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History

"She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year.
Galleries

She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 

By Iryna Shkurhan
Julius' glitter T-shirt
History

Julius’ Bar marks 59 years since historic ‘sip-in’ demonstration

By Matt Tracy
David Rothenberg during a broadcast.
History

David Rothenberg, an icon of LGBTQ history, presses on

By Christopher Byrne
GLITS executive director Ceyenne Doroshow (left), Outwords executive director Mason Funk (center), and Bryce.
History

Outwords brings LGBTQ preservation initiative to New York City

By Matt Tracy
The American LGBTQ+ museum's first traveling exhibit celebrates the history of Lambda Legal.
History

American LGBTQ+ Museum’s first traveling exhibition celebrates Lambda Legal’s history

By Dashiell Allen
Amber Hollibaugh in 2000.
Remembrance

LGBTQ activist and political organizer Amber Hollibaugh dies at 77

By Dashiell Allen
Family and friends of Sakia Gunn join LGBTQ advocates on October 28 for the renaming of a street in downtown Newark in honor of the late 15-year-old lesbian.
Crime

Newark street renamed ‘Sakia Gunn Way’ in honor of slain lesbian teen

By Dashiell Allen
Attendees at the Task Force's 1977 meeting, clockwise from center: Midge Costanza, Robert Maulsom, Jean O'Leary, William Kelley, Achebe Betty Powell, Charles Brydon, Charlotte Spitzer, Myra Riddell, Cooki Lutkefedder, Ray Hartman, Pokey Anderson, George Raya, Frank Kameny, Reverend Troy Perry, Charlotte Bunch, Elaine Noble, Bruce Voeller, and Marilyn Haft.
History

National LGBTQ Task Force marks 50 years

By Heather Cassell
Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15.
History

Gay Liberation Front gathers for Martha Shelley’s memoir on early LGBTQ rights movement

By Duncan Osborne
Lesbian walking tour 1
History

‘Herstory’ walking tour highlights historic lesbian sites in the Village

By Dashiell Allen
Lesbian Avengers at the Alice Austen Action demonstrating for the museum to recognize early 20th century photographer Alice Austin’s 30-year relationship Gertrude Tate in front of the Alice Austin House on Staten Island in 1994.
History

The legacy of the ‘feisty’ and ‘fire eating’ Lesbian Avengers

By Heather Cassell
American LGBTQ+ Museum
History

Museum plans virtual, in-person LGBTQ+ History Month events

By Matt Tracy
A mirror at Julius' Bar.
History

City to consider landmarking Julius’ Bar

By Matt Tracy
Andrew Berman, Randy Wicker, Ken Lustbader, and Brad Hoylman unveil a plaque at Julius'
History

Plaque Recognizes Julius’ 56 Years After “Sip-In”

By Donna Aceto & Matt Tracy
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History

What It Was Like to Be Gay in the UN in the ’70s and ’80s

By Sam Oglesby
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History

Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Audre Lorde on her Birthday

By Matt Tracy

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SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
Today, noon

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman
SoMad

Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Today, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

Drop into the city’s most welcoming sing
Today, 7 pm

The Sing Easy – free singing space in Chelsea
True Voice Studio

OUT/PLAY proudly kicks-off its Season 3
Tomorrow, 7 pm

OUT/PLAY Presents CAFFE CINO: One Acts
The Chain Theatre

🕸️✨ The Coven Is Revealed ✨🕸️ Get ready,
Tomorrow, 9 pm

La Boix – Spooky Edit
Young Ethel’s

Murmuration Theatre Co Presents you are
Oct. 9, 7 pm

you are seen (Murmuration Theatre Co @ The Makers’ Space)
Makers’ Space

WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA THE STON
Oct. 9, 7 pm

WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA
The Stonewall Inn

WINNER – BEST ONE MAN SHOW – UNITED SOLO
Oct. 24, 7 pm

Under the Rainbow @ The United Solo Festival
Theatre Row, 410 W 42nd Street, NY, NY

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Arts

  • ACT UP members join ‘Fairyland’ screening and Q&A
  • “Kiss of the Spider Woman," directed by Bill Condon, opens October 9 in wide release. ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’ updates its perspective, 40 years after the original
  • (L to R) Pamela Shaw, Alan Ceppos, Audrey Heffernan Meyer, Brian Mason, Molly Chiffer, and Jordan Lage in "The Art of Leaving." Do I stay or do I go? Actor Alan Ceppos on the new play ‘Art of Leaving’
  • The Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival returns to New York City for a fourth year Oct. 20-26. Theatre festival to shine spotlight on trans, non-binary, and two-spirit artists
  • Telly Justice, owner of HAGS.Telly Justice and her rise to Food & Wine’s Best New Chef

Crime

  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles

Perspectives

  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity

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Justin Lee, 22, of Queens Village, was arrested Oct. 5 and charged in the alleged attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn.
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Queens man charged in Brooklyn child rape attempt was out on release from earlier alleged attacks on minors

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