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Activism

The Gays Against Guns crew in Washington in 2021.
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Gays Against Guns Joins the Soul Box Project in DC

By Donna Aceto
FILE PHOTO: MasterCard credit cards are seen in this photo illustration
Activism

Advocates Say New Mastercard Policy Hurts Sex Workers

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
The Women’s March for Reproductive Freedom
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Women’s March for Reproductive Rights Sweeps Through Manhattan

By Donna Aceto
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Advocates Criticize City Shelter Conditions for Homeless LGBTQ Individuals

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
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Trevor Project Honors Lil Nas X with Suicide Prevention Award

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Equinox Lifeguard Accused of Telling Trans Man to Wear Women’s Swimsuit

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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LGBTQ Activists Condemn Violent Attacks Against Trans Community in Queens

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Advocates Push Congress for Voting Rights Legislation

By Dean Moses
The Trans Immigrant Project (TRIP), a division of Make the Road New York, leads the 10th annual Trans Latinx March in Jackson Heights, Queens, in 2021.
Activism

Spirited Rally Highlights 10th Annual Trans Latinx March

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
FILE PHOTO: Detained Ghanaian LGBT+ activists appear in court in Ho
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Proposed Legislation in Ghana Targets LGBTQ People, Allies

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Shrouded in Accusations of Racism

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Trans Latinx March Returns to Queens on August 2

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
Revellers kiss before the start of Boston’s 48th Pride Parade in Boston
Activism

Boston Pride Dissolves Amid Allegations of Racism, Lack of Inclusion

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
Juneteenth
Activism

Break the Chains with Love March Commemorates Juneteenth

By Donna Aceto
Trans Youth Brooklyn Liberation Rally and March with Queen Jean and Joel Rivera
Activism

Brooklyn Liberation March Brings Attention to Trans Youth

By Matt Tracy
Trans Black Live Matter rally and march from the Brooklyn Museum.
Activism

Brooklyn Liberation to Return with a March for Trans Youth

By Tat Bellamy-Walker

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Queer & trans-led singing circle — A
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Join us as we celebrate what would have
Today, 7 pm

Free NYC Event 8/26: Marsha P. Johnson’s 80th Birthday with Afterlives Podcast
The Stonewall Inn

Free to play. Cheap to drink. Impossible
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Wig Out Wednesdays : Drag Queen Bingo in NYC
Recreation at The Moxy Downtown

Get ready to witness an unforgettable ni
Aug. 28, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Aug. 29, noon

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

Based on Tennessee Williams’ MEMOIRS, Ki
Aug. 29, 6:30 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play
Theater for the New City

Join us for Round 3 of our experimental
Aug. 29, 7:30 pm

Untitled (Art Star): Season 3: Round 03: INSTALLATION
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Arts

  • “Griffin in Summer," directed by Nicholas Colia, screens at Regal Union Square on Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. Q&A: Writer/‌director Nicholas Colia on coming-of-age comedy ‘Griffin in Summer’
  • Sandra Oh & Lupita Nyong'o in Shakespeare in the Park's "Twelfth Night." Shakespeare in the Park is back with ‘Twelfth Night’
  • “Lurker," directed by Alex Russell, opens Aug. 22nd at AMC Lincoln Square, Regal Union Square and Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn. ‘Lurker’: A twisted tale of power and desire in a pop star’s inner circle
  • The Queer Urban Orchestra's artistic director and conductor David Bloom and general manager Brian Shaw. Queer Urban Orchestra creates ‘a place for us’ among LGBTQ musicians and allies
  • “Legendary Looks: Preserving Our Legacy” runs until Sept. 4 at City Lore Gallery. ‘Legendary Looks’ exhibition series highlights untold legacy of House-Ballroom culture

Crime

  • 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
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD

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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