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

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The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10.
Crime

Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police

By Matt Tracy
Brian Romero, seen here at a rally for trans youth on Jan. 10, is running for office in the 34th Assembly District.
Politics

Queer progressive Brian Romero vies for Queens Assembly seat

By Matt Tracy
Nurses make their demands clear on the picket line outside Mount Sinai on Jan. 12, 2026.
Health

State lawmaker warns against disruption to gender-affirming care during nurses’ strike

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

MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to The Trevor Project

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump visits a Ford production center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026.
Legal

New York and 11 states sue Trump administration for threatening to withhold funding over trans-inclusive policies

By Matt Tracy
CVS faced criticism after it initially avoided covering one of the latest forms of injectable PrEP.
Health

CVS now covering long-acting injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy
Cases of mpox in New York City in the final months of 2025.
Health

Mpox cases fall in NYC for second straight month

By Matt Tracy
Hudson Williams poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026.
Cinema

Queer representation and trans rights on stage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards

By Matt Tracy
Attendees hold a banner bearing the name of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a vigil for her in Seattle, Washington, U.S. January 8, 2026.
National

Renee Nicole Macklin Good’s wife speaks out after fatal ICE shooting

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025.
National

Survey shows how queer and trans people have changed their lives since 2024 election

By Matt Tracy
Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026.
Crime

‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis

By Matt Tracy
Advocates at a Union Square rally for trans youth on Feb. 8, 2024.
Youth

Union Square rally set for Jan. 10 as Supreme Court hears trans sports cases

By Matt Tracy
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sworn in by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Politics

Mamdani enters office with commitments to New York’s LGBTQ community

By Matt Tracy
State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal delivers remarks on Election Night after he was elected Manhattan borough president.
Politics

In State Senate farewell, Hoylman-Sigal recalls progress on LGBTQ rights

By Matt Tracy
Billy Porter.
Arts

Billy Porter ‘on the road to recovery’ after sepsis hospitalization

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
New York City

NYC to distribute $2 million in emergency funding to organizations serving transgender people

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Arts

  • Lambda Lounge and Club Lambda are owned by 2022 Impact Award winners Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon. Brooklyn-based Club Lambda set to permanently close
  • “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It," directed by Paris Barclay, opens Feb. 20 at Film Forum. ‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’ charts the rise and fall of a troubled gay musician
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland's latest release is called “Laughter In Summer." February LGBTQ music: Troye Sivan and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine. At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences
  • The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.” The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages

Crime

  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • 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

Perspectives

  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone

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