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

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New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan at the Health Department's offices in Long Island City, Queens, during a 2022 interview with Gay City News.
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City health commissioner discusses New York’s response to monkeypox

By Matt Tracy
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.
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Electeds demand action amid slow monkeypox vaccine rollout

By Matt Tracy
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City announces more monkeypox vaccine appointments

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City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan speaks alongside then-New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett (left) and Raj Panjabi, then the coordinator of the White House Pandemic Office (right), at an mpox press conference outside of the city's Harlem clinic on July 7, 2022.
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Health officials outline next steps in fight against monkeypox

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Mixed results for LGBTQ Democrats on primary election night

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Hochul approves inclusive ballot bill, trans equity fund

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US senators mount fresh push against FDA’s queer blood ban

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SCOTUS outrage fuels energetic Queer Liberation March

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Many thousands took over Fifth Avenue for the 30th annual Dyke March in 2022.
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Massive NYC Dyke March takes over Fifth Avenue

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Doctors say inclusivity, education key to LGBTQ healthcare

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Smithtown Library reverses ban on Pride displays, books

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LGBTQ members of Congress sound alarm over SCOTUS abortion decision

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Chelsea clinic offering monkeypox vaccine to LGBTQ men with multiple sex partners

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The scene in the Village during Pride Sunday in 2021.
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Look back at last year’s Pride festivities in New York City

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Brooklyn Ghost Project hosts Juneteenth event at Restoration Plaza

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NYC Pride 2022: Events planned throughout June’s final weekend

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Arts

  • Arkanoii Dante Guzman with their work, entitled, “Dissection of my Reflections." The Center hosts Transgender Day of Visibility art exhibition
  • New Directors/New Films will showcase out gay actor and writer John Early’s arch feature directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret” Several queer films set to screen at 55th annual New Directors/‌New Films festival
  • “The Serpent’s Skin," directed by Alice Maio Mackay, opens March 27 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Brooklyn. Q&A: Trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay on her horror film ‘Serpent’s Skin’
  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films

Crime

  • 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
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

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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