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Steve Erickson

The Soft Pink Truth's “Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?” debuts Jan. 30th.
Music

January LGBTQ music: Sleaford Mods and The Soft Pink Truth

By Steve Erickson
Jodie Foster in “A Private Life”
Cinema

‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris

By Steve Erickson
“Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika.
Cinema

Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’

By Steve Erickson
"Sinners" is an instant classic.
Cinema

Top 10 movies of 2025: ‘Sinners,’ ‘Cloud,’ and more

By Steve Erickson
Daniel Craig in "Wake Up Dead Man."
Cinema

‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back

By Steve Erickson
“Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3.
Cinema

‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star

By Steve Erickson
“100 Nights of Hero," directed by Julia Jackman, opens Dec. 3.
Cinema

‘100 Nights of Hero’: A lesbian fantasy set in a colorful alternate universe

By Steve Erickson
Maraluisa Ernst’s “A Place of Absence” speaks from the family history of the director, who is queer and non-binary.
Cinema

DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates

By Steve Erickson
“Peter Hujar’s Day," directed by Ira Sachs, is running at Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center.
Cinema

‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974

By Steve Erickson
"Bunny," directed by Ben Jacobsen, opens Nov. 7 in select theaters and premieres on VOD.
Cinema

‘Bunny’: 24 frantic hours in a sex worker’s life

By Steve Erickson
Hüsker Düs '1985: The Miracle Year' come out Nov. 7.
Music

November LGBTQ music: ‘All Things Go’ festival & Hüsker Dü

By Steve Erickson
"Lesbian Space Princess," directed by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs, opens Oct. 31.
Cinema

‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy

By Steve Erickson
(L to R) Ayo Edebiri as Maggie and Julia Roberts as Alma in "After the Hunt."
Cinema

‘After the Hunt’ mistakes arbitrary plot twists for complex thought

By Steve Erickson
Jay Som's 'Belong' debuts Oct. 10.
Music

October LGBTQ music: Khalid’s ‘After the Sun Goes Down’ and Jay Som’s ‘Belong’

By Steve Erickson
“Kiss of the Spider Woman," directed by Bill Condon, opens October 9 in wide release.
Cinema

‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’ updates its perspective, 40 years after the original

By Steve Erickson
Maddie Hasson and Marco Pigossi in "Bone Lake."
Cinema

‘Bone Lake’ highlights the twists of a couple’s struggle to stay together

By Steve Erickson
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Tomato & Basil x ErF: Nella
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Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC at Culture Lab LIC
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The Gay Divorce at The Brick
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Arts

  • “The Devil Queen,” directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, opens June 19 at the Alamo Lower Manhattan. Colorful costumes, drag queens, and bloodletting: Brazilian gangster film ‘The Devil Queen’ gets 4k restoration
  • Director Saheem Ali's Public Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet." Central Park comes alive with ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  • Qween Jean holds her Tony award while surrounded by attendees at the "Broadway is Trans" fundraiser. ‘Broadway is Trans’ fundraiser draws theater stars
  • “Something You Should Know About Me” is writer/director Andy Fidoten’s romcom about Al (EJ Marcus) a trans cartoonist with low self-esteem who heads out to a queer comics intensive (not “gay cartoon camp”) with his trans bestie, Jesse (Morgan Sullivan). 16 queer films at this year’s Tribeca Festival
  • “By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12. ‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later

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

  • 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 
  • 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

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