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Matt Tracy

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

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Advocacy

Housing Works Staffers Protest Thrift Shop’s All-Volunteer Operation

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Business

TikTok Admits to Censoring LGBTQ Hashtags

By Matt Tracy
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Remembrance

Henry van Ameringen, Major Donor of LGBTQ Causes, Dies at 90

By Matt Tracy
Queens D.A. candidate Tiffany Caban leaves after voting in the Queens borough of New York City
Elections

Tiffany Cabán Launches Campaign for City Council in Queens

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after delivering remarks on immigration reform, accompanied by Senator Tom Cotton in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington
Elections

Trump’s New SCOTUS Wish List Laced with Anti-LGBTQ Bigots

By Matt Tracy
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Olympic Gold Medalist Caster Semenya Loses Appeal of Testosterone Rules

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Crime

Feds Bust Man for Bombing Gay Gym in New Jersey

By Matt Tracy
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New York City

Trans Woman Found at Bronx’s Orchard Beach Drowned

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

De Blasio’s Vagueness in Addressing Sex Work Decriminalization

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a listening session on the issue of regulating nicotine vaping and e-cigarettes in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington
Health

Another Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Transphobic Health Rule

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Early Release of US Marine Who Killed Trans Woman in Philippines Draws Fire

By Matt Tracy
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Transgender Woman Found Dead At the Bronx’s Orchard Beach

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Crime

City Settles Lawsuit in Layleen Polanco’s Rikers Island Death for $5.9 Million

By Matt Tracy
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Youth

Lawsuit Aims at Trump Halting Data on Native American, LGBTQ Foster Care Youth

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

Transphobia, Intolerance, Lies Front and Center at RNC

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New York State

Brooklyn’s East River State Park Renamed After Marsha P. Johnson

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Arts

  • L to R: Jon Bernthal (“Sonny”), Danny Johnson (“Mr. Eddy”), and Jessica Hecht (“Colleen”) in "Dog Day Afternoon." ‘Dog Day Afternoon’: A botched caper, a bold queer love story
  • 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

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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