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Matt Tracy

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

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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
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
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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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