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

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Politics

Maloney concedes, but key firsts for LGBTQ candidates on election night

By Matt Tracy
Urvashi Vaid's partner, Kate Clinton, speaks at Vaid's memorial service on November 3.
Remembrance

Community celebrates the life and legacy of Urvashi Vaid

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul at the Stonewall Inn
Politics

Democrats hold pre-election rally at Stonewall

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
The late Melissa Núñez's picture on display at a vigil last month.
International

Melissa Nuñez, slain trans activist, remembered in Queens

By Matt Tracy
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From the Editor

LGBTQ rights and democracy are on the ballot

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney
Politics

LGBTQ candidates press forward in election’s final stretch

By Matt Tracy
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Gay City News Impact Awards

Join us at the 2022 Gay City News Impact Awards, presented by VillageCareMAX

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
Legal

TGNCNB working group issues recommendations for Manhattan DA

By Matt Tracy
Tyler Clementi UpStander Awards
Around Town

Tyler Clementi Foundation brings out the stars

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Health

White House launches COVID booster blitz

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

Hochul signs bill to steer resources to LGBTQ seniors

By Matt Tracy
Sports

Biden says he would meet with Putin to discuss Griner

By Matt Tracy
LGBTQ
Politics

Lawmakers, labor leaders tout funding for LGBTQ employment program

By Matt Tracy
Health

New York City broadens monkeypox vaccine eligibility

By Matt Tracy
Health

Activists call on Biden to step up monkeypox vaccination campaign

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Keith Powers is the lead sponsor of the housing bill.
Politics

Council bill aims to improve housing of TGNCNBI people in city custody

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • 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
  • "The Blue Trail," directed by Gabriel Mascaro, opened at Angelika Film Center April 3. Q&A: Director Gabriel Mascaro on dystopian drama ‘The Blue Trail’
  • An angel stands at the edge of the East River against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Angelic portraits explore the tender side of the male form at NYC’s queer landmarks

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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