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

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News

Pair of Shootings Target Black Transgender Women in Pennsylvania

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

Rod Townsend Exits Queens City Council Race, Endorses Tiffany Cabán

By Matt Tracy
U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland
Politics

Proud Boys, Fired Up By Trump, Tied to Transphobia, Racism, and Misogyny

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Grindr Date Murdered With Machete in the Bronx

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Black Transgender Woman Shot to Death Near Kansas City

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Hate Crime Indictment in Far Rockaway Homophobic Fatal Stabbing

By Matt Tracy
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Honorees Shine at 2020 Gay City News Impact Awards

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

“Counting All Queens” Race Aims at Boosting LGBTQ Census Responses

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

Corey Johnson Drops Out of 2021 Mayoral Race

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Legal

Why Haven’t Stewart-Cousins, Heastie Moved Walking While Trans Repeal?

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Crime

Bronx LGBTQ Community Denounces Defacing of Mural in Norwood

By Matt Tracy
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Education

Trump Vows to Block Desegregation Funds for Schools Welcoming Trans Athletes

By Matt Tracy
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Television

“Saturday Night Live” Adds First Out Black Lesbian Cast Member

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

Anxious About November 3? Here’s How You Can Help

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Family Seeks Answers After Black Trans Woman’s Death in Brooklyn

By Matt Tracy
LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
Elections

Transgender State Senate Candidate Wins Primary in Delaware

By Matt Tracy
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June 24, 7 pm

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Arts

  • Billy Porter and Les Cagelles in "La Cage Aux Folles." “La Cage” returns at City Center, offering a new look at a now-classic musical
  • If “Leviticus” becomes a hit, one hopes that it might create space for further queer voices in horror. ‘Leviticus’: Gay teenagers battle amonster created by homophobia
  • “Maddie’s Secret,” directed by John Early, is running at IFC Center. Maddie’s Secret’: A campy yet sincere drag melodrama
  • Alice Kremelberg, director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, playwright Victoria Lynne Barclay, and Colby Minifie. ‘Camping’: Love and repression in an intimate tent setting
  • Myra Molloy as Sonya and Maya Da Costa as Coley in “Girls Like Girls." In ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko turns from sapphic pop star to filmmaker, telling the same story

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • 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

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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

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