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History

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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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Travel

Playing the Lute and Committing Pretty Murder

By Sam Oglesby
Virtual Village 55 Fifth Avenue
History

Virtual Map Highlights Bid to Save Village LGBTQ, Civil Rights, Feminist Landmarks

By Matt Tracy
Eddie Conway, Paul Coates Feb20-2020
Books

Shut Up, History: Paul Coates & Eddie Conway Are Talking

By Susie Day
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History

An Online Retrospective on Caribbean-American LGBTQ Activism

By Paul Schindler
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History

Landmarking Sought For Iconic Sites in LGBTQ, Black, Women’s Movements

By Emily Davenport & Paul Schindler
Mid point Dyke Marches. 2000-2009
Pride

The Dyke March’s History in Pictures

By Donna Aceto
ACT UP at the 2010 Pride March in New York City.
Pride

Pride Marches Through the Years

By Donna Aceto & Michael Luongo
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Pride

The Radical Roots of LGBTQ Activism

By Duncan Osborne
Gays Against Guns 2019
History

Pulse Nightclub Victims Remembered Four Years Later

By Matt Tracy
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Remembrance

David Carter, Stonewall’s Definitive Historian, Dead at 67

By Paul Schindler
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Books

Puerto Rico, Protest & Prison

By Susie Day
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Remembrance

Remembering Tarlach Mac Niallais, Taken By COVID-19

By Brendan Fay
Bayard Rustin lived in the same apartment in Chelsea from 1962 until his death in 1987.
History

Bayard Rustin Pardoned for Sodomy Conviction

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • “Dead Man’s Wire," directed by Guns van Sant, pens January 9th at the Angelika. Gus van Sant makes respectable return in 1970s hostage thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire’
  • Anu Ogunmefun (Ensemble), Nina Cassells (Pauline), Sienna Arif Knights (Petrova), and Scarlett Monahan (Posy) star in "Ballet Shoes" at the Olivier. In London’s packed theater season, “Pride” cometh before the fall
  • Billy Porter. Billy Porter ‘on the road to recovery’ after sepsis hospitalization
  • Udo Kier in "My Neighbor Adolf." The late Udo Kier commands the screen in ‘My Neighbor Adolf’
  • Connor Storrie stars as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in "Heated Rivalry." Closeted hockey players bring heart, authenticity, and passion to enthralling ‘Heated Rivalry’ series

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • 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

Perspectives

  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • 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. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

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