical’ is bursting with talent, but questions remain
  • Jason Patel and Ben Hardy in "Unicorns." Q&A with ‘Unicorns’ actors Jason Patel and Ben Hardy

Crime

  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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