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

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Politics

Gay Progressive Offers a Working Class Vision For Albany

By Matt Tracy
Carol Bullock and the Staten Island Pride Center stand in front of a door.
Advocacy

LGBTQs Again Banned From Staten Island St. Pat’s

By Matt Tracy
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Health

Housing Works Union Supporters Look to National Labor Relations Board

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

ADF Targets Trans Athletes in Connecticut Lawsuit

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

LGBTQ Groups to Lawmakers: Don’t Bail on Bail Reform

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

Cuomo Restarts Campaign to Legalize Compensated Gestational Surrogacy

By Matt Tracy
Debbie Brennan, then-president of Brooklyn Community Pride Center’s board of directors, and BFC Partners principal Don Capoccia sign a 30-year flanked by Wendy Stark, Christine Quinn, Floyd Rumohr, and Rachel Loeb in February of 2020.
Health

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Announces New HQ

By Matt Tracy
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Health

South Dakota Senate Kills Bill Barring Trans Youth Care

By Matt Tracy
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International

Mauritania Sentences Eight Partygoers to Prison for Dancing

By Matt Tracy
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Health

Amidst Pressure, ICE Temporarily Transfers Transgender Detainees

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

Virginia Legislature Approves LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Law

By Matt Tracy
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Elections

Bloomberg Pushed Classist Narrative About Trans Rights, Equality & the Midwest

By Matt Tracy
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History

Bayard Rustin Pardoned for Sodomy Conviction

By Matt Tracy
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Health

LGBTQ Community Rips Inflammatory State of the Union Speech

By Matt Tracy
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Crime

Upper East Side Gay Hook-Up Ends in Murder

By Matt Tracy
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Politics

Gay Marriage Traitor Monserrate Eyes Return to Albany

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Arts

  • "Diamonds," directed by Ferzan Özpetek, opens May 15 at the Angelika Film Center. Q&A: Filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek delivers an ode to women in new film ‘Diamonds’
  • Author Wendell Edward Carter promotes his novel, "Melting The Snow," about a Black gay man's journey towards embracing his identity.  Queer authors and bookworms converge at 14th annual New York Rainbow Book Fair
  • "Dancing On the Wall" is MUNA's first release since their self-titled 2022 album. May LGBTQ music: Isaiah Rashad’s ‘It’s Been Awful’ and MUNA’s ‘Dancing On the Wall’
  • AmberGray (Riff Raff), Juliette Lewis(Magenta), Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Columbia), and AndrewDurand (Brad) in "Rocky Horror." Roundabout’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ revival is the ultimate time warp
  • Paisley Fields dressing for the job they want‘Because I am country’: Paisley Fields challenges country music norms with raw songs and a deeply personal journey

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

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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