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

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The crystal Gay City News Impact Awards at last year's gala.
Gay City News Impact Awards

Nominations open for 2024 Gay City News Impact Awards

By Matt Tracy
The Trevor Project's CEO, Jaymes Black.
Youth

The Trevor Project hires Jaymes Black as new CEO

By Matt Tracy
Jason Collins at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28.
Sports

‘Pure love’: A decade later, Jason Collins reflects on historic NBA career and offers advice for athletes

By Matt Tracy
Health

White House issues follow-up statement after criticism over position on gender-affirming care for youth

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul signs legislation on June 28, 2024, in Greenwich Village.
Health

Hochul signs package of HIV/AIDS bills, rolls out funding for Harlem LGBTQ Center

By Matt Tracy
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
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Arts

  • “Jimmy," directed by Yashaddai Owens, opens July 31 at the IFC Center. ‘Jimmy’ recalls James Baldwin’s time in Europe
  • 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

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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