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Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.

Annual Village Halloween Parade returning for 52nd year

By Amber Sexton

Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade.

Events

Guide to queer Halloween events in NYC this October

By Amber Sexton

First row, second from right: Here Queer Sober co-founder and roundup chair Logan Slaughter.

Here Queer Sober Roundup concludes National Recovery Month

By Amy Schatz

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PHOTOS: Rallying for trans rights in New York City

By Gay City News

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn’ running tour uncovers an oft-erased history

US President Donald Trump talks to the press as he departs the South Lawn of the White House for the U.S. Open, in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2025.

Trump administration cuts millions in education funding from NYC and other cities over trans-inclusive policies

By Matt Tracy

Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, a military veteran, delivers remarks.

In My Mind Conference set to bring attention to veterans and 2SLGBTQIA+/SGL Indigenous, Black and people of color

By Matt Tracy

Mayor Eric Adams is continuing to push back on inclusive bathroom policies amid pressure from the Trump administration.

Adams continues attacking trans-inclusive bathroom policies, but concedes he can’t change them

By Matt Tracy

Podcast host, journalist, and activist Raquel Willis speaks to the crowd at Stonewall in commemoration of what would have been Marsha P. Johnson's 80th birthday.

PHOTOS: Marsha P. Johnson’s 80th birthday at the Stonewall Inn

By Donna Aceto

Ace's Place, a new transitional housing program for trans New Yorkers, opened this summer in Long Island City, Queens.

New transitional housing program for transgender New Yorkers opens in Long Island City

By Matt Tracy

LGBTQ pride flag waving on blue sky with clouds

AMNY

Op-Ed | New York’s queer legacy built this city. It’s now at risk.

Advocates gather at City Hall on May 22 to seek millions in funding in the city budget to support trans New Yorkers.

‘Historic win’: LGBTQ groups, lawmakers praise city budget for funding trans health, LGBTQ initiatives

By Matt Tracy

Juneteenth

Manhattan Juneteenth event denounces ICE

By Donna Aceto

Craig Slutzkin was among the candidates re-elected to Community Education Council District 2.

Conservative group loses ground in community education council races after anti-trans sports resolution

By Ajani Stella

Angela Davis (center) accepts an award from CLAGS at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Challenging the icons: Angela Davis receives CLAGS award

By Nicholas Boston

Mayor Eric Adams

AMNY

Op-ed | Delivering on safety: Record-low shootings and homicides in 2025

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borough park intersection

Driver fatally strikes 84-year-old pedestrian in Borough Park

People from as far away as the Jersey Shore traveled to see the Corpse Flower in bloom in 2016. It was the first time since the 1930s that the flower has returned to the NYBG.

Corpse flower’s frightful bloom returns to NYBG just in time for Halloween

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, right, after accepting the Lawrence M. Orton Award for Leadership in City and Regional Planning from the American Planning Association’s New York Metro Chapter’s (APA-NYM).

Reynoso’s 2025 Plan for Brooklyn wins top city planning award

Zohran Mamdani speaking at microphone

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani rebuffs MTA boss Lieber’s skepticism of his free bus plan