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Michael Shirey

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Events

What to Do in Queer NYC October 17-20

By Michael Shirey
Kyle Anderson (pictured) and Lena Green founded Doable Guys to fill a gap they saw in New York’s drawing scene.
Arts

Where art intersects voyeurism: Kyle Anderson on not-so-guilty pleasures, doable guys, and homoerotic art

By Michael Shirey
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Events

What to do in queer NYC Sept. 26-29

By Michael Shirey
The 10th annual Queer Zine Fest returns to the Bureau on Sept. 21 featuring over 60 zine creators.
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What to do in Queer NYC Sept. 19-22

By Michael Shirey
Urban Bear NYC is marking its 16-year anniversary with a Bears Ahoy sunset cruise on Sept. 13.
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What to do in queer NYC Sept. 12-15

By Michael Shirey
A view of the lower Manhattan skyline on a cloudy overcast day.
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What to Do in Queer NYC Sept. 5-8

By Michael Shirey
Empire State Building lit up in Rainbow Colors
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What to do in queer NYC Aug. 22-25

By Michael Shirey
The exhibitor hall in the grand ballroom at Flame Con 2022.
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What to do in queer NYC Aug. 15-18

By Michael Shirey
Rainbow Flags near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York.
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 What to Do in Queer NYC Aug 8-11

By Michael Shirey
Empire State Building lit up in rainbow colors.
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What to Do in Queer NYC July 25-July 28

By Michael Shirey
Rainbow Flags at Christopher Park.
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What to do in queer NYC July 18-21

By Michael Shirey
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What to Do in Queer NYC July 11-14

By Michael Shirey
Rainbow Flags at Christopher Park.
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What to do in queer NYC July 3-7

By Michael Shirey
Having fun near Stonewall on Pride Sunday in 2021.
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What to Do in Queer NYC June 27-30

By Michael Shirey
NYC Pride balloons
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What to do in queer NYC June 20-23

By Michael Shirey
Soaking in Pride Sunday from above in June of 2022.
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What to Do in Queer NYC June 13-16

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Arts

  • Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins, at Stage 422 at 422 W. 42nd St., runs through the end of the month in New York City. The great escape: ‘Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins’ takes New York
  • Ethel Cain's “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” debuted August 8. August LGBTQ music: Ethel Cain and Water From Your Eyes
  • Morgan Bassichis in "Can I Be Frank?" ‘Can I Be Frank?’: Solo show honors a comic queer pioneer
  • A man and a woman's faces are close together in a black and white scene in “Who Killed Teddy Bear," directed by Joseph Cates, opens Aug. 8 at the Film Forum. “Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum
  • Chappell Roan performs at the 2024 Governor's Ball, where she debuted her new song, "The Subway." ‘The Subway’ arrives: Chappell Roan drops music video for NYC-inspired breakup ballad

Crime

  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • 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. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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