Michael Luongo, Author at Gay City News

The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.”

The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages

By Michael Luongo

A promotion for Key West, Florida, at the 2026 New York Travel and Adventure Show.

Travel

Despite no LGBTQ pavilion, queer presence endures at NY Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo

A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025.

Religion

Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues

By Michael Luongo

New York State Tourism’s I ♥︎ NY rainbow heart at the New York Travel and Adventure Show.

Travel

From Thailand to Key West: LGBTQ highlights from the 2025 New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo

Chiara Mastroianni speaks to the press in New York City on Dec. 12.

Cinema

Actress Chiara Mastroianni reflects on father’s role as gay man in 1977 film ‘A Special Day’

By Michael Luongo

Mahmoud Hassino in Istanbul.

A Syria for everybody: Gay Syrian in exile reflects on the changes in his home country

By Michael Luongo

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum sings and dances with the congregation during the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Pride Shabbat on June 28, 2024 at Masonic Hall.

Religion

A Pride season retirement farewell to Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

By Michael Luongo

Crowds line the streets at NYC Pride in 2024.

PHOTOS: NYC Pride 2024

By Michael Luongo

Marchers on Fifth Avenue at New York City Pride on June 30, 2024.

Pride

War, rain, and rainbows at New York City Pride

By Michael Luongo

The Cover Girls were the main act at the Da Bronx Pride festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Pride

The Cover Girls and hometown crowds highlight Da Bronx Pride Festival

By Michael Luongo

L-R: Maria Sjödin, Outright International’s executive director; Billy Porter, recipient of the Outspoken Award; and Wilson Cruz, who received the Outspoken Award last year, at the Monday, June 3, 2024 Outright International Celebration of Courage Awards in New York City.

Pride, protests, and Porter: Outright International’s 2024 awards ceremony

By Michael Luongo

Author K. Marcus with the Passover book Frankenstein’s Matzah at the Rainbow Book Fair.

Books

Rainbow Book Fair draws full house at LGBT Center

By Michael Luongo

Gonzalo Fernandez of Spain’s National Tourist Office promotes the 2026 Gay Games in Valencia at the LGBTQ Pavilion at the New York Travel and Adventure Show, Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Travel

Travel in a troubled world: NY Travel & Adventure Show’s LGBTQ pavilion

By Michael Luongo

The Stonewall Hotel, an important nightlife venue along Oxford Street in the Darlinghurst neighborhood, Sydney’s main gay district.

Travel

Experiencing queer Sydney after World Pride

By Michael Luongo

From L-R, Mickey Mahoney, Lilly Wachowski, Samiya Bashir and Harper Zacharias on the red carpet at the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards in New York on Friday June 9, 2023.

Books

In midtown, glamorous Lammy Awards return to a sense of normalcy

By Michael Luongo

Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, and Blu Del Barrio of "Star Trek: Discovery" receive the Outspoken Award during the Outright International Courage Awards on June 5, 2023.

Outright International’s NYC fundraiser generates $1 million

By Michael Luongo

1 2

More from Around NYC

NY: Project Restore

After Bed-Stuy success, Brooklyn DA plans Project Restore expansion to Brownsville

Mayor Mamdani announces $2.17 million court judgment against notorious South Bronx landlord Seth Miller

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti Caucus demands answers from Trump admin on death of Haitian national in ICE detention

City Comptroller Mark Levine gets ready to speak about budget

Editorial | NYC spends too much money. It’s time to get things under control.