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Crime

Inside Christopher Park.
Crime

Yet again, vandals attack Stonewall National Monument

By Matt Tracy
The Rainbow Flags on the ground at the Stonewall National Monument.
Crime

Vandals target Rainbow Flags at Stonewall National Monument 

By Emily Sawaked
In announcing the new program, NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said "it is critical that we amplify the voices of our LGBTQIA+ community — especially the voices of victims."
Crime

City invites New Yorkers to submit requests to re-evaluate LGBTQ cold cases

By Matt Tracy
A new Rainbow Flag was installed at Little Prince hours after the previous flag was set ablaze.
Crime

Woman who torched Rainbow Flag placed in custody of health department

By Duncan Osborne
Crime

Teen arrested in death of trans woman in Atlanta

By Matt Tracy
Kawaski Trawick was 32 years old when he was killed in his apartment.
Crime

Trawick family blasts reports of dropped charge against officers before disciplinary trial

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and then-Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell at a 2023 press conference about deadly robberies targeting gay men.
Crime

Latest drugging suspect arraigned for Ramirez and Umberger murders

By Heather Cassell
Gilbert Baker's "DON'T BUY TRUMP'S LIES" banner crosses the street.
Crime

LGBTQ activists barnstorm Manhattan for Trump’s arrest

By Matt Tracy
The 2023 arrest of Robert Demaio in connection with the death of John Umberger.
Crime

Two men arrested in string of gay nightlife deaths

By Matt Tracy
John Umberger, 33, was found dead in May of 2022 after leaving The Q, a gay nightclub.
Crime

Indictments, but no arrests yet, in gay nightlife deaths

By Heather Cassell
Crime

Gays Against Guns condemns Nashville school shooting

By Matt Tracy
The late Kawaski Trawick.
Crime

Elected officials call on city to keep disciplinary trial date in Trawick case

By Matt Tracy
A picture of John Umberger.
Crime

Medical examiner declares two gay men died by drug-facilitated homicides

By Heather Cassell
A new Rainbow Flag was installed at Little Prince hours after the previous flag was set ablaze.
Crime

New Rainbow Flag goes up hours after Manhattan arson; suspect arrested

By Heather Cassell
Mayor Eric Adams
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Op-Ed | Keeping New York the safest large city in America

Deandre Matthews standing on a sidewalk.
Crime

Gay man fatally shot and burned in Brooklyn

By Matt Tracy

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Active Aging Workshops at the Ailey Stud
March 31, 1 pm

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$5 Drinks At Drag Show Happy Hour
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April 1, 7:30 pm

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April 1, 7:30 pm

Sports Adjacent: Free Weekly Comedy
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April 1, 7:40 pm

How To Become A Saint (while wearing pants)
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April 2, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
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April 3, 8 pm

All-Ages RuPaul’s Drag Race Watch Party in Coney Island
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Arts

  • “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
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present
  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis

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

  • 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
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly

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