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International

Estonia's parliament building, where lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
International

Estonia becomes first former Soviet nation to legalize same-sex marriage

By Emily Sawaked
Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, and Blu Del Barrio of "Star Trek: Discovery" receive the Outspoken Award during the Outright International Courage Awards on June 5, 2023.
International

Outright International’s NYC fundraiser generates $1 million

By Michael Luongo
International

Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By Rodney Muhumuza
Beyonce Karungi speaks in front of Uganda House.
International

From New York, advocates condemn Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill

By Matt Tracy & Adrian Childress
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield
International

US-led coalition urges United Nations Security Council to protect LGBTQ people in war and peace

By Heather Cassell
International

Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

By Rodney Muhumuza, AP
Marriage equality is rising to the fore in India's Supreme Court.
International

India’s Supreme Court hears marriage equality case, sends to five-judge bench

By Heather Cassell
Advocates demonstrate on a sunny day in DC.
International

Immigration advocates urge Biden to reconsider asylum policy

By Heather Cassell
International

UK govt to veto Scotland’s gender self-recognition law

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Nepali filmmaker and LGBTQI activist Sunil Babu Pant stands in front of mountains.
International

Nepal’s Sunil Pant, LGBTQI activist, filmmaker, focuses on ‘forced marriage’

By Paul Schindler
Edwin Chiloba
International

Kenyan LGBTQ activist’s body found in metal box

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI, Associated Press
International

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

By RAQUEL REDONDO and ELISE MORTON Associated Press
International

Brittney Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout

By ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
The late Melissa Núñez's picture on display at a vigil last month.
International

Melissa Nuñez, slain trans activist, remembered in Queens

By Matt Tracy
Edurne Balmori of the Trevor Project
International

The Trevor Project expands to Mexico

By Heather Cassell
International

Queer scientists earn Nobel Prizes

By Heather Cassell

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Today, 7 pm

The Sing Easy!
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A new dark comedy about bugs, strangers
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The Flea Theater

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Sept. 11, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
Pink Metal

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Sept. 12, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

Blood Orange, by Abigail Duclos and prod
Sept. 12, 7:30 pm

Blood Orange
Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York Theatres

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Sept. 18, 8:30 pm

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Arts

  • “The History of Sound,” directed by Oliver Hermanus, opens Sept. 12th. In ‘The History of Sound,’ love and music are drowned in grief
  • In “Sk+te’kmukue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)," an unresolved past trauma haunts an individual and his brother. Queer-themed films premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
  • Curators P. Henry (left) and Sal Kimura (right) have been working to uncover LGBTQ history through their project, “Queer Archeology: Reflections on Communal History." New York Public Library curators highlight lesser-known queer history
  • A club room at Ridgewood nightclub Earthly Delights, which is transitioning to a private event-only venue before ultimately closing on Nov. 30. Ridgewood nightclub Earthy Delights celebrates one-year anniversary amid looming closure
  • Ann Harada, Julie Halston, Anika Larsen, and Jackie Hoffman in "Finding Dorothy Parker." Douglas Carter Beane’s ‘Finding Dorothy Parker’ revives the legacy of a witty 1920s writer

Crime

  • 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
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • 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

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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