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Arts

The former nightclub known as The Q, which was located at 795 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, closed in 2023.
Legal

Setting the record straight: The Q nightclub owner speaks out

By Heather Cassell
Ian McKellen and Alfred Enoch in "The Critic."
Cinema

Stagy thriller ‘The Critic’ fails to impress

By Gary M. Kramer
Elliott (Maisy Stella) and Ro (Kerrice Brooks) in "My Old Ass."
Cinema

‘My Old Ass’ is an up-to-date yet old-fashioned teen drama

By Steve Erickson
Alana McLaughlin.
Cinema

Q&A: Trans MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin discusses ‘Unfightable’ documentary

By Gary M. Kramer
Sutton Foster in "Once Upon A Mattress."
Theater

Revival of ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ is musical comedy at its best

By Christopher Byrne
"Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers," directed by Robert J. Kaplan, is running at Anthology Film Archives.
Cinema

‘Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers’ looks back at ’70s NYC with Holly Woodlawn

By Steve Erickson
James Baldwin Library of Congress photo by Carl Van Vechten
Fire Island News

OUT SOUTH SHORE: James Baldwin’s Fire Island

“Torched," directed by Hoag Kepner, is available to rent/own on digital platforms as of August 20.
Cinema

‘Torched’ showcases the camaraderie of ultimate frisbee

By Gary M. Kramer
Colette (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) and her son, Thomas (Charlie Vauselle), in "Red Island."
Cinema

‘Red Island’: Living authentically under repression in 1970s Madagascar

By Gary M. Kramer
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Cinema

‘Close to You’: Elliot Page returns to the big screen four years after transition

By Steve Erickson
Hunter Schafer in "Cuckoo."
Cinema

‘Cuckoo’: Sapphic romance and eugenics in the Alps

By Steve Erickson
The Gay Activists Alliance protest the Brooklyn Board of Education, 1971.
History

Online exhibit highlights New York City’s fight for a gay rights bill

By Stephen Petrus
“Good One” traces a camping trip undertaken by a queer teenager, Lily, with her father Chris (James LeGros) and his friend Matt (Danny McCarthy).
Cinema

Q&A: India Donaldson on her feature debut, ‘Good one’

By Steve Erickson
A sunset view at the 2018 Pines Party.
Nightlife

Pines Party preview: What to know about Fire Island’s annual main event

By Matt Tracy
Jade Mapp leads the poetry picnic.
Arts

Poets House hosts a Queer Joy Poetry Picnic in Lower Manhattan

By Erasmo Guerra
Mark Saldana.
Arts

How six NYC 2SLGBTQ artists are fighting back against adversity

By Rohan Zhou-Lee

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Kick off Pride Month with a soul-stirrin
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Kick Off Pride With All of Us Concert at Marble Church
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n recognition of Mental Health Awareness
Today, 2 pm

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Today, 8 pm

NYC Premier: STORMÉ ~ A Musical Play
American Theatre of Actors A.T.A.

Rainbows can represent hope and promise
June 10, 10 am

We are the Rainbow: Artwork
The Tisch Building at CMOM

Author and American Biblical Scholar, Da
June 10, 7 pm

Book Launch with Author Dan McClellan at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Celebrate Pride Sunday, June 29, at Marb
June 29, 10 am

Celebrate Pride Sunday at Marble Church
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Arts

  • From right to left: Santino DeAngelo, Erik Bottcher, Francis Jue, Carlina Rivera, Caissie Levy, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tom Kirdahy, Brandon Uranowitz, Stephen Flaherty, Donna Murphy, Jonathan Groff, and Lynn Ahrens. Stars and neighbors come out for Terrence McNally Way
  • “I Don’t Understand You," directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, opens June 6 at the Regal Union Square, the AMC Kips Bay, the AMC Empire 25, and the AMC Lincoln Square. Q&A with ‘I Don’t Understand You’ directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig
  • June LGBTQ music: Cynthia Erivo and Lucy Liyou
  • Rob Madge ‘My Son’s a Queer’ finally making NYC debut
  • Crisco dancers in 1979, as depicted in the book "Queer Happened Here." A new wave of books celebrating queer spaces

Crime

  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili
  • Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21. Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme
  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes

Perspectives

  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities
  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC

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