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Advocacy

Linda La performs two spoken word pieces during a Transgender Day of Visibility event at The Center on March 28.
Advocacy

Joy and resilience take center stage for Trans Day of Visibility

By Morgan Desfosses
Makyyla Holland, 25, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Broome County Jail to implement policies for the treatment of LGBTQ people in custody.
Legal

Advocates renew push to protect incarcerated trans people in New York

By Dashiell Allen
LGBT Center CEO Carla Smith.
Advocacy

Carla Smith named new CEO of LGBT Center

By Dashiell Allen
Family and friends of Sakia Gunn join LGBTQ advocates on October 28 for the renaming of a street in downtown Newark in honor of the late 15-year-old lesbian.
Crime

Newark street renamed ‘Sakia Gunn Way’ in honor of slain lesbian teen

By Dashiell Allen
Kiara St. James of New York Transgender Advocacy Group delivering remarks at the Christopher Street Pier during the 2023 National Trans Visibility March.
Advocacy

National Trans Visibility March sweeps through New York City

By Matt Tracy
A recent survey shows that many LGBTQ groups faced myriad forms of hate in 2022, including online harassment, phone calls, and in-person interactions.
Advocacy

Most LGBTQ groups experienced harassment or violence in 2022, survey shows

By Emily Sawaked
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Advocacy

NYC May Day march brings attention to labor issues

By Adrian Childress
The main event of the Drag Isn’t Dangerous Campaign is a one-night-only telethon hosted by some of the biggest names in drag on May 7.
Advocacy

Drag superstars to protest anti-LGBTQ legislation with telethon

By Ellie J Rudy
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Advocacy

Protest and resolve mark Creating Change 35 in San Francisco

By Heather Cassell
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Advocacy

National Center for Lesbian Rights celebrates 45 years of advocacy

By Heather Cassell
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Advocacy

LGBTQ Groups Unite to Advance Initiatives in New York State

By Matt Tracy
An NYC Department of Corrections vehicle leaves the Rikers Island facility in Queens, in New York
Advocacy

Late Push to Nix Solitary Confinement in New York City

By Matt Tracy
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Advocacy

National Center for Transgender Equality Recognizes Unionization Drive

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
Rally in support of the Netflix transgender employee walkout “Stand Up in Solidarity”, in Los Angeles
Advocacy

Trans Netflix Employees Walk Out Amid Chappelle Controversy

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
EQNY 5th Anniversary
Advocacy

Equality New York Honors Kathy Hochul, Carmen Neely

By Donna Aceto
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New York City Anti-Violence Project Hosts Annual Courage Awards

By Donna Aceto

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

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

Everything You Always Wanted to Know Abo
Today, 7 pm

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Richard Skipper But Were Afraid To Ask
Laurie Beechman Theater at the West Bank Cafe

Nori Reed is an iconic LA based comedian
Today, 7:30 pm

Nori Reed
Union Hall

New York Laughs in Wagner Park! August 2
Today, 8 pm

NY Laughs: Comedy Under the Stars
Wagner Park

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10pm Red Ey
Tomorrow, 10 pm

Bollywood Drag Show and Dance Party
Red Eye NY

Based on Tennessee Williams’ MEMOIRS, Ki
Aug. 24, 5 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play
Theater for the New City

National Queer Theater and Arts Project
Aug. 25, 8 pm

“Pizza and a Play”, The Cherry Picked Playreading Series
Arts Project of Cherry Grove Community House & Theatre

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Arts

  • “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
  • This year's Flame Con was held on Aug. 16 and 17 at the Sheraton Times Square. Queer resistance art takes center stage at Flame Con in Times Square
  • “Honey Don’t!” adds nothing to its precursor, "Drive-Away Dolls." ‘Honey Don’t’ misses the mark in follow-up to ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

Crime

  • 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
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say

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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