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Pines Party 2024
Fire Island News

GALACTIC RODEO: 25 Years of the Pines Party

Jarryd Boyd found community at First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn.
Guest Perspective

Finding faith, identity, and community: My journey to an inclusive Brooklyn church

By Jarryd Boyd
Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran was suspended two games for using an anti-gay slur during a game at Fenway Park.
Sports

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran suspended for voicing anti-gay slur

By Matt Tracy
Lez Volley 2024
Fire Island News

Fire Island Lesbian Volleyball Tournament Canceled Abruptly Due to Transgender Upset

MLB executive Billy Bean during an interview with Gay City News in December of 2019.
Remembrance

Billy Bean, trailblazing gay MLB player and executive, dies at 60

By Matt Tracy
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Brooklyn Paper

Arts Gowanus’ Pride-themed public art exhibition repeatedly vandalized in Park Slope

Lee Soulja-Simmons, speaks to the crowd at the 2023 Heritage Awards at the Brooklyn Museum, which was part of that year's NYC Black Pride calendar.
Pride

NYC Black Pride returning for 27th year Aug. 14-18

By Matt Tracy
Sports

Strong LGBTQ representation at Paris Olympics

By Matt Tracy
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Love & Marriage

Marriage equality comes to Aruba and Curaçao; South Korea sees progress on LGBTQ unions

By Matt Tracy
Senator-Gillibrand
Fire Island News

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Holds Fire Island AIDS Memorial Press Conference in the Pines

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum sings and dances with the congregation during the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Pride Shabbat on June 28, 2024 at Masonic Hall.
Religion

A Pride season retirement farewell to Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

By Michael Luongo
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Fire Island News

OUT SOUTH SHORE: Coded Messages; Hidden Lives

Pines Invasion by Lorraine Michels
Fire Island News

SEEN ON THE SCENE: Oz the Great and Powerful, Invasion 2024

Jason Collins at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center on June 28.
Sports

‘Pure love’: A decade later, Jason Collins reflects on historic NBA career and offers advice for athletes

By Matt Tracy
Sports

Transgender, non-binary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz shines on and off track, earns spot at Paris Games

By Pat Graham and Eddie Pells, AP
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Fire Island News

The Cherry on Top: Grove Pride Parade 2024

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Arts

  • Author Wendell Edward Carter promotes his novel, "Melting The Snow," about a Black gay man's journey towards embracing his identity.  Queer authors and bookworms converge at 14th annual New York Rainbow Book Fair
  • "Dancing On the Wall" is MUNA's first release since their self-titled 2022 album. May LGBTQ music: Isaiah Rashad’s ‘It’s Been Awful’ and MUNA’s ‘Dancing On the Wall’
  • AmberGray (Riff Raff), Juliette Lewis(Magenta), Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Columbia), and AndrewDurand (Brad) in "Rocky Horror." Roundabout’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ revival is the ultimate time warp
  • Paisley Fields dressing for the job they want‘Because I am country’: Paisley Fields challenges country music norms with raw songs and a deeply personal journey
  • Q&A: ‘Blue Film’ director and cast discuss desire, power, and intimacy

Crime

  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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