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

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Crime

Missouri’s HIV Criminalization Impacts Hundreds

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Homeless Trans Woman Murdered in Puerto Rico

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Pentagon-Funded Study Shows Troops’ Opposition to Transgender Ban

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Natural History Museum Parts Ways With Rebekah Mercer

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A Sudden Split in Albany Surrogacy Rights Push

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LGBT Center, Activists in Court to Dismiss #WalkAway Suit

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Doctor Alleges Homophobia at a Brooklyn Hospital

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More Transphobic Comments from Bloomberg Surface

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Gay Progressive Offers a Working Class Vision For Albany

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LGBTQs Again Banned From Staten Island St. Pat’s

By Matt Tracy
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Housing Works Union Supporters Look to National Labor Relations Board

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ADF Targets Trans Athletes in Connecticut Lawsuit

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

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Cuomo Restarts Campaign to Legalize Compensated Gestational Surrogacy

By Matt Tracy
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Brooklyn Community Pride Center Announces New HQ

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South Dakota Senate Kills Bill Barring Trans Youth Care

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Arts

  • “Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center. Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro
  • If America were handing out scores for the stories it chooses to remember, LGBTQ+ ballroom culture would earn a verdict without hesitation: tens across the board.Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History
  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections
  • solera_groupdancing_ps‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens

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

  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • 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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