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Troy Masters, 1961-2024.

March 30 memorial to honor Troy Masters

By Paul Schindler

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Pride

DC prepares to host WorldPride May 17-June 8

By Matt Tracy

Players compete in the New York Gay Football League.

Sports

Two decades on, New York Gay Football League maintains inclusive space for LGBTQ athletes

By Matt Tracy

Gerri Wells Memorial

Community remembers original ACT UP member Gerri Wells

By Gay City News

Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

By Amy Schatz

pro drag wrestler in red hook

Brooklyn Paper

A Matter of Pride: How pro-drag-wrestlers make space for queer fighters in Brooklyn

New York State Tourism’s I ♥︎ NY rainbow heart was a popular selfie point inside of the LGBTQ Pavilion at the New York Travel and Adventure Show in January 2025.

Travel

From Thailand to Key West: LGBTQ highlights from the 2025 New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo

Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream after more than a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.

Sports

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream

By Matt Tracy

The New York Supreme Court sided with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's law banning transgender women from competing in women's sports, which he signed into law in July.

LI Press

Nassau judge upholds Blakeman’s ban on trans women in sports

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.

Politics

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy

Anita Bryant in 1971.

Anita Bryant, anti-gay singer who killed gay rights ordinance in Miami, dies at 84

By Matt Tracy

Ed Sedarbaum and Howard Cruse early in their 40-year relationship.

Ed Sedarbaum, ‘grandfather’ of Queens LGBTQ movement, dies at 78

By Andy Humm

Some members of the Prospect Park Women's Softball League in the dugout at Prospect Park.

Sports

Safe at home: Softball league builds camaraderie on and off the field at Prospect Park

By Matt Tracy

Rick Welts is the new CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.

Sports

Gay NBA executive Rick Welts hired as CEO of Dallas Mavericks

By Matt Tracy

Troy Masters in June 2024.

Troy Masters, Gay City News co-founder, LA Blade publisher, dead at 63

By Paul Schindler

Coya White Hat-Artichoker.

Coya Hope White Hat-Artichoker, Indigenous and Two-Spirit advocate, dies at 49

By Nicholas Boston

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Caribbean Football Union President, Randy Harris.

Randy Harris becomes first Barbadian elected to FIFA Council

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Grieving mother in Brooklyn confronts suspect accused of murdering her son with heartbreaking question