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

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Crime

Two Arrests in Murders of NYC Trans Women in Puerto Rico

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Pride

Can Somebody Really Claim Ownership of the Bisexual Pride Flag?

By Matt Tracy
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Health

SAGE Launches Citywide Survey of LGBTQ Seniors

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International

Moroccans Use Grindr Location Data to Out, Target Gay Men

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

A Donovan Richards Consultant’s Insensitive Rhetoric About Trans People

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Russian Attitudes Toward LGBTQ Folks Improving Slightly

By Matt Tracy
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Military

Sexual Harassment, Assault, Stalking More Prevalent for LGBTQ Soldiers

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Health

Pharma Company Jacks Up Price of Drug for People Living with HIV

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

New York City Trans Women Brutally Murdered in Puerto Rico

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Activism

LGBTQ Students Mark 25th Annual Day of Silence Virtually

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

Stonewall Endorses Salmon, Clarke, and LGBTQ Incumbents

By Matt Tracy
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Health

Borough Pride Centers Improvise to Serve During COVID Crisis

By Matt Tracy
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Remembrance

Remembering Lesbian Rights Pioneer Phyllis Lyon

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Health

Health Department Outlines Best Sex Practices in Coronavirus Era

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LGBTQ Centers, Strained by COVID, Ask Congress for Funding

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Pride

Coronavirus Wipes Out Pride Events Across Metro New York

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Arts

  • Qween Jean holds her Tony award while surrounded by attendees at the "Broadway is Trans" fundraiser. ‘Broadway is Trans’ fundraiser draws theater stars
  • “Something You Should Know About Me” is writer/director Andy Fidoten’s romcom about Al (EJ Marcus) a trans cartoonist with low self-esteem who heads out to a queer comics intensive (not “gay cartoon camp”) with his trans bestie, Jesse (Morgan Sullivan). 16 queer films at this year’s Tribeca Festival
  • “By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12. ‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later
  • Directed by Adam Shankman, "Stop! That! Train!" opens June 12. ‘Stop! That! Train!’ takes a campy ride on the Glamazonian Express
  • Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.Bronx Pride 2026: A guide to LGBTQ+ events across the borough

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 
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