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Steve Erickson

The New York Film Festival's “All of Us Strangers” finds a new twist in the coming out story, one that reflects the changes in gay life since the ‘80s and the fact that many people do wait till middle age to speak openly to their parents.
Cinema

New York Film Festival stars LGBTQ directors, themes

By Steve Erickson
John Osborne and TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne.
Music

September LGBTQ music: Brothers Osborne and Jlin

By Steve Erickson
Here's a still of Jonny, the protagonist. Credit should go to Shudder. Jonny (Kiah McKernan) in "Perpetrator."
Cinema

‘Perpetrator’ spills blood and guts in a high school world

By Steve Erickson
Lio Mehiel in "Mutt."
Cinema

‘Mutt’ review: Trauma overshadows a day in the life of a trans man

By Steve Erickson
Jaboukie is known for his work in comedy — and his music builds off his experience in that area.
Music

August LGBTQ music: Shamir and Jaboukie

By Steve Erickson
Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) in the second season of "Heartstopper"

Second season of ‘Heartstopper’ returns to the drama of coming out

By Steve Erickson
"Kokomo City" opened July 28 at IFC Center.
Cinema

‘Kokomo City’ gives Black trans sex workers a platform to speak with frankness

By Steve Erickson
Big Freedia's latest album, Central City, comes more than two decades after her first single came out in 1999.
Music

July music: Big Freedia, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and Greta van Fleet

By Steve Erickson
"Afire" has opened at IFC Center and Film at Lincoln Center
Cinema

In ‘Afire,’ a vacation in the woods coincides with climate change

By Steve Erickson
In "Biosphere," the end of the world opens up new possibilities for its sole characters, former president Billy (Mark Duplass) and his advisor and lifelong friend Ray (Sterling K. Brown), as they live together under a dome.
Cinema

In ‘Biosphere,’ a new world opens up after the apocalypse

By Steve Erickson
Intersex activists Alicia Roth Weigel, River Gallo, and Sean Saifa Wall in "Every Body."
Cinema

‘Every Body’ brings visibility to intersex community

By Steve Erickson
"Eldorado" arrived on Netflix on June 28.
Cinema

‘Eldorado’ examines LGBTQ nightlife in 1920s Berlin

By Steve Erickson
“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” opens on June 23 at Film Forum.
Cinema

‘Midnight Cowboy’ documentary: Putting a classic in context

By Steve Erickson
"Social Lubrication" is Dream Wife's third album.
Music

June LGBTQ music: Janelle Monae and Dream Wife 

By Steve Erickson
“Brooklyn 45,” directed by Ted Geoghegan, streams on Shudder and AMC+ June 9.
Cinema

‘Brooklyn 45’: a gay veteran stares into the abyss

By Steve Erickson
A scene from "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne."
Cinema

Looking back on Udo Kier’s career across 200 films

By Steve Erickson
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Arts

  • "The Web: The Birth and Legacy of New York's First Asian Gay Bar" is on display at Gallery 456 until Dec. 5. A bar of our own: Archival photographs revive legacy of NYC Asian gay bar The Web
  • Attendees and Grantees Gather for a Photo Nightlife grants awarded to several non-profits serving LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • “Cactus Pears,” directed by Rohan Kanawade, opens Nov. 21 at the IFC Center. Q&A: Director Rohan Kanawade on his gay Indian romantic drama ‘Cactus Pears’
  • Lea Delaria kicked off her monthly residency at the Stonewall Inn this month. Comedian Lea DeLaria begins monthly residency at Stonewall Inn
  • 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

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • 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

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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