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Matt Tracy

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

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The Reclaim Pride Coalition's 2024 Queer Liberation March banner.
Pride

Thousands march to Battery Park in sixth annual Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy
President Joe Biden addresses the audience at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center.
Pride

President Biden, Elton John headline opening of Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center

By Matt Tracy
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has re-introduced The John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act.
Politics

Gillibrand reintroduces legislation to protect LGBTQ youth and families in foster care

By Matt Tracy
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan (middle).
Health

Adams administration reverses proposal to cut Health Department’s HIV/‌AIDS budget

By Matt Tracy
Marchers head down Seventh Avenue at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's 2021 Queer Liberation March.
Pride

Pride weekend: Drag March, Harlem Pride, Dyke March, NYC Pride, and Queer Liberation March

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

New York congressmembers to introduce resolution designating June 28 as ‘Stonewall Day’

By Matt Tracy
The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Bedford, New York.
Legal

State settles with trans man for $275k over abuse at Beford Hills Correctional Facility

By Matt Tracy
The damaged Rainbow Flags on the morning of June 14.
Crime

Rainbow Flags vandalized near Stonewall for second straight year

By Matt Tracy
Politics

ACLU outlines ‘roadmap’ to defending LGBTQ rights in a second Trump term 

By Matt Tracy
Ronald Porcelli is the new director of the NYC Unity Project.
Youth

Mayor Adams appoints new director of NYC Unity Project

By Matt Tracy
Representatives from the Ali Forney Center with State Senators Hoylman-Sigal and Brisport at Christopher Street Pier on June 11.
Youth

Ali Forney Center announces ‘historic’ agreement with ACS to protect LGBTQ youth

By Matt Tracy
The Prospect Park Women's Softball League marches along Fifth Avenue at Brooklyn Pride in 2024.
Pride

Thousands bring electrifying energy to Brooklyn Pride 

By Matt Tracy
Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun.
Pride

Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative hosts Pride kickoff fundraiser

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
The New York City subway’s Christopher St. 1 train station, seen here at an earlier date, is being renamed to the Christopher St.-Stonewall National Monument Station.
Politics

Late push in Albany for trans safe haven expansion, STI discrimination, and subway station renaming bills

By Matt Tracy
Destination Tomorrow's Sean Coleman delivers remarks at the City Council's Pride event in 2023.
News

Destination Tomorrow continues to expand with new DC location

By Matt Tracy
Health

CDC finalizes endorsement of doxy-PEP for men who have sex with men, trans women

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • “By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12. ‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later
  • Directed by Adam Shankman, "Stop! That! Train!" opens June 12. ‘Stop! That! Train!’ takes a campy ride on the Glamazonian Express
  • Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.Bronx Pride 2026: A guide to LGBTQ+ events across the borough
  • Walker Stovall, Star Amerasu, Mickey Gooch in "Silverback Mountain." ‘Silverback Mountain’: Chaos and kooks in the jungle
  • Qween Jean poses with the Best Costume Design of a Musical award for "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" during the 79th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 7, 2026. Qween Jean wins Tony Award for ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball,’ making trans history

Crime

  • 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
  • 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 charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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