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Steve Erickson

Uel Renteria’s short, “Stellacast Transmission Pt. 1 Subconscious Eyes,” takes place on colorful sets daubed in paint.
Cinema

Queer films at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival

By Steve Erickson
Olly Alexander's album, "Polari," debuted on Feb. 7.
Music

February LGBTQ music: Olly Alexander’s ‘Polari’ and Venturing’s ‘Ghostholding’

By Steve Erickson
“Extremely Unique Dynamic,” directed by Harrison Xu, Ivan Leung, and Katherine Dudas, is available on VOD Jan. 29.

Gay man and his best friend set out to make a movie together in ‘Extremely Unique Dynamic’

By Steve Erickson
“Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story," directed by Bruce David Klein, opens at IFC Center Jan. 24.
Cinema

A gay icon seizes the spotlight in ‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’

By Steve Erickson
"Eat the Night," directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, is In French with English subtitles.
Cinema

‘Eat the Night’ presents the struggle of a queer drug dealer in a chronically online world

By Steve Erickson
"Perverts" is Ethel Cain's second album.
Music

January LGBTQ music: Ethel Cain and Lambrini Girls

By Steve Erickson
“I Saw the TV Glow” was directed by Jane Schoenbrun.
Cinema

Top 10 films of 2024: ‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ ‘Chime,’ and more

By Steve Erickson
Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” revolves around the shifting nature of power between Samuel and Romy.
Cinema

‘Babygirl’ explores power dynamics, but chokes on too much good taste

By Steve Erickson
Elton John smiles while sitting at a piano.
Cinema

‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ glimpses into gay rock icon’s life

By Steve Erickson
Frédérika Milano and Gem Deger in "Endless Summer Syndrome."
Cinema

‘Endless Summer Syndrome’ takes a provocative look at a family that loves each other too literally

By Steve Erickson
“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," directed by Jacques Demy, is available at Film Forum.
Cinema

Reviving ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’: A classical musical queers the heterosexual romance

By Steve Erickson
"The End," directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, opens Dec. 6.
Cinema

‘The End’: Singing and dancing through the apocalypse

By Steve Erickson
“Queer," directed by Luca Guadagnino, is based on a novel by gay author William S. Burroughs.
Cinema

‘Queer’: Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig revise a classic gay novel

By Steve Erickson
“Sabbath Queen,” directed by Sandi DuBowski, opens Nov. 22nd at the IFC Center.
Cinema

‘Sabbath Queen’ profiles a queer Jewish rebel

By Steve Erickson
Linkin Park's new singer, Emily Anderson, is queer. The band released "From Zero" this month.
Music

November LGBTQ music: Linkin Park and Alice Longyu Gao

By Steve Erickson
"Let's Get Lost," directed by Bruce Weber, opened at Film Forum Nov. 1.
Cinema

‘Let’s Get Lost’: Another look back at the lost beauty of jazz musician Chet Baker

By Steve Erickson
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The world premiere of Dante Fuoco’s bold
Today, 6 pm

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Today, 7 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag and Poetry Show
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JACKIE MASON LIVES AGAIN in this riotous
Today, 8 pm

New York Comedy Festival Presents: The Jackie Mason Musical
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SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
Tomorrow, noon

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman
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Ronald K. Brown’s spiritually charged Gr
Tomorrow, 7 pm

‘Grace’ Repertory Workshop with Solomon Dumas
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Wanna win a $50 bar tab and show your sm
Nov. 18, 8 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
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This four-week performance workshop is d
Nov. 20, 8 am

Voices & Visions Performance Workshops
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Nov. 20, 9:30 pm

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Arts

  • Maraluisa Ernst’s “A Place of Absence” speaks from the family history of the director, who is queer and non-binary. DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates
  • Michael Urie in "Richard II." A powerful ‘Richard II’: Michael Urie brings insight, depth, and passion to Shakespeare
  • An exhibit on display offers highlights from New York City's drag history, as chronicled in the book, “The Drag Queens of New York," by Julian Fleisher. Exhibit recalls the ‘sleazy goodness’ behind the East Village’s drag history
  • Evan Adams in "The Business of Fancydancing." Q&A: Filmmaker and actor discuss restoration of gay Native American film ‘The Business of Fancydancing’
  • “Peter Hujar’s Day," directed by Ira Sachs, is running at Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center. ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974

Crime

  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

Perspectives

  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • 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

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