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Crime

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
Crime

Hoylman-Sigal calls on Chase to bolster fraud protections and reimburse victims of NYC robberies

By Matt Tracy
Jordan Taylor
Crime

NYC law student disappears near LGBTQ nightclub

By Heather Cassell
Councilmember Erik Bottcher at City Hall.
Crime

New arrest in aftermath of attack at Bottcher’s home

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
Crime

Arrests announced in Manhattan nightlife robbery and drugging cases

By Heather Cassell
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Bigots vandalize Bottcher’s apartment, office with anti-LGBTQ slurs

By Matt Tracy

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Voices & Visions Performance Workshops
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SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
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Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman
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WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA THE STON
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WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA
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The world premiere of Dante Fuoco’s bold
Today, 7:30 pm

Blue Seal, Blue Sea
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Awkward Sex is exactly what it sounds li
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Awkward Sex… and the City
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SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
Branded Saloon

JACKIE MASON LIVES AGAIN in this riotous
Nov. 15, 9:30 pm

New York Comedy Festival Presents: The Jackie Mason Musical
Triad Theater

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Arts

  • An exhibit on display offers highlights from New York City's drag history, as chronicled in the book, “The Drag Queens of New York," by Julian Fleisher. Exhibit recalls the ‘sleazy goodness’ behind the East Village’s drag history
  • Evan Adams in "The Business of Fancydancing." Q&A: Filmmaker and actor discuss restoration of gay Native American film ‘The Business of Fancydancing’
  • “Peter Hujar’s Day," directed by Ira Sachs, is running at Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center. ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ takes a trip back to New York’s gay arts scene in 1974
  • On stage during the after-school program known as Staging Pride. National Queer Theater hosts after-school LGBTQ theater program
  • A new report warns that 41% of LGBTQ characters will not return to television next year. Report warns of looming decrease in LGBTQ characters on TV

Crime

  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

Perspectives

  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • 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

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