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Features

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
A view of the Handelskade section of Willemstad, Curaçao's capital city.
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

Former NBA player 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

Trangender
LI Press

Protesters Rally Against Nassau Transgender Athlete Ban

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Illume Fertility and Circle Surrogacy To Host Free Surrogacy and IVF Event in New York on Sept. 9
Circle New York Office

DIFFA and Sewciety are excited to presen
Today, 6 pm

DIFFA Threads for Impact
Steelcase Showroom

🌈 Queer Ballroom & Latin Dance B
Today, 6:30 pm

Quit Ballroom
Ripley Grier Studios

A new dark comedy about bugs, strangers
Tomorrow, 7 pm

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The Flea Theater

Get ready to witness an unforgettable ni
Sept. 11, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Sept. 12, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

Blood Orange, by Abigail Duclos and prod
Sept. 12, 7:30 pm

Blood Orange
Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York Theatres

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Sept. 18, 8:30 pm

Caribb-esque! Caribbean Burlesque Show & Party
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Arts

  • “The History of Sound,” directed by Oliver Hermanus, opens Sept. 12th. In ‘The History of Sound,’ love and music are drowned in grief
  • In “Sk+te’kmukue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)," an unresolved past trauma haunts an individual and his brother. Queer-themed films premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
  • Curators P. Henry (left) and Sal Kimura (right) have been working to uncover LGBTQ history through their project, “Queer Archeology: Reflections on Communal History." New York Public Library curators highlight lesser-known queer history
  • A club room at Ridgewood nightclub Earthly Delights, which is transitioning to a private event-only venue before ultimately closing on Nov. 30. Ridgewood nightclub Earthy Delights celebrates one-year anniversary amid looming closure
  • Ann Harada, Julie Halston, Anika Larsen, and Jackie Hoffman in "Finding Dorothy Parker." Douglas Carter Beane’s ‘Finding Dorothy Parker’ revives the legacy of a witty 1920s writer

Crime

  • 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
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • 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
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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