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Legal

Track and field.
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Federal court says West Virginia can bar trans girls from girls’ sports teams

By Arthur S. Leonard
Drew Adams stands in a room.
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Federal Court: trans boy not entitled to boys’ restroom at Florida high school

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Federal courts in Seattle and Denver issue pro-LGBTQ rulings

By Arthur S. Leonard
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, flanked on the right by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, is joined by advocates as he signs GENDA and the ban on conversion therapy.
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A look at GENDA nearly four years later

By Matt Tracy
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Court rejects challenge to Connecticut’s trans athlete policy

By Arthur S. Leonard
Yeshiva University's Pride March in 2019.
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Victory for YU Pride Alliance in the New York Appellate Division

By Arthur S. Leonard
Chief US District Judge Peter D. Welte of the District of North Dakota during a confirmation hearing.
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Eighth Circuit OKs anti-trans discrimination by Catholic health providers, employers

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Dismal outlook for anti-discrimination laws after SCOTUS hears 303 Creative case

By Matthew J. Skinner
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Supreme Court taking up case of anti-gay Christian graphic artist

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
Arthurt Leonard is honored.
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Arthur Leonard honored by Failla LGBTQ Commission

By Andy Humm
Isaiah Wilkins
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Lambda Legal sues military for discrimination of HIV-positive recruits

By Heather Cassell
Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2017.
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Trump judge rules against Biden administration on LGBTQ ACA protections

By Arthur S. Leonard
Anita Green
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Ninth Circuit panel rules that beauty pageant can ban trans women

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Parents can challenge classroom teaching about gender dysphoria, judge rules

By Arthur S. Leonard
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
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TGNCNB working group issues recommendations for Manhattan DA

By Matt Tracy
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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Federal court declares Biden administration’s interpretation of Bostock invalid

By Arthur S. Leonard

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SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
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All-Ages RuPaul’s Drag Race Watch Party in Coney Island
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Arts

  • 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
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present

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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