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Remembrance

Human Beings hold photos of people who died in the Pulse shooting nine years ago.
Remembrance

Gays Against Guns’ Human Beings lead Pulse remembrance

By Donna Aceto
Nanette Kazaoka at an ACT UP demonstration.
Remembrance

Nanette Kazaoka, an unlikely AIDS activist, dies at 83

By Kelly Kochendorfer
Gerri Well was a founding member of ACT UP, Housing Works, and the Pink Panther Patrol.
Remembrance

Gerri Wells, veteran community activist, dies at 70

By Erin Wells and Jay Blotcher
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
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
Troy Masters, 1961-2024.
Remembrance

March 30 memorial to honor Troy Masters

By Paul Schindler
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
Anita Bryant in 1971.
Remembrance

Anita Bryant, anti-gay singer who killed gay rights ordinance in Miami, dies at 84

By Matt Tracy
Ed Sedarbaum and Howard Cruse early in their 40-year relationship.
Remembrance

Ed Sedarbaum, ‘grandfather’ of Queens LGBTQ movement, dies at 78

By Andy Humm
Troy Masters in June 2024.
Remembrance

Troy Masters, Gay City News co-founder, LA Blade publisher, dead at 63

By Paul Schindler
Coya White Hat-Artichoker.
Remembrance

Coya Hope White Hat-Artichoker, Indigenous and Two-Spirit advocate, dies at 49

By Nicholas Boston
Gays Against Guns holds a demonstration marking Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 21.
Remembrance

Emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil held in Manhattan

By Gay City News
Phil Donahue speaks at GMHC's Toast at Twilight at the Asia Society.
Remembrance

TV talk show giant Phil Donahue, peerless ally to LGBTQ community, dies at 88

By Andy Humm
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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For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

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

Experience majestic movement and world p
Today, 5 pm

Fire Island Dance Festival Opening Performance

Hey Gotham fans – our first double
Today, 5:30 pm

Gotham Roller Derby Double Header
Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park

JULY 19 | 9PM | ROOFTOP SOIRÉE 🗽 🌈 TWO L
Today, 9 pm

Mister Worldwide LGBTQ+ Dance Party
The Dickens

Experience the vibrant legacy of jazz in
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: Alí Bello & The Charanga Syndicate
Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Déa Thatcher invites you to come out for
July 25, 7 pm

TransVolution, folk-punk playlist featuring Déa Thatcher
The Powerhouse Arena

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Arts

  • Bella Ramsey speaks to reporters. A person in a suit is standing in the background. Primetime Emmy nominations feature LGBTQ representation
  • McKenzie Kurtz (Heather Chandler), Lorna Courtney (Veronica Sawyer), Elizabeth Teeter (Heather McNamara), and Olivia Hardy (Heather Duke) in "Heathers The Musical." ‘Heathers the Musical’ is bursting with talent, but questions remain
  • Jason Patel and Ben Hardy in "Unicorns." Q&A with ‘Unicorns’ actors Jason Patel and Ben Hardy
  • Kesha's "(Period)" debuted on July 4. July LGBTQ music: Kesha’s ‘(Period)’ and DJ Haram’s ‘Beside Myself’
  • "I'm Not Everything I Want to Be" runs July 12-14 at Anthology Film Archives. ‘I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’ documents queer life in 1980s Prague

Crime

  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

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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