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

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An individual holds a sign that reads: "My wedding is in 2 days. Thank you for the best gift ever." The sign features a New York Liberty championship ring. The subject is smiling while surrounded by the crowd.
Love & Marriage

Pew: Majority of LGBTQ Americans want to get married someday

By Matt Tracy
Upon entering Oberon, patrons are greeted by a collection of mirrors and a sign introducing the space.
Nightlife

Oberon, a new queer cocktail bar, opens in Williamsburg 

By Matt Tracy
Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.
Legal

In long-shot bid, Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage

By Matt Tracy
Two US Air Force members and a Hellenic air force member ramp surf on a C-130J Super Hercules over Athens, Greece, during an exercise on May 2, 2025.
Military

Air Force denies retirement benefits for trans troops

By Matt Tracy
The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025.
Crime

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

By Matt Tracy
Ace's Place, a new transitional housing program for trans New Yorkers, opened this summer in Long Island City, Queens.
New York City

New transitional housing program for transgender New Yorkers opens in Long Island City

By Matt Tracy
Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives.
Crime

Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan

By Matt Tracy
Lee Soulja-Simmons, speaks to the crowd at the 2023 Heritage Awards at the Brooklyn Museum, which was part of that year's NYC Black Pride calendar.
Pride

Guide to NYC Black Pride 2025: Exhibitions, block party, health conference, and more

By Matt Tracy
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.
Health

New York City sees seasonal increase in mpox cases

By Matt Tracy
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Legal

New York and 15 other states sue Trump over attacks on youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
Chappell Roan performs at the 2024 Governor's Ball, where she debuted her new song, "The Subway."
Music

‘The Subway’ arrives: Chappell Roan drops music video for NYC-inspired breakup ballad

By Matt Tracy
A general view of the LA28 commemorative coins and Paris 2024 to LA 2028 handover medallions during the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony at The Broadmoor.
Sports

US Olympic & Paralympic Committee bans trans athletes

By Matt Tracy
Andry Hernandez Romero, who was held for months in an El Salvador prison after the US alleged he was a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, talks with friends at his home following his release, in Tachira, Venezuela July 23, 2025.
International

Andry Hernández Romero, gay asylum seeker, released from notorious prison in El Salvador

By Matt Tracy
Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth.
Health

Clinicians call on Hochul to approve shield law to protect youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Mike Lawler of New York speaks in Washington on July 17 during a press conference to support the LGBTQ hotline.
National

‘Unfathomable’: Trump administration ends LGBTQ youth suicide hotline

By Matt Tracy
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025.
National

Federal government restores $6.2 million in funding for LGBTQ non-profits

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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