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Steve Erickson

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Music

Joy and heartbreak in June’s music

By Steve Erickson
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“Love, Victor” makes a statement in third season

By Steve Erickson
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Terence Davies’ “Benediction” highlights a wartime poet

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“Neptune Frost” brings sci-fi beyond the gender binary

By Steve Erickson
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Bertrand Mandico’s “After Blue” prioritizes style over substance

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May Music Roundup: Syd, Gloria Groove, and 700 Bliss

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“North By Current” Chronicles a Trans Man’s Homecoming

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“Montana Story”: A Death in the West

By Steve Erickson
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“Crush” Depicts Queer Youth with Positivity

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Orville Peck Is a Masked Man Riding a Bigger Horse

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Traveling Through Generations

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“Poppy Field” Illustrates the Violent Self-Denial of a Gay Cop

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“Feast” Revisits a Dark Chemsex Crime Story

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“How to Survive a Pandemic” Praises Scientists, Denounces Greed

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March LGBTQ Music: Heavee, Guerilla Toss, and Hurray for the Riff Raff

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First Look at a Changing World

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Arts

  • “Our Land," directed by Lucrecia Martel, opens May 1 at Film Forum. ‘Our Land’ investigates the injustices of Argentina’s history
  • David Tag (as Jake), left, with Benji (as Lloyd Eyre-Morgan) in "Departures." Q&A: Director Lloyd Eyre-Morgan on love, trauma, and intimacy in ‘Departures’
  • The stage at the Publishing Triangle’s 38th annual awards ceremony at the New School. ‘Every book is an act of resistance’: Publishing Triangle’s annual awards ceremony honors LGBTQ books and authors
  • The "Sakia, Sakia, Sakia, Sakia" mural along the McCarter Highway painted by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in memory of Sakia Gunn in 2016 as a part of the Newark Downtown District’s Gateways to Newark initiative, “Portraits.” Fourth annual Newark LGBTQ Film Festival to spotlight dozens of BIPOC queer films
  • lthough “Tropical Park” was shot without a written script, it hits certain beats in a structured manner. Museum of the Moving Image’s ‘First Look’ series features LGBTQ filmmakers, themes

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

  • 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
  • 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

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