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Although Lucy Dacus has always been open about being queer, she’s embracing her sexuality more directly in “Forever Is a Feeling.”
Music

March LGBTQ music: Lucy Dacus and OHYUNG

By Steve Erickson
Barracuda, known for its long-running "Star Search" drag show, first opened in 1995.
Nightlife

Barracuda closing down after three decades

By Matt Tracy
Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Theater

Paul Mescal dazzles in a stripped-down ‘Streetcar’

By David Kennerley
“Pet Shop Days,” directed by Olmo Schnabel, opens March 15 at the Roxy Cinema.
Cinema

‘Pet Shop Days’ immerses viewers in gritty NYC romance drama

By Gary M. Kramer
Lou Goossens and Marius De Saeger in “Young Hearts."
Cinema

‘Young Hearts’ brings emotional authenticity to a queer coming-of-age story

By Gary M. Kramer
Ephraim Birney and Joel Myers in "As Time Goes By."
Theater

Awkward moments abound in well-intentioned but weak play ‘As Time Goes By’

By Christopher Byrne
“Being Maria," directed by Jessica Palud, opens March 21 at the Quad.
Cinema

‘Being Maria’ charts a bisexual actress’ traumatic encounter with Marlon Brando

By Steve Erickson
Queer director Charles Shackleton's "Zodiac Killer Project” uses his unproduced film as a means of examining true crime's clichés and manipulation.
Cinema

A ‘First Look’ at new queer films at the Museum of the Moving Image

By Steve Erickson
Rev. Liz Edman observes Ash Wednesday.
Around Town

At Stonewall, ‘Resistance Rangers’ condemn Trump cuts and LGBTQ-affirming Christians observe Ash Wednesday

By Matt Tracy
Sarah Bitar in "Stockade."
Cinema

Brooklyn-based Lebanese immigrant story ‘Stockade’ fails to deliver

By 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
Lilith Grasmug and Josefa Heinsius in "Foreign Tongue."
Cinema

Several LGBTQ films slated for ‘Rendezvous with French Cinema’ at Lincoln Center

By Gary M. Kramer
From left to right: Jathan Martin, Dr. Roderick A. Ferguson, Cornelius Moore, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Darnell L. Moore, Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes.
Galleries

‘Speaks to the moment we are in’: Panelists reexamine Marlon Riggs’ ‘Tongues Untied’ three decades later

By Nicholas Boston
Qween Jean speaks during Trans Day of Love at Judson Memorial Church on Feb. 14.
Around Town

‘They can’t erase us’: Trans Day of Love brings joy on Valentine’s Day

By Adrian Childress
Honorees Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman.
Theater

GMHC honors Broadway songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

By Donna Aceto
Olly Alexander's album, "Polari," debuted on Feb. 7.
Music

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

By Steve Erickson

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Arts

  • Stephen Pasquale plays Charles Condomine in "High Spirits." ‘High Spirits’ musical makes memorable return to New York after more than 60 years
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press briefing on the city’s preparations for a snowstorm at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Jan. 23. Thousands download ‘Heated Rivalry’ from NYPL after Mamdani’s snowstorm suggestion
  • Ani Palmer, Beatrix Rain Wolfe and Sophia Kirkwood-Smith appear in "Big Girls Don't Cry." Sundance Film Festival offers LGBTQ features, documentaries, and shorts
  • Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." Belonging, art, and trauma collide in The Met’s WWII opera ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’
  • A 1990 KG vogueing ball at Cafe de Paris. London gallery revisits Black queer nightlife and a transatlantic culture pipeline

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging

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