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Matt Tracy

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

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Crime

Coney Island Man Speaks Out After Anti-Gay Attack

By Matt Tracy
The late Audre Lorde's residence is one of the 48 locations in the LGBT Historic Sites Project's Black History Month collection.
Cinema

Audre Lorde Biopic in the Works

By Matt Tracy
Former “Empire” actor Smollett arrives at court for the first full day of his trial in Chicago
Crime

Jussie Smollett Convicted of Staging Hate Crime

By Matt Tracy
At Strand Bookstore on Nov. 21, transgender athlete and activist Schuyler Bailar celebrates the paperback release of his book “He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters.”
Events

What to Do in Queer NYC December 9-12

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Crime

Transgender Woman Murdered in Oakland

By Matt Tracy
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International

Lawmakers Approve Marriage Equality in Chile

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Crime

Death of Trans Woman in Georgia Prison Leads to $2.2 Million Settlement

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Long Island Man Arrested for Threatening NYC Pride, LGBTQ Organizations

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Events

What to Do in Queer NYC December 2-5

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Suspect Pulls Knife, Hurls Anti-Gay Slurs in Chelsea

By Matt Tracy
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From the Editor

The Gender Issues Permeating PrEP

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Advocacy

Late Push to Nix Solitary Confinement in New York City

By Matt Tracy
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Youth

LGBTQ Homeless Youth Providers Praise Council for Easing Housing Barriers

By Matt Tracy
World AIDS Day at the New York City AIDS Memorial.
Events

Virtual, In-Person Events Planned for World AIDS Day

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Legal

James Joins Coalition of States Backing Trans Student in Florida Bathroom Case

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Broadway Stars Sing Swan Song for Late Stephen Sondheim

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Arts

  • “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
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present
  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis

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

  • 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
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly

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