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

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High school students hold a memorial and vigil in Washington Square Park for trans people who have died in the past year.
Remembrance

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City

By Dashiell Allen & Matt Tracy
President Joe Biden described the murders of transgender individuals as "unacceptable" in a statement marking Transgender Day of Remembrance.
National

Biden marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Matt Tracy
Last year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan.
New York City

Petition blasts Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade over non-binary participants, ‘LGBTQ agenda’

By Matt Tracy
Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell during his campaign for public advocate in early 2019.
Politics

Daniel O’Donnell announces he will not seek re-election

By Matt Tracy
Maddox Guerilla works with organizations serving LGBTQ youth around the country and the world.
Youth

Youth advocates pave the way for the next generation of LGBTQ leaders

By Matt Tracy
Legal

Supreme Court denies Florida’s request to enforce anti-drag law during appeal

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.
From the Editor

The need for a sustained, coordinated front against hate

By Matt Tracy
At Corona Plaza in 2022, the faces of individuals lost too soon.
Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils planned across New York City

By Matt Tracy
Presenter Tabytha Gonzalez with "Pose" star Dominique Jackson.
Health

Callen-Lorde honors Dominique Jackson, Billy Bean, and New York Liberty

By Matt Tracy
Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman, pictured here during an mpox awareness event in 2022, is one of six out city lawmakers who won another two-year term on Nov. 7.
Politics

LGBTQ Council incumbents cruise to victory in sleepy general election

By Matt Tracy
Murvin, 33, left Jamaica for the United States last year.
International

Gay Jamaican immigrant navigates ‘hectic and scary’ quest for asylum in New York City

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson widely condemned for anti-LGBTQ record

By Matt Tracy
Che Flores has accumulated experience as a referee across the WNBA, NBA, and college basketball.
Sports

NBA referee comes out as trans and non-binary

By Matt Tracy
A banner promotes a PrEP awareness campaign targeting transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
Health

New PrEP awareness campaign targets trans and gender non-conforming New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy
Kiara St. James of New York Transgender Advocacy Group delivering remarks at the Christopher Street Pier during the 2023 National Trans Visibility March.
Advocacy

National Trans Visibility March sweeps through New York City

By Matt Tracy
Chyna Long, 30, was fatally shot at 89th and Dogwood St. in Milwaukee Oct. 18.
Crime

Black trans individuals killed in Milwaukee, DC, and Chicago

By Matt Tracy
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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

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

City Lore Announces New Exhibition LEGEN
Today, 6 pm

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

Déa Thatcher invites you to come out for
Today, 7 pm

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

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Verse4Verse: Drag Poetry Show
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Alec Mapa: Ha!
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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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