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

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Cecilia Gentili at an mpox-related demonstration in July of 2022.
Remembrance

Cecilia Gentili, longtime advocate for trans people, immigrants, and sex workers, dies at 52

By Matt Tracy
Music

Boygenius’ big night, Tracy Chapman’s performance highlight 2024 Grammys

By Matt Tracy
Marsha P. Johnson State Park is one of the 48 locations included in the NYC LGBT Historic Sites' Black History Month collection.
History

Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month

By Matt Tracy
The Reclaim Pride Coalition's Jay W. Walker leads a town hall meeting about the 2024 Queer Liberation March at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan on Jan. 26.
Pride

Reclaim Pride Coalition weighs route, theme of 2024 Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
The Skaneateles Central School District is located at 45 East Elizabeth Street in Skaneateles.
Education

Mother backed by anti-trans legal group sues New York school over parental notification policy

By Matt Tracy
TC Wheelers in Tonawanda, New York.
Legal

Western New York pizzeria ordered to pay $25k for discriminating against trans worker

By Matt Tracy
State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
Politics

New York updates heteronormative rape law to include oral, anal sexual contact

By Matt Tracy
The Cherry Grove Community House and Theater.
Theater

Second annual New York Transgender Film Festival set for September

By Matt Tracy
Elisa Crespo, seen here in January of 2024 during her time with New Pride Agenda, cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of a drop-in space in Manhattan.
New York City

New Pride Agenda opens drop-in space with resources for LGBTQ New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy
Rabbi Rachel Timoner, the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn.
Religion

Lesbian rabbi guides congregation through ‘hardest moment’

By Matt Tracy
Cinema

Colman Domingo, Jodie Foster highlight queer Oscar nods

By Matt Tracy
Brent Sikkema, 75, who was killed in Brazil, made a name for himself in New York's art scene.
Crime

Man arrested in stabbing murder of NYC art dealer Brent Sikkema

By Matt Tracy
TLDEF executive director Andy Marra and NCTE executive director Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen will lead a new organization called Advocates for Trans Equality.
Legal

TLDEF and NCTE to merge into one political and legal powerhouse for trans rights

By Matt Tracy
Television

LGBTQ honorees uplift trans rights at 75th Emmy Awards

By Matt Tracy
The Bohemian National Hall is located on the Upper East Side at 321 E. 73rd St.
New York City

Manhattan venue doubles down amid anger over planned Moms for Liberty event

By Matt Tracy
SAGE CEO Michael Adams.
Seniors

Survey on LGBTQ older adults open until Jan. 31

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • Arlo Parks' latest release, "Ambiguous Desire," delivers an introspective version of dance music. April LGBTQ music: Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ and Gay Meat’s ‘Blue Water’
  • The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division's space at the LGBT Community Center. ‘We can’t let that go’: Hive Mind Books looks to save the last queer bookstore in Manhattan
  • TransArtFest_040226-2New York City’s first Trans Art Fest showcases, connects and empowers trans artists
  • “The Christophers,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, opens April 10. ‘The Christophers’: Intrigue swirls around an aging queer painter
  • "The Stranger," directed by François Ozon, opened April 3 at the Angelika and Film at Lincoln Center. In ‘The Stranger,’ gay director François Ozon adapts a classic French novel

Crime

  • 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
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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