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Matt Tracy

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

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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
Daniel O'Donnell represents Manhattan's District 69 in the New York State Assembly.
Politics

Assemblymember O’Donnell ordered to undergo retraining

By Matt Tracy
A collection of Rainbow Flags blow in the wind at Christopher Park.
Crime

Two more suspects arrested for vandalizing Rainbow Flags near Stonewall

By Matt Tracy
Donna Smith, Barbara Love's wife, speaks during the memorial at the LGBT Community Center.
Remembrance

Friends and activists remember Barbara Love at LGBT Center

By Matt Tracy
HIV/AIDS activists protest at Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office on Sept. 11 — roughly three weeks before a key deadline to renew PEPFAR funding.
Health

HIV/AIDS activists protest potential PEPFAR funding cuts at McCarthy’s office

By Matt Tracy
Downtown Ithaca, known as the Ithaca Commons, during winter.
New York State

Following state’s lead, Ithaca becomes a sanctuary city for gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
CEO George Arison and Grindr management are sparring with workers during a summertime unionization push.
Business

Grindr slashes staff amid labor issues, return-to-office policy

By Matt Tracy
Rutgers University–New Brunswick is the lone New Jersey school on Campus Pride's list of the most LGBTQ-friendly colleges in the nation.
Education

Northeast, midwest lead list of LGBTQ-friendly colleges; Florida, Texas excluded

By Matt Tracy
Sports

Carl Nassib, NFL’s first out gay player, announces retirement

By Matt Tracy
The Government of Canada's Foreign Affairs agency, which issued the travel warning, is based in The John G. Diefenbaker Building in Ottawa.

Canada warns LGBTQ travelers about traveling to the US

By Matt Tracy
Inside Christopher Park.
Crime

Man arrested for vandalizing Rainbow Flags near Stonewall

By Matt Tracy
Injectable PrEP, approved by the FDA in 2021 to prevent HIV, now has the backing of the US Preventive Services Task Force.
Health

Panel’s endorsement paves the way for insurance coverage of injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy
Makyyla Holland, 25, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Broome County Jail to implement policies for the treatment of LGBTQ people in custody.
Legal

Broome County Jail settles with trans woman, announces new LGBTQ guidelines

By Matt Tracy
Manuel Oliver and Paduay-Oliver (left) stopped in New York City on their tour against gun violence.
Activism

Gays Against Guns, parents of Parkland victim meet at NYC AIDS Memorial

By Matt Tracy
Politics

GOP presidential hopefuls assail trans rights at first Republican debate

By Matt Tracy
Former professional tennis player Rennae Stubbs, Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz, US Tennis Association chief of diversity, inclusion and equity Marisa Grimes, and Stonewall Inn co-owner Kurt Kelly.
Sports

US Open designated as an LGBTQ safe space

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • Daniel Craig in "Wake Up Dead Man." ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back
  • "Emolsa," from Lola Flash's "Unsung Fire Island" series. Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future
  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Perspectives

  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

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