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City Councilmember Justin Sanchez, the co-chair of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus, delivers remarks at City Hall on June 25, 2026.

Activism

Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus calls on city to expand Trans Equity Fund, support queer immigrants

By Matt Tracy

New York Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing trans youth stand outside Manhattan's federal courthouse.

AMNY

Judge blocks Trump admin subpoena seeking transgender youth medical records over fears feds aim to ‘round up’ queer people

Brian Romero, seen here at a rally for trans youth on Jan. 10, is running for office in the 34th Assembly District.

Politics

NYC’s LGBTQ candidates show strength in state primary races

By Matt Tracy

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AMNY

Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater

Albatross is one of three gay bars in Astoria owned by Nathan Finnegan and Dave Booher participating in Saturday's "Big Queer Scavenger Hunt."

QNS

Astoria gay bars to host ‘Big Queer Scavenger Hunt’ celebrating local small businesses

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Bronx Times

‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens

Former New York City Council Speaker and New York State Democratic Committee Executive Committee Chair Christine Quinn, Congressman Ritchie Torres, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, and Stonewall Democrats President John Wahlmeier.

AMNY

Dems blast Blakeman associations with anti-LGBTQ+ legislators

The 2025 Drag March banner leads the way.

Pride

Pride weekend in NYC: Drag March, Harlem Pride, and Dyke March

By Matt Tracy

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is among the H+H locations on the Human Rights Campaign's list of 2026 LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leaders.

Caribbean Life

HRC recognizes NYC Health + Hospitals as LGBTQ healthcare equality leader

House of Miyake Mugler performs at the Stonewall Community Foundation's 2026 Vision Awards gala.

Stonewall Community Foundation’s gala raises $550k to help fund LGBTQ causes

By Matt Tracy

How to Do Pride Weekend With Your Kids This Year: Youth Pride & PrideFest

New York Family

How to Do Pride Weekend With Kids in NYC: Youth Pride & PrideFest

Community members look on while David France speaks at a gathering to remember Iris Long.

ACT UP remembers science-minded HIV/AIDS activist Iris Long

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto

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QNS

Photos | Thousands take part in fifth annual SunnyPride rally and march

The Lesbian Herstory Archives contingent marches along Fifth Avenue during Brooklyn Pride's twilight march on June 13.

Pride

From day to night, thousands join energetic Brooklyn Pride festival and parade

By Dashiell Allen

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Gays Against Guns marks one decade since Pulse

By Donna Aceto

Community members carry a banner calling to mourn the dead and fight for the living.

PHOTOS: NYC AIDS Memorial vigil marks 45 years since CDC’s first report on epidemic

By Donna Aceto

More from Around NYC

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Monitor Point approved by Council committee after affordable housing negotiations

The Van Cortlandt Park Stadium, which has been closed since 2021, has been recommended for demolition after a planning study conducted by NYC Parks.

‘There is no way to repair it’ NYC Parks seeks funding for Van Cortlandt Park Stadium demolition

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

Caricom sub-region face US pressure to take deportees from foreign countries

Tenants and housing advocates exploded in cheers as the city's Rent Guidelines Board announced that it would freeze the rent on one and two-year leases of rent stabilized apartments.

BREAKING: Rent Guidelines Board votes to freeze the rent, fulfilling Mamdani campaign promise