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LGBTQ+ events in NYC
Today, noon
Tomorrow, 7 pm
Aug. 21, all day
Aug. 22, 7:30 pm
Aug. 22, 8 pm
Aug. 23, 10 pm
Arts
London’s National Theatre still centering progress and diversity as US backslides
Oberon, a new queer cocktail bar, opens in Williamsburg 
Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’
The great escape: ‘Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins’ takes New York
August LGBTQ music: Ethel Cain and Water From Your Eyes
Crime
DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data
Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
Two men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
Perspectives
How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities
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