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

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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
Maybelle Blair with Mets' co-owner Alex Cohen.
Sports

Mets honor lesbian baseball legend Maybelle Blair

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • The year 2026 marks the 115th anniversary of Tennessee Williams' birth.Tennessee Williams: Collaboration, Friendship, and Betrayal
  • “I Want Your Sex," directed by Gregg Araki, opens July 31. New queer cinema great Gregg Araki checks in on straight men in ‘I Want Your Sex’
  • Q&A: Andrew Ridgeley recalls historic 1985 tour in ‘WHAM! 10 Days in China’
  • “Jimmy," directed by Yashaddai Owens, opens July 31 at the IFC Center. ‘Jimmy’ recalls James Baldwin’s time in Europe
  • London gay activists aid striking Welsh miners in "Pride The Musical." Pride sings at London’s National Theatre

Crime

  • People gather around flowers, mementos, and candles in Berlin, Germany on July 26 at the Brandenburg Gate, after a deadly incident in which a vehicle crashed into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on the evening of July 25. One dead, 29 injured in vehicle attack at Berlin Pride
  • The Bronx intersection where two suspects allegedly physically attacked an individual and voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks. Cops search for two suspects in anti-LGBTQ attack in the Bronx
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man sentenced to 20 years for killing O’Shae Sibley in homophobic gas station attack
  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade

Perspectives

  • James Dale and his partner, David Lam, at the NYC Pride March on June 28. Don’t let the parade pass you by
  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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

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