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Matt Tracy

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

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Monica Helms, creator of the Trans Flag, participates in a panel discussion at WorldPride 2025 in Washington.
International

Monica Helms, creator of Trans Flag, flees to Costa Rica with her wife

By Matt Tracy
Attorney Mary Bonauto of GLAD Law with Jim Obergefell outside the Supreme Court on June 26, 2015.
Legal

Mary Bonauto, trailblazing attorney in Obergefell case, maintains faith in marriage equality

By Matt Tracy
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was targeted by Tucker Carlson and Michael Knowles.
National

Tucker Carlson says Pete Buttigieg is ‘fake gay’

By Matt Tracy
The Stonewall Community Foundation, seen here at the NYC Pride March in 2025, is stepping up to fund more than a dozen LGBTQ organizations as part of its Reclaiming Our Power initiative.
National

Stonewall Community Foundation rolls out grants for LGBTQ organizations under ‘Reclaiming Our Power’ initiative

By Matt Tracy
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.
Crime

In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

By Matt Tracy
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Health

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

By Matt Tracy
Sasha Velour celebrates her new book, “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag,” at the New York Public Library in 2023.
Arts

Sasha Velour marks 10 years of ‘NightGowns’ with seven-show residency in NYC

By Matt Tracy
The New York State Education Building at 89 Washington Avenue in Albany.
Education

Trump administration demands New York, dozens of states nix trans-inclusive education materials

By Matt Tracy
Saint George Ukrainian Catholic Church, in New York City, is seen on August 15, 2025.
Religion

Less than half of LGBTQ Americans are religious: Pew

By Matt Tracy
U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025.
Crime

Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles

By Matt Tracy
A general view shows the CVS Health Finance Center at CVS headquarters of CVS Health Corp in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. October 30, 2023.
Health

CVS avoids covering twice-yearly injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
Politics

City Council bolsters training and transparency for LGBTQ care, but gay Republican votes ‘no’

By Matt Tracy
Standing together for trans rights on Transgender Day of Visibility
National

Report: 2.8 million transgender people 13 years and older in the US

By Matt Tracy
The Queer Urban Orchestra's artistic director and conductor David Bloom and general manager Brian Shaw.
Music

Queer Urban Orchestra creates ‘a place for us’ among LGBTQ musicians and allies

By Matt Tracy
The crowd at New York City Black Pride's block party at W. 127th St. in Harlem on Aug. 17.
Pride

Lively block party caps 38th annual NYC Black Pride

By Matt Tracy
The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day.
Crime

DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack

By Matt Tracy
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Arts

  • 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
  • Angelo Madsen is the director of "A Body to Live In." Q&A: Trans director Angelo Madsen on Fakir Musafar and ‘A Body to Live In’
  • Anjimile's “You’re Free To Go” debuts March 13. March LGBTQ music: Morrissey’s ‘Make-up Is a Lie’ and Anjimile’s ‘You’re Free To Go’
  • Eloy Pohu in "Enzo." Overview of LGBTQ-themed films at Rendez-vous with French Cinema
  • Andy (Jake Mosser) and Luis (Euriamis Losada) in “Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!" Q&A: Director Todd Stephens on the re-release of ‘Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!’

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

  • 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
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

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