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Matt Tracy

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

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Rickie Trawick and Ellen Trawick, the parents of Kawaski Trawick, standing outside NYPD headquarters on April 24, 2023.
New York City

Police officers in Kawaski Trawick case begin NYPD disciplinary trial

By Matt Tracy
The Reclaim Pride Coalition's 2021 Queer Liberation March.
Pride

Reclaim Pride unveils theme for fifth annual Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy
Politics

House Republicans pass anti-trans sports bill

By Matt Tracy
Kawaski Trawick was 32 years old when he was killed in his apartment.
Crime

Trawick family blasts reports of dropped charge against officers before disciplinary trial

By Matt Tracy
Health

Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors, adults

By Summer Ballentine and Heather Hollingsworth, AP
Congressmember Adriano Espaillat cuts the ribbon at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan on April 12.
Health

H+H opens Pride Health Center at Metropolitan Hospital

By Matt Tracy
Kawaski Trawick's mother, Ellen Trawick (left), with the family's attorney, Royce Russell (right), at NYPD headquarters on April 12.
New York City

Four years later, Kawaski Trawick’s family demands accountability at NYPD HQ

By Matt Tracy
Mitch Kellaway (right), then the publisher of Transgress Press, with brother Owen at the 2014 Rainbow Book Fair.
Books

Rainbow Book Fair slated to return after two years off

By Matt Tracy
Health

Anti-trans laws imperil gender-affirming care for 140k+ youth

By Matt Tracy
The scene in the Village during Pride Sunday in 2021.
Health

New York State LGBTQ survey reveals demographic trends, health disparities

By Matt Tracy
Beyonce Karungi speaks in front of Uganda House.
International

From New York, advocates condemn Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill

By Matt Tracy & Adrian Childress
Legal

Supreme Court rules in favor of trans athlete in West Virginia

By Matt Tracy
The panelists as seen during a discussion about the recent federal court ruling's impact on the Affordable Care Act's preventative care requirements.
Health

New York leaders warn ACA preventative care ruling threatens access to care

By Matt Tracy
A Pride event at Yeshiva University in 2019.
From the Editor

Time to recognize the YU Pride Alliance

By Matt Tracy
Gilbert Baker's "DON'T BUY TRUMP'S LIES" banner crosses the street.
Crime

LGBTQ activists barnstorm Manhattan for Trump’s arrest

By Matt Tracy
The 2023 arrest of Robert Demaio in connection with the death of John Umberger.
Crime

Two men arrested in string of gay nightlife deaths

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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