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William Finn died on April 7 at age 73.
Remembrance

Remembering William Finn, pioneering composer of gay-themed musicals on and off Broadway

By Andy Humm
Ivy Kwan Arce delivers remarks at a memorial service for Dr. Joseph Sonnabend.
Remembrance

Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, HIV/AIDS pioneer, memorialized at Judson

By Gay City News
Jason Collins, center, is flanked by Barton Lee Jackson III, left, and Phyllis Mehalakes, right, at Nets Pride Night in 2025.
Sports

Jason Collins joins Nets’ Pride night and calls on sports world to ‘fight for equality’

By Matt Tracy
David Rothenberg during a broadcast.
History

David Rothenberg, an icon of LGBTQ history, presses on

By Christopher Byrne
The lineup of speakers at Troy Masters' memorial on March 30.
Remembrance

Queer media pioneer Troy Masters celebrated for transformative impact on community publishing

By Amy Schatz
Pride Sunday in 2024.
Pride

NYC Pride announces theme for 2025

By Matt Tracy
Troy Masters, 1961-2024.
Remembrance

March 30 memorial to honor Troy Masters

By Paul Schindler
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Pride

DC prepares to host WorldPride May 17-June 8

By Matt Tracy
Players compete in the New York Gay Football League.
Sports

Two decades on, New York Gay Football League maintains inclusive space for LGBTQ athletes

By Matt Tracy
Gerri Wells Memorial
Remembrance

Community remembers original ACT UP member Gerri Wells

By Gay City News
Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.
Remembrance

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

By Amy Schatz
pro drag wrestler in red hook
Brooklyn Paper

A Matter of Pride: How pro-drag-wrestlers make space for queer fighters in Brooklyn

New York State Tourism’s I ♥︎ NY rainbow heart at the New York Travel and Adventure Show.
Travel

From Thailand to Key West: LGBTQ highlights from the 2025 New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo
Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream after more than a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.
Sports

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream

By Matt Tracy
The New York Supreme Court sided with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's law banning transgender women from competing in women's sports, which he signed into law in July.
LI Press

Nassau judge upholds Blakeman’s ban on trans women in sports

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.
Politics

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections
  • solera_groupdancing_ps‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens
  • Congressmember Sarah McBride. ‘State of Firsts’ Q&A: Filmmaker Chase Joynt recalls capturing Sarah McBride’s historic rise to Congress
  • “Camp," directed by Avalon Fast, opens June 26 at the IFC Center. Avalon Fast’s ‘Camp’ delivers on supernatural storylines, but struggles to convey queer joy and empowerment

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • 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

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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