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Advocacy

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Legal

Repeal of Walking While Trans Ban Clinches State Senate Votes

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

City Council, Legislature Move on NYPD Reform

By Mark Hallum & Paul Schindler
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Remembrance

Ron Simmons, DC AIDS Leader Dedicated to Social Services, Dies at 70

By Matt Tracy
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Legal

“Walking While Trans” Ban Repeal Momentum Grows

By Matt Tracy
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Advocacy

LGBTQ Ugandans Snared in Raid Released Amid Global Pressure

By Matt Tracy
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Sex Work Advocates Blast Queens DA’s Plan to Prosecute Buyers

By Matt Tracy
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Advocacy

Census Outreach Ramped Up by National LGBTQ Task Force

By Matt Tracy
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Aimee Stephens, Trans Plaintiff in Title VII Supreme Court Case, Dies at 59

By Matt Tracy
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During Foster Care Month, Trump Nixes Data on Vulnerable LGBTQ Youth

By Matt Tracy
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NYS Childhood Sex Abuse Victims Given More Time to File Claims

By Robert Pozarycki
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LGBTQ Cops, Firefighters Pitch In on GMHC Meals Push

By Paul Schindler
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Herb Cohen, Daniel Cook’s Timely Bequests For Five LGBTQ Groups

By Andy Humm
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Borough Pride Centers Improvise to Serve During COVID Crisis

By Matt Tracy
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This Year Take Your AIDS Walk Right at Home

By Paul Schindler
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LGBTQ Legal Groups Target Idaho’s New Transphobic Laws

By Matt Tracy
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In New Crisis, Public Health Leader Recalls AIDS’ Lessons

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Arts

  • Arkanoii Dante Guzman with their work, entitled, “Dissection of my Reflections." The Center hosts Transgender Day of Visibility art exhibition
  • New Directors/New Films will showcase out gay actor and writer John Early’s arch feature directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret” Several queer films set to screen at 55th annual New Directors/‌New Films festival
  • “The Serpent’s Skin," directed by Alice Maio Mackay, opens March 27 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Brooklyn. Q&A: Trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay on her horror film ‘Serpent’s Skin’
  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films

Crime

  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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