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Matt Tracy

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

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A vigil at Corona Plaza on Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2022.
Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils planned across New York City

By Matt Tracy
Presenter Tabytha Gonzalez with "Pose" star Dominique Jackson.
Health

Callen-Lorde honors Dominique Jackson, Billy Bean, and New York Liberty

By Matt Tracy
Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman, pictured here during an mpox awareness event in 2022, is one of six out city lawmakers who won another two-year term on Nov. 7.
Politics

LGBTQ Council incumbents cruise to victory in sleepy general election

By Matt Tracy
Murvin, 33, left Jamaica for the United States last year.
International

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.
New York City

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.
Television

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
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Arts

  • The cast of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ reimagines a classic through a ballroom lens
  • 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

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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