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Matt Tracy

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

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Assemblymember Deborah Glick, the first out member of the State Legislature, addresses the crowd during a protest near the Stonewall Inn in February of 2025.
Politics

Deborah Glick, first out New York State lawmaker, won’t run for re-election

By Matt Tracy
Students take the L train on their first day back to school on Sept 4.
National

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

By Matt Tracy
Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa are set to face off in the general election in November.
News

How the NYC mayoral candidates compare on LGBTQ issues

By Matt Tracy
Miss Major participates as a grand marshal in the 2024 NYC Pride March.
Remembrance

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall veteran and longtime trans activist, dies at 78

By Matt Tracy
The trajectory of mpox cases in New York City so far this year.
Health

NYC mpox cases increase again in September, surpassing 2025 monthly high

By Matt Tracy
Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell.
Politics

Bottcher raises $683k in first 24 hours after announcing potential Congressional bid

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Erik Bottcher speaks at a Sept. 30 rally against the Trump administration's anti-trans funding cuts.
Politics

Denouncing Trump, Bottcher explores bid for Congress in race to replace Nadler

By Matt Tracy
A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court begins new term with decisions looming on conversion therapy, trans sports participation

By Matt Tracy
FBI Director Kash Patel gestures as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025.
National

Report: FBI agent fired for displaying Rainbow Flag on desk

By Matt Tracy
The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City.
From the Editor

Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms

By Matt Tracy
Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives.
Crime

Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband

By Matt Tracy
Kei Williams, the executive director of New Pride Agenda, delivers remarks on the steps of The Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan on Sept. 30.
Politics

Advocates rally against Trump administration’s anti-trans funding cuts in NYC

By Matt Tracy
Global Black Gay Men Connect's survey will remain open through November.
Health

Survey seeks feedback from Black gay and trans respondents on long-acting PrEP

By Matt Tracy
Lynn Faria will be the next CEO of SAGE.
Seniors

Lynn Faria named next CEO of SAGE, succeeding Michael Adams

By Matt Tracy
US President Donald Trump talks to the press as he departs the South Lawn of the White House for the U.S. Open, in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2025.
Education

Trump administration cuts millions in education funding from NYC and other cities over trans-inclusive policies

By Matt Tracy
Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, a military veteran, delivers remarks.
New York City

In My Mind Conference set to bring attention to veterans and 2SLGBTQIA+/SGL Indigenous, Black and people of color

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • 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
  • "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’

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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