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Former NBA player Jason Collins at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28.

Sports

Jason Collins announces he has stage 4 brain cancer

By Matt Tracy

Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster is the sixth bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Religion

Bishop Katrina Foster is first woman and lesbian to lead New York’s Lutherans

By Andy Humm

A memorial on display at the LGBT Community Center on Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Transgender Day of Remembrance observed in NYC

By Donna Aceto

Grace Detrevarah, Ali Kamerman, and Lynn Morrison at the Osborne Association's Transgender Day of Remembrance event.

Emphasizing ‘resistance,’ Osborne Association marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Amber Sexton

Michael McKee.

Michael McKee, tenant advocate and gay pioneer in Chelsea, dies at 85

By Andy Humm

St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, New Jersey.

Religion

‘This is shameful’: LGBTQ Catholic leaders blast bishops for banning gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy

Im Lynde is becoming the next executive director of NYC Pride.

Pride

NYC Pride hires new executive director

By Matt Tracy

Callen-Lorde CEO Patrick McGovern with Leyna Bloom and Thaddeus Laday at Callen-Lorde's gala on Nov. 7.

Health

Callen-Lorde honors Demetre Daskalakis, Leyna Bloom, and Alexis Michelle

By Donna Aceto

Laverne Cox delivers remarks at the LGBT Center's 2025 Women's Event in Manhattan.

Features

Coming home: Laverne Cox hosts The Center’s annual Women’s Event

By Amy Schatz

Daniel Mata reacts at the finish line after completing the TCS New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, 2025.

Sports

‘Running is for everyone’: NYC Marathon’s non-binary champion relishes inclusive atmosphere

By Amber Sexton

nyc marathon finish line proposal

AMNY

NYC MARATHON: Runner becomes ‘Finish Line Fiancée’ after race day proposal

A stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn running tour.

History

‘Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn’ running tour revisits the borough’s forgotten queer history

By Rohan Zhou-Lee

The Minnesota Supreme Court.

Legal

Minnesota Supreme Court rules on trans powerlifter’s discrimination claims

By Arthur S. Leonard

Before he became involved with the archives at the LGBT Center, Rich Wandel served as the second president of the Gay Activists Alliance.

History

Rich Wandel’s fight to preserve LGBTQ history

By Amber Sexton

Oct 13, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; A general overview of the Northwest Stadium before a game between the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders.

Sports

NFL donates to the Trevor Project for National Coming Out Day

By Amber Sexton

Miss Major participates as a grand marshal in the 2024 NYC Pride March.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall veteran and longtime trans activist, dies at 78

By Matt Tracy

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At the first public hearing on Dec. 5, environmental advocates, state and federal experts and community members walked up and down the halls of a local school looking at displays of the details of the state's $900 million project to repair five bridges on the Cross Bronx Expressway,

New York State Department of Transportation adds additional public hearing on Cross Bronx bridges project

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Top stories from the Caribbean in 2025

Police in Queens are investigating after finding a baby boy dead and his mother with slash wounds to her wrists inside a residence on Monday afternoon.

Horror in Queens: Cops find baby boy dead, and mom with slashed wrists