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Marlean Ames sits for a portrait at the law office of Edward Gilbert, her lawyer, in Akron, Ohio, U.S., February 13, 2025.

Legal

Supreme Court revives straight employee’s sexual orientation discrimination claim

By Arthur S. Leonard

From right to left: Santino DeAngelo, Erik Bottcher, Francis Jue, Carlina Rivera, Caissie Levy, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tom Kirdahy, Brandon Uranowitz, Stephen Flaherty, Donna Murphy, Jonathan Groff, and Lynn Ahrens.

Theater

Stars and neighbors come out for Terrence McNally Way

By Andy Humm

Metropolitan Detention Center where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held in Brooklyn New York

Legal

Federal Bureau of Prisons blocked from enforcing Trump’s order on trans inmates

By Arthur S. Leonard

The replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) transits San Francisco Bay during a namesake visit to San Francisco in 2024.

Military

Report: Hegseth orders Navy to scrub Harvey Milk’s name from ship

By Matt Tracy

Randy Wicker (left) and Steven Love Menendez Raising the Rainbow Flag on federal land at the Stonewall National Monument.

Pride

Rainbow Flags hoisted near Stonewall to mark Pride Month

By Matt Tracy

“We will not give up until Andry is freed from that prison in El Salvador,” said former City Councilmember Daniel Dromm, referring to Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan asylum seeker who was deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Pride

Queens kicks off Pride Month with ‘defiant joy’

By Dashiell Allen

Former Assemblymember Michael Blake, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Comptroller Brad Lander participate in a mayoral forum at Red Eye NY on May 31, 2025.

Politics

Six mayoral candidates talk LGBTQ issues at Red Eye NY forum

By Matt Tracy

An International Transgender Day of Visibility demonstration in 2023.

National

Pew: LGBTQ adults say trans and non-binary people lag behind in acceptance

By Duncan Osborne

Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024.

Crime

Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

By Matt Tracy

Former Rep. George Santos, who was convicted of felony charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud, said he will no longer be seeking a presidential pardon.

LI Press

Ex-Rep. George Santos says he no longer seeks presidential pardon

A view of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024.

Legal

Supreme Court decision to abstain from the ‘T-shirt wars’ draws heated Alito dissent

By Arthur S. Leonard

Advocates gather at City Hall on May 22 to call for $35 million in the city budget to support trans New Yorkers.

Politics

Advocates seek $35 million to support trans community in NYC budget

By Matt Tracy

Heritage of Pride's banner leads the 2024 NYC Pride march.

Pride

NYC Pride loses sponsors, scales back events amid DEI backlash

By Matt Tracy

Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21.

Crime

Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme

By Matt Tracy & Heather Cassell

Dr. H. Jean Wright II, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Mental Hygiene, NYC Health Department.

Health

New York City’s LGBTQ community faces mental health disparities, but resources are available

By Dr. H. Jean Wright II, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Mental Hygiene, NYC Health Department

Four local high school students received scholarships as part of this year's Live Out Loud homecoming gala.

Youth

Live Out Loud’s homecoming gala honors queer youth, community builders

By Amy Schatz

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