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Steve Erickson

“The Mattachine Family," directed by Andy Vallentine, is available on VOD June 4.

The Mattachine Family’: Gay daddy issues

By Steve Erickson
"Backspot, directed by D.W. Waterson, opens May 31.
Cinema

‘Backspot’: Cheerleading without the cheer

By Steve Erickson
'Hit Me Hard and Soft," by Billie Eilish, is her most solid work yet.
Music

May LGBTQ music: Billie Eilish and Adeem the Artist

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

‘I saw the TV Glow’: Stuck in a rut of repression with dreams of change

By Steve Erickson
The poster for "Old Narcissus"
Cinema

‘Old Narcissus’: At life’s end, a man finally looks beyond himself

By Steve Erickson
(L to R) Mike Faist as Art, Zendaya as Tashi, and Josh O'Connor as Patrick in "Challengers."
Cinema

In ‘Challengers,’ repressed desire is tested on the tennis court

By Steve Erickson
Claire Rousay is pictured in conjunction with her album release in April.
Music

April LGBTQ music: Pet Shop Boys and Claire Rousay

By Steve Erickson
“The People’s Joker," directed by Vera Drew, opens April 5 at IFC Center.
Cinema

‘The People’s Joker’: satirical queer intellectual property

By Steve Erickson
“Good One” builds to a potent story of a girl pressured into independence by having to share space with men.
Cinema

New Directors/‌New Films serves up a glimpse into the future of queer cinema

By Steve Erickson
"Much Ado About Dying," directed by Simon Chambers, opens March 15 at Film Forum.
Cinema

‘Much Ado About Dying’: A gay actor lives out ‘King Lear’ at the end of his life

By Steve Erickson
Katy O’Brien as Jackie in "Love Lies Bleeding."
Cinema

Love Lies Bleeding’: Be gay, do crime, and then some

By Steve Erickson
Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical.
Music

March LGBTQ music: Judas Priest and Reyna Tropical

By Steve Erickson
Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen.
Cinema

Q&A with Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke of ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

By Steve Erickson
Kate Sosin of The 19th*.
Cinema

‘Breaking the News’ shows how The 19th* put women and non-binary journalists at the forefront

By Steve Erickson
Brittany Howard's "What Now" debuts Feb. 9.
Music

February LGBTQ music: Brittany Howard and Astrit Ismaili

By Steve Erickson
"She Is Conann" is queer director Bertrand Mandico’s third feature.
Cinema

‘She Is Conann’: A queer barbarian at war

By Steve Erickson
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Where are the stories of great queer lov
Tomorrow, 7 pm

People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust
Center for Jewish History

Active Aging Workshops at the Ailey Stud
March 24, 1 pm

Active Aging Workshops
Ailey Extension

Rough day at work? Stuff to celebrate? N
March 24, 6:30 pm

$5 Drinks At Drag Show Happy Hour
Phoenix Bar

Wanna win a $50 bar tab and show your sm
March 24, 8 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy
good judy

LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT, SO LET
March 24, 9 pm

Hannah Montana: 20th Anniversary Performance
3 Dollar Bill

Join us for a special fiction reading by
March 25, 7 pm

A Fiction Reading by Min Jin Lee
LeFrak Concert Hall

​Need a place to wear your Liberty jerse
March 25, 7:30 pm

Sports Adjacent: Free Weekly Comedy
Blazers Sports Bar

Join us at the Gene Frankel Theatre for
March 25, 8 pm

Indelible
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Arts

  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present
  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis
  • Angelo Madsen is the director of "A Body to Live In." Q&A: Trans director Angelo Madsen on Fakir Musafar and ‘A Body to Live In’
  • Anjimile's “You’re Free To Go” debuts March 13. March LGBTQ music: Morrissey’s ‘Make-up Is a Lie’ and Anjimile’s ‘You’re Free To Go’

Crime

  • 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
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • 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
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

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