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Murvin, 33, left Jamaica for the United States last year.

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

Ellen Trawick, the mother of Kawaski Trawick, speaks at a press conference in lower Manhattan on Oct. 12.

Crime

Families escalate pressure on mayor, NYPD amid looming decision in Trawick case

By Matt Tracy

Kawaski Trawick, a gay man, was shot to death by police in his Bronx home in 2019.

Mayor speaks on Kawaski Trawick case as family and advocates rally near City Hall

By Matt Tracy

A documentary is revisiting the murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed 25 years ago this month.

Documentary to revisit Matthew Shepard’s death 25 years later

By Matt Tracy

Kawaski Trawick's mother, Ellen Trawick (left), with the family's attorney, Royce Russell (right), at NYPD headquarters on April 12.

From the Editor

Officers should be held accountable in Kawaski Trawick case

By Matt Tracy

Politics

Making history, Gavin Newsom names Laphonza Butler to US Senate

By Matt Tracy

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of the Ali Forney Center's new headquarters and drop-in center in Manhattan.

Youth

Ali Forney Center opens new HQ and drop-in center alongside GMHC

By Matt Tracy

Kawaski Trawick, a gay man, was shot to death by police in his Bronx home in 2019.

Crime

NYPD official recommends no punishment for cops in Kawaski Trawick case

By Matt Tracy

Maybelle Blair with Mets' co-owner Alex Cohen.

Sports

Mets honor lesbian baseball legend Maybelle Blair

By Matt Tracy

Soldiers of the California National Guard with fellow service members and veterans during San Diego Pride

Military

Military unveils outreach campaign to reverse dishonorable discharges from Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era

By Matt Tracy

The Food and Drug Administration's updated policy allows more men who have sex with men to donate blood.

Health

Blood banks call on LGBTQ people to donate amid shortages

By Matt Tracy

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