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Gillibrand calls on Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for more monkeypox vaccines

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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Biden announces monkeypox response team

By Matt Tracy
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New York City declares public health emergency due to monkeypox outbreak

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‘Disaster emergency’ declaration for monkeypox gives New York greater ability to respond to outbreak: Hochul

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New York receiving 110k new monkeypox vaccine doses

By Matt Tracy
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FDA approves nearly 800,000 monkeypox vaccine doses

By Matt Tracy
Activists show frustration over the government's response to mpox on July 22, 2022.
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Activists escalate pressure on government over monkeypox response

By Matt Tracy
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New York City receives 26,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine

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Monkeypox outbreak impacts parties in New York

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Monkeypox vaccines reserved quickly as city moves to prioritize first doses

By Matt Tracy
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NYC announces more monkeypox vaccination sites, appointments

By Matt Tracy
New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan at the Health Department's offices in Long Island City, Queens, during a 2022 interview with Gay City News.
Health

City health commissioner discusses New York’s response to monkeypox

By Matt Tracy
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.
Health

Electeds demand action amid slow monkeypox vaccine rollout

By Matt Tracy
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City announces more monkeypox vaccine appointments

By Matt Tracy
City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan speaks alongside then-New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett (left) and Raj Panjabi, then the coordinator of the White House Pandemic Office (right), at an mpox press conference outside of the city's Harlem clinic on July 7, 2022.
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Health officials outline next steps in fight against monkeypox

By Matt Tracy
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New York City opening more monkeypox vaccine clinics amid rollout issues

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Arts

  • Sasha Colby With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art
  • Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca." Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers
  • Bluestockings Cooperative abruptly closed last month. Bluestockings Cooperative’s abrupt closure sparks internal drama
  • A Lesbian and Transgender Flag Hangs Above a Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson. Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes in Brooklyn
  • Participating artists (standing left to right) Sharon De La Cruz, Mariela Figueroa, Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, Ivan Velez, and panel moderator Megami. From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight

Crime

  • 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
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

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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