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Matt Tracy

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

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Books

New Chapter in J.K. Rowling’s Book of Transphobia

By Matt Tracy
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Health

For COVID-19, Health Department Brings Back the Glory Hole

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

Repeal of Walking While Trans Ban Clinches State Senate Votes

By Matt Tracy
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Dover
Elections

Biden Campaign Ramps Up LGBTQ Outreach

By Matt Tracy
The Stonewall Inn.
Pride

Weekend Scenes: A Protest, and Then On To The Stonewall

By Matt Tracy
Inaugural Queens Pride
Pride

Virtual Queens Pride Shines Spotlight on History

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

Bronx DA Declines Charges in Layleen Polanco’s Death, Then Deadnames Her

By Matt Tracy
Brooklyn Pride
Pride

Virtual Pride Festivities on Tap in Queens, Brooklyn

By Matt Tracy
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Religion

Faith Leaders Denounce Trump’s Racism

By Matt Tracy
Ron Simmons
Remembrance

Ron Simmons, DC AIDS Leader Dedicated to Social Services, Dies at 70

By Matt Tracy
Walking While Trans rally
Legal

“Walking While Trans” Ban Repeal Momentum Grows

By Matt Tracy
Tuesday March from Foley through to Washington Square Park and points north.
Legal

Cops Turn Violent on Queer Protesters in Manhattan

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

Federal Judge Warns Idaho Against Banning Birth Certificate Changes

By Matt Tracy
Officials hold a Federal Commission on School Safety meeting at the White House in Washington
Sports

Trump Vows to Pull Funding From Schools Backing Trans Athletes

By Matt Tracy
RUSA LGBT Brighton Pride
Pride

RUSA LGBT Leads Virtual Brighton Beach Pride on YouTube Live

By Matt Tracy
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Pride

Hoylman: Replace “Corporate Pride” With Protests Against Police Brutality, Racism

By Matt Tracy
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The Second Annual Empowerment Awards
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Radicant Productions presents Escalation
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This four-week performance workshop is d
Tomorrow, 8 am

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Superstar Open Set
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SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
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Arts

  • “Cactus Pears,” directed by Rohan Kanawade, opens Nov. 21 at the IFC Center. Q&A: Director Rohan Kanawade on his gay Indian romantic drama ‘Cactus Pears’
  • Lea Delaria kicked off her monthly residency at the Stonewall Inn this month. Comedian Lea DeLaria begins monthly residency at Stonewall Inn
  • Maraluisa Ernst’s “A Place of Absence” speaks from the family history of the director, who is queer and non-binary. DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates
  • Michael Urie in "Richard II." A powerful ‘Richard II’: Michael Urie brings insight, depth, and passion to Shakespeare
  • An exhibit on display offers highlights from New York City's drag history, as chronicled in the book, “The Drag Queens of New York," by Julian Fleisher. Exhibit recalls the ‘sleazy goodness’ behind the East Village’s drag history

Crime

  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

Perspectives

  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives

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