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Standing up for trans rights at the Stonewall National Monument on June 30.

Activism

PHOTOS: Community rallies at Stonewall after SCOTUS upholds anti-trans sports bans

By Gay City News

Taylor Brown, the executive director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.

Mamdani administration reaffirms that trans athletes ‘can play the sports they love’ in NYC

By Matt Tracy

The NYC AIDS Memorial lights up in colors for Pride Month and the memorial's 10th anniversary.

Pride

PHOTOS: Pride at the NYC AIDS Memorial

By Donna Aceto

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Pride

PHOTOS: Look back on Pride Sunday in NYC

By Donna Aceto

The crowd at the Queer Liberation March on June 28, 2026.

Pride

Eighth annual Queer Liberation March emphasizes trans and immigrant rights

By Dashiell Allen

The NYC Pride March proceeds along Fifth Avenue on June 28, 2026.

Pride

NYC Pride takes over the city with energy on Stonewall’s 57th anniversary

By Matt Tracy

The 2026 NYC Dyke March on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Pride

NYC Dyke March pushes through the rain on Pride Saturday

By Gay City News

The 2026 New York City Drag March on June 26.

Pride

Drag March kicks off Pride weekend in New York City

By Donna Aceto

Rainbow balloons float in the air ahead of the NYC Pride March on the morning of June 29.

Pride

Guide to Pride Sunday: NYC Pride, Queer Liberation March, PrideFest, and more

By Matt Tracy

Albatross is one of three gay bars in Astoria owned by Nathan Finnegan and Dave Booher participating in Saturday's "Big Queer Scavenger Hunt."

QNS

Astoria gay bars to host ‘Big Queer Scavenger Hunt’ celebrating local small businesses

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Bronx Times

‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens

The 2025 Drag March banner leads the way.

Pride

Pride weekend in NYC: Drag March, Harlem Pride, and Dyke March

By Matt Tracy

The 2025 Queer Liberation March banner leads the way.

Pride

Reclaim Pride Coalition’s eighth annual Queer Liberation March slated for June 28

By Matt Tracy

Ken Lustbader, Jonathan Ned Katz, Amanda Davis, and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum celebrate Eve Adams on June 17 after Kleinbaum led what was probably the only Kaddish ever recited for her.

History

NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project spotlights lesbian history and pays tribute to Eve Adams

By Donna Aceto

Community members look on while David France speaks at a gathering to remember Iris Long.

ACT UP remembers science-minded HIV/AIDS activist Iris Long

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto

The Lesbian Herstory Archives contingent marches along Fifth Avenue during Brooklyn Pride's twilight march on June 13.

Pride

From day to night, thousands join energetic Brooklyn Pride festival and parade

By Dashiell Allen

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Dyker Heights teen ends 16-month long battle with cancer, surprised by Brooklyn Cyclones

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What’s happening | First aid workshop, photobook discussion, concert honoring America’s 250th and more

Antoine B. Craigewell, president & CEO of the nonprofit Depressed Black Gay Men, Inc., (DBGM), at a 2025 ceremony hosted by Schneps Media.

Brooklyn workshop aims to build strengths for the Caribbean mind

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2026 WORLD CUP: Co-host USMNT crashes out in Round of 16 with 4-1 loss to Belgium